![]() WordPerfect was no longer a popular standard by the mid-1990s. Microsoft Word had been introduced at the same time as WordPerfect's first attempt, and Word took over the market due to being faster, helped by aggressive bundling deals that ultimately produced Microsoft Office. After receiving the Windows APIs, there was a long delay in reprogramming before introducing an improved version. Its dominant position ended after a failed release for Microsoft Windows due to Microsoft not initially sharing its Windows Application Programming Interface (API) specifications causing the application to be slow. Its early popularity was based partly on its availability for a wide variety of computers and operating systems, and also partly because of extensive, no-cost support, with "hold jockeys" entertaining users while waiting on the phone. It rapidly displaced most other systems, especially after the 4.2 release in 1986, and it became the standard in the DOS market by version 5.1 in 1989. WordPerfect gained praise for its "look of sparseness" and clean display. Satellite Software International changed its name to WordPerfect Corporation in 1985. The application's feature list was considerably more advanced than its main competition WordStar, an established program based on the operating system CP/M that failed to transition successfully onto MS-DOS, which replaced CP/M. It then moved to the MS-DOS operating system in 1982, by which time the name WordPerfect was in use, and several greatly updated versions quickly followed. The authors retained the rights to the program, forming the Utah-based Satellite Software International ( SSI) in 1979 to sell it the program first came to market under the name SSI*WP in March 1980. It was originally developed under contract at Brigham Young University for use on a Data General minicomputer in the late 1970s. At the height of its popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s, it was the dominant player in the word processor market, displacing the prior market leader WordStar. ![]() * WPD Wizard is not manufactured, approved, endorsed, sanctioned, or supported by Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited.WordPerfect ( WP) is a word processing application, now owned by Corel, with a long history on multiple personal computer platforms. This is the part where we say “go buy this now”, so go buy this now and start opening those WordPerfect documents in seconds! If it is indeed a 5,000 page document, well, good luck with that. ![]() Need to find something quickly in a 5,000 page document? No problem! Simply click the “Find” button, put in your search term in the box, and you’re on your way. You can easily Copy/Paste the WPD document content to another program, or export it as an RTF or PDF, so the rest of the world can also enjoy your masterpiece. It’s your WordPerfect journey – explore it however you like. Use the PDF-style, sidebar page navigation or the old school browsing controls on the toolbar. Our mothers like the text big, while we like it small. Zoom in or zoom out to find your ideal reading size. No fancy functions for you to learn here. WPD Wizard utilizes classic Apple design standards to provide you with a user interface that feels like a “native” Mac program. ![]() Simply drag the file into the program window to view! No need to waste time navigating your Finder each time to open a file… what a drag that would be. Please do not send us hate mail if a text underline is missing here or there.) (* Exact preserved page formatting depends on WordPerfect file version. Most text styling, footnotes, bullet point lists, line spacing, charts, and more are maintained. WPD Wizard presents your documents the way that they are meant to be: in paginated format (neat pages). ★★★ Preserves Most WordPerfect Page Formatting* ★★★ WPS files, which are Microsoft Works files… as you probably know.) (Fine Print: Files other than those with “.wpd” file extension can ::ONLY:: be opened via drag-and-drop, unless you add or change the file extension to “.wpd”. WP4, and even those files with ::NO:: extension at all! Simply drag and drop ANY WordPerfect file into the program window and it will auto-magically open (hence the “wizard” name). No need to change your file extension to view it in WPD Wizard. ★★★ Opens ANY WordPerfect File Formats (File Extensions) ★★★ Most versions of WordPerfect formatted files are supported, including Windows WordPerfect versions 4/5/7/8/9/10/11, and Macintosh WordPerfect versions 1.x/2.x/3.5e. ★★★ Mac and Windows Versions Fully Supported ★★★ It’s easy drag & drop interface combined with simple, yet powerful viewing controls, makes reading WordPerfect documents enjoyable and exporting a snap. It opens both Mac and Windows WordPerfect files, while preserving most of the original document formatting. At last… you can open WordPerfect files quickly and easily on your Mac with WPD Wizard.
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