WordPerfect practices
1. Ability to justify sections of text in same row independently, e.g. in a header allowing subject to be left-justified and page-numbering right-justified (also with simple "Flush right" right-click in front of the relevant text).
2. Much greater flexibility in bullet-point and paragraph-numbering layout - not being forced into what a Word programmer thinks is right.
3. Ability to change fonts or font elements in swathes of text by insertion of desired properties at start point of change, with everything thereafter displaying the new properties. (Of course in case only a section needs to be changed then that text should be highlighted, as in Word, or... just insert previous or new properties at new starting point.)
4. Generally more layout flexibility, less nannying.
There are more but I cannot think of them now. Furthermore, I no longer consider myself a power user as I mostly produce simple (or even just text) documents and I use Word on a number occasions, so I cannot comment on relative handling of contents lists, indexes and concordance files (as I have never tried the indexes and concordance files in Word).
Without thinking further, the three specific things I miss most in Word are
- Reveal Codes (that alone justifies WP for many people)
- More flexible approach to bullet-points and para numbering (2 in list above)
- Independent justification (1) in list above)
I should also like a less prescriptive approach to formatting etc.
Reminder: I still work with WP 2000, not the latest WordPerfect Office X6 (not to be confused with the new cut-down Corel Office). As regards Word I moved from 2000 to 2010 about 2 years ago.
