WordPerfect

WordPerfect Corporation's flagship word processor, launched in DOS form 1982 (originally Satellite Software International). Apple II version: 1985. Mac version: 1988.

Pi coverage

• 1985-12 — V07 N12 — ★ First major Pi review: "WordPerfect: Perfect WP" by Walton Francis — Pi's word-processor authority gives WordPerfect Apple II his blessing
• 1988-07 — V10 N07 — "WordPerfect for IIGS"
• Through the 1990s — WordPerfect dominates Pi WP coverage alongside Microsoft Word
• 1994-04 — V16 N04 — "WordPerfect 3.0 for Mac coming"
• 1994-07 — V16 N07 — WordPerfect 3.0 review

Significance

WordPerfect for Apple II + IIGS was a serious competitor to AppleWorks's word processor. The Mac version (1988+) competed with Microsoft Word and MacWrite. WordPerfect Corporation was bought by Novell (1994) then sold to Corel (1996); the Mac version was discontinued in the late 1990s.

Connections

• Competed with AppleWorks (Apple II) and MacWrite / Microsoft Word (Mac)
• See also Walton Francis's recurring WP-comparison franchise (1983 Word Processing Section onward)