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"WordPerfect"?

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2006-07-28 18:58:56, Category: Programming & Design
I have a PC that has "WordPerfect Office 12" or "WordPerfect 12 Office" - is this program obsolete, or is it any valuable to have/keep? I am considering removing it as it takes up the most space (by far) of any program on this PC (310MB). Would removing this program speed-up this old PC any with the space-saving of this much MB? The HD is only 4 GB - I can't decide if I should can this program or if it may be of any value?? Thanks in advance, g ... Isn't "Word" sort of the 'standard'? I mean, is its purpose to make professional-looking letters and papers?

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  1. poorprincess

    On 2006-07-28 19:07:56


    I would definitely keep WordPerfect - it's the best word processor. I use it every day. It is so user friendly, much better than Word (in my opinion). I don't know about the speed issue, but I've never had any issues with that. Hope this helps a little.

  2. mommadillo

    On 2006-07-28 19:05:15


    If you're not using it, it's not really valuable, right? Whether removing it would help depends a lot on how much free disk space you have on the machine and what version of Windows. If you only have fifty megs of free space, yes - getting rid of 300 megs would help immensely. If you already have 800 megs free, not so much.

  3. pinkstealth

    On 2006-07-28 19:02:12


    Obsolete? It's brand new. Why would you have this program on an old computer...it didn't just jump in there? email me if you need advice pinkstealth@yahoo.com

  4. sweetundina

    On 2006-07-28 19:02:09


    I removed this program from my PC and I do not have any regrets...

  5. John J

    On 2006-07-28 19:54:56


    First - Word is the standard because Microsoft has said so. Keeping the program on your system shouldn't slow it down unless it is running, or some small part of it loads when you start your computer (like part of MS Office does). However, if you need the hard drive space and you don't use a word processor much, don't keep it. If you only have 4 GB to work with, that looks like (but don't quote me on this) the smallest "enterprise" word processor you will find. I know OpenOffice.org is much larger than that, and I assume Word is as well. EDIT - in regards to your added details - All word processing programs' jobs are to make professional looking documents. This isn't uniquely the domain of MS Word or any other single word processing program.