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WordPerfect

WordPerfect (WP) is a word processing application, now owned by Corel. At the height of its popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s, it was the market leader of word processors, displacing the previous market leader, WordStar.

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Developers
WordPerfect Corporation Novell Corel
License
Proprietary
Operating system
Windows 7 and later Old versions: See § Version history
Original authors
Brigham Young University Satellite Software International (SSI)
Platform
IA-32
Release
1979; 47 years ago (1979)

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WordPerfect for DOS

WordPerfect for Windows

WordPerfect Suite and WordPerfect Office

"Classic Mode"

Version history

Unicode and Asian language editing

Reception

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WordPerfect

Nodes219
Edges218
Triples490
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009132
Components1

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WordPerfect

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related to Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 · 37
WordPerfect → All, Although, Another, Applications, Corel Linux, Corel WordPerfect Office, CorelCentral, December, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Family Pack, FreeSpeech, It, January, Linux, March, May, Microsoft Visual Basic, NaturallySpeaking Standard, North America, November
related to Market share · 25
WordPerfect → According, After Windows, American Institute, Ashton-Tate, Ashton-Tate's, By, Certified Public Accountants, Computer Intelligence, Computerworld, Dataquest, DOS, Fortune, IBM, Lotus Development, MicroPro's, Microsoft, Microsoft's, PC, Ronni Marshak, The Office Computing Report
related to Unix · 20
WordPerfect → At, CUPS, DEC Ultrix, HP-UX, IBM AIX, In July, Linux, Microport Unix, Motorola System V/88, NCR, Pyramid Tech Unix, SCO OpenServer, SCO Xenix, SGI IRIX, Solaris, Tavis Ormandy, The, Tru64, Unix, UnixWare
related to Microsoft vs Novell · 19
WordPerfect → Compounding WordPerfect's, Corel, Designed, In, May, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Novell, NT Enabled, Office, Q1-1997, Service Pack, The, This, To, While WordPerfect, Windows, Windows NT, Word
related to Reception · 19
WordPerfect → ASCII, August, Byte, Compute, December, Despite, Edward Mendelson, I'm, It, March, Mendelson, Orlando Sentinel, PC Magazine, Stating, The, The Yale Review, While, WordPerfect's, WordStar
related to WordPerfect Bundles and Suite · 19
WordPerfect → AppWare, Borland, Borland Office, Borland Paradox, Borland Software Corporation, Borland's Quattro Pro, DOS, In, LAN-based, Microsoft's Office Suite, Novell, Originally, PerfectFit, Quattro Pro, The, Windows, WordPerfect Library, WordPerfect Office, WordPerfect Office Suite
related to Support for European languages · 18
WordPerfect → Alpine, Dutchman Jan Raas, English, Europe, European, France, In, In January, Italy, LRS, Novell, Switzerland, The, The Language Resource File, United States, WordPerfect Corporation, WordPerfect's, WP
related to Atari ST · 17
WordPerfect → Atari, Atari ST, Atari STe, Atari's GEM, DOS, Falcon, Graphics Environment Manager, However, In, Like, Macintosh, Motorola, On, This, TT, WordPerfect Corp, WordPerfect ST
related to Corel buys WordPerfect from Novell · 17
WordPerfect → Coke, Corel, Corel WordPerfect, GroupWise, In January, March, Michael Cowpland, Microsoft Word, Novell, November, Ontario, Ottawa, Pepsi, Quattro Pro, The, Windows, Word
related to WordPerfect for DOS · 17
WordPerfect → Alan Ashton, Ashton, Bastian, Brigham Young University, Bruce Bastian, By, BYU, Data General, In, Inc, Orem, Pete, Peterson, Satellite Software International, SSI, Utah, Wang

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WordPerfectDevelopersWordPerfect Corporation Novell Corel1.00infobox
WordPerfectLicenseProprietary1.00infobox
WordPerfectOperating systemWindows 7 and later Old versions: See § Version history1.00infobox
WordPerfectOriginal authorsBrigham Young University Satellite Software International (SSI)1.00infobox
WordPerfectPlatformIA-321.00infobox
WordPerfectRelease1979; 47 years ago (1979)1.00infobox
WordPerfectStable release2021 / May 20211.00infobox
WordPerfectTypeWord processor1.00infobox
WordPerfectWebsitewww.wordperfect.com/en/1.00infobox
WordPerfectis agood professional writer's tool0.90text
Tandy 2000instance ofwith versions for various non-PC compatibles0.80text
DEC Rainbowinstance ofwith versions for various non-PC compatibles0.80text

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