While Word has a greater following, and there is certainly something to be said for compatibility, I have found Wordperfect to be a superior program for banging out documents. Although I have heard that Word can now do reveal codes, Wordperfect can still do some major things that Word cannot do:1. Wordperfect allows you to insert a saved document into the current document. Lets say you have boilerplate paragraphs that are saved as individual files. You can hit Alt-I and then I, and you can bring a file from the disk directly into the current document. Word does not let you bring a saved document directly into the current document. You have to bring it up in a separate window, then block and copy that portion into the current document, then close the window for the boilerplate paragraph. That's a lot of clumsy compared to just popping it in right where you want it to go.2. Wordperfect will let you preview documents without actually opening them. Let's say there are several potential files that you want to review, just to see what is there. If the documents have a similar root, for example they all start with Jones, you can ask for a list of Jones*, and you will see a list of everything that starts with Jones. There is a preview icon on the toolbar with the directory list. When active, preview uses the right portion of the screen to preview the document, while the left portion continues to show the directory you asked to see. Then you can click on each item from the list and read what is there, one after the other, without opening (or having to close) each document. With Word, you would have to get your potential list, open the first document into a new window, see that it is not what you want, then close the window, then go back to a directory request again and start over.3. (Maybe also with Word now) Wordperfect allows you to see all of the embedded formatting codes within your document. This makes it easy to visualize what is going on with the formatting. Once the codes are visible, you can simply delete a code and wipe out that format change, or you can click on the format code and edit it.Wordperfect does everything you may need to do with a word processor, including support for graphics, colors, page numbering, numbered lines, highlighting, fonts, strikeout, comparison of different documents, password protection, templates, and creating an index dynamically linked to each page with the specified content.In Wordperfect, the F10 key is not assigned. I have found it very useful to define the F10 key with the command to print the current page. I need to print the current page quite often, and this way I can do it by just hitting one key. I have also defined the NUM+ key to cycle the window to the next open document. If you have several open windows with documents, it is very handy to be able to just pop from one open document to the next. Another tip is that when I bring up a blank letter format, there is already a blank envelope format attached as the last page. To copy the address block from the letter onto the envelope, I start by putting the cursor within the address block, then I run the macro (which can also be assigned to keystrokes, such as Alt-E.) The macro looks for two carriage returns above, starts blocking, then looks for two carriage returns below, copies the blocked text, moves to the end of the document and inserts it, and voila, by just hitting ALT-E you have addressed your envelope. It is also helpful to define the insert key as paste-unformatted. If you copy something from the internet and use Control-V to insert it, it will retain the formatting of the original, which usually means a different font. If you use paste-unformatted, the inserted portion will take on the formatting of the document it is copied into. Wordperfect tries to enable compatibility with the then current version of Word, although Word does not try to be compatible with Wordperfect. That means you can save from Wordperfect in a Word format, and you can open documents that are saved as Word documents. I would not say the conversions are always flawless, but the glitches tend to be with tables and tabs. Even so, Wordperfect is far superior for everyday word processing. I would rather tweak the conversions when it becomes an issue than to have to use Word full time. I have never had issues at all except for some occasional glitches in formatting with conversions. It runs flawlessly if you never deal with converting from/to Word.If you are downloading this software, you should verify if it will install on three computers. Otherwise, get the disk and you can install 3 times. X-7 does not cost much more than the older X-6, but it probably provides a greater range of compatibility with the latest versions of Word, so for a few more dollars, I would get the latest version. Otherwise, I did not notice significant differences between X-7 and X-6. If you have problems installing, I would try uninstalling any anti-virus programs, then install X-7, then re-install the anti-virus. I found this to be an issue once, but it installed fine with no anti-virus running.The Office suite comes with presentations and a spreadsheet, which are supposed to be compatible with those counterparts in Word Office. I have not used those programs. Wordperfect does everything you need in word processing, and in some cases some things that even Word cannot do. It is robust and does not hang up. I think it is more intuitive and gives me the control to see and do exactly what I want.Update: While Wordperfect continues to be a superior program strictly for banging out documents, I am becoming disappointed with the support for cross platform transfer of documents. As of May, 2015. the best you can do under Android is to view Wordperfect documents, but you cannot edit them. With Word, you can bring files over to an Android system and edit them (with a Word program for Android.) Since Word does not support Wordperfect files, there is presently no solution to bring up a Wordperfect file under Android and edit it. Wordperfect has had several years to work on this, and the best they can come up with so far is a viewer but not an editor.