Is there a difference between word and word perfect? A job posting listed both as a requirement?

Answer 1

Both are word processors, but they come from different companies, and do the job differently.

Since they require BOTH, it's likely they will test your ability in both.

Answer 2

Word is more clumsy than WordPerfect which is user friendly. WordPerfect is often used by law firms and government offices. Buy Word for Dummies and WordPerfect for Dummies - i.e. buy the book where your skills are the weakest; take a course (Learning Annex). There's an invaluable website called http://wordtips.vitalnews.com. If you're computer savvy, you'll be able to work your way around both programs. Don't let a good job opportunity slip away just because you are "rusty" at one of the programs asked for.

Answer 3

a compnay that still use Word Perfect at this time must be ancient :-)

If you are talking about Word Perfect - the windows version, there are lost of difference in the menus, but anybody can just do wordprocessing within minutes

However if you meant the DOS version, this is a very different kind of animal

You really need at least 2 weeks to know the intricacies and believe me, it is complex, even a simple thing like bolding

Answer 4

They are pretty much the same thing. Both are word processing programs made from two different companies. Word is made by Microsoft and Word Perfect from Corel (if I remember right about the second one). If you know how to use one, the other will be easy to adapt to.

Answer 5

In comparison, Word Perfect is quite archaic compared to Word. If I'm not mistaken, it doesn't use a mouse whatsoever. You use a lot of the "F" keys at the top of the keyboard, but it still has the same premise...it's word processing software.

Answer 6

There is not much difference to the avg user if you know how to use one then use should be able to use the other very easily at least that's how it was 4-5 years ago.