Corel WordPerfect 2021 - Supported File Formats

Software Overview

Corel WordPerfect is a word processor for Windows included with the WordPerfect Office suite. It comes with various word processing features, support for Microsoft Office formats, and powerful PDF editing and security capabilities.

WordPerfect supports various document formats, including its native .WPD format, along with Microsoft Word .DOCX and .DOC files. The application includes many features designed to make your word processing experience quick and efficient. It has many different key combination shortcuts you can use to access tools without the need to click on an icon or navigate through menus. You can also use its Macro Manager to create and implement macros for automating tasks like creating documents, editing documents, and displaying the results of calculations. WordPerfect doesn't embed macros directly into your documents, so it doesn't have issues with macros being used as viruses like Microsoft Word.

WordPerfect also supports .PDF files, which includes the PDF Form Feature, Import, Export, and Security and Archiving capabilities. You can create fillable forms by adding controls, such as text fields and dropdown lists, as well as style the appearance of the forms. You can import and export PDF documents, as well as password-protect and restrict permissions for PDFs.

Another feature that makes WordPerfect a powerful tool is its streaming code architecture. You can create your document using "codes" which are tags throughout your document that handle styling and the treatment of your data. A document that you create with codes is similar to HTML in that it is a mixture of text and code tags that affect the behavior of the text. You can manage your codes with the Reveal Codes feature, which opens in a second editing screen and displays all of the data and styles used in your document. From the editing screen, you can click on any of your data or styles to launch the style editor or data configuration window and make modifications.

Summary

WordPerfect is a great alternative to Microsoft Word for word processing, and it is a very powerful productivity tool. In fact, if you like to customize your writing experience with shortcuts and macros, WordPerfect is likely the better word processor for you.

Primary File Type

.WPD WordPerfect Document

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