Editing WordPerfect (section)

==Version history==
[[File:Bruce Bastian.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|WordPerfect co-founder Bruce Bastian in 2011]]

===Summary===
WordPerfect 9 and newer are bundled with the WordPerfect Office Suite and cannot be purchased separately.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2"|[[Operating system]]
! Latest stable version
! Support status
|-
| rowspan="6"|[[Microsoft Windows]]
| [[Windows 7|7]], [[Windows 8|8]], [[Windows 10|10]] (32-bit or 64-bit), [[Windows 11|11]]
| {{Yes|2021}}
| 2018–present
|-
| [[Windows XP|XP <small>SP3</small>]] / [[Windows Server 2003|2003 <small>SP2</small>]], [[Windows Vista|Vista]]
| {{No|X7}}
| 2001–2015
|-
| [[Windows 2000|2000]] / [[Windows 98|98 <small>SE</small>]] / [[Windows Me|Me]]
| {{No|X3}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
| [[Windows NT 4.0|NT 4]]
| {{No|12}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
| [[Windows 95|95 <small>OSR2</small>]]
| {{No|10}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
| [[Windows 3.1x|3.1x]]
| {{No|7}}
| 1991–1997
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Linux]]
| With [[Wine (software)|CorelWine]]
| {{No|9.0}}
| 2000
|-
| Desktop [[Linux kernel|kernel]] 2.0 and newer
| {{No|8.1}}
| 1996–1999
|-
| [[DOS]]
| 3.1 and higher
| {{No|6.2}}
| 1982–1997
|-
| [[Classic Mac OS]]
| [[System 7|7.0]]&nbsp;– [[Mac OS 9|9.2.2]]
| {{No|3.5e}}<ref group="note" name="WordPerfectMac"/>
| 1988–1997
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Unix]]<ref group="note" name="WordPerfectUnix"/>
| {{No|8.0}}
| 1988–1998<ref name="wp-chronology">{{cite web |url = http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/chronology.html |title = WPDOS: A Chronology of Versions |date = February 4, 2023 |website = columbia.edu |access-date = September 19, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/wp8c.pdf |title = Corel WordPerfect 8 for Unix User's Guide |date = 1998 |publisher = Corel |access-date = September 19, 2023 }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| {{No|Beta}}
| 1997
|-
| colspan="2" | [[OS/2]]
| {{No|5.2}}
| 1989–1993
|-
| colspan="2" | [[NeXTSTEP]]
| {{No|1.0.1}}
| 1991
|-
| colspan="2" | [[OpenVMS]]
| {{No|7.1}}{{refn|Known versions for OpenVMS include 5.1, 5.3<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.legacy-2000.com/Products/wp53.pdf |title = Corel WordPerfect 5.3 for OpenVMS |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030317043756/http://www.legacy-2000.com/Products/wp53.pdf |archive-date = March 17, 2003 }}</ref> and 7.1,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.legacy-2000.com/Products/wp71.pdf |title = Corel WordPerfect 7.1 for OpenVMS |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030317022050/http://www.legacy-2000.com/Products/wp71.pdf |archive-date = March 17, 2003 }}</ref> year of release unknown.|group=note|name=VAX-VMS-WP}}
| 1987–? <!-- 4.2 Suite '88, 5.0 '99 -->
|-
| colspan="2" | Data General
| {{No|4.2}}
| 1980–1989
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Amiga]]
| {{No|4.1}}
| 1987
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Atari ST]]
| {{No|4.1}}
| 1987-1991
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Apple II]]
| {{No|1.1}}
| 1985–1993
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Apple IIGS]] 
| {{No|2.1e}}
| 1987–1993
|}
{{Reflist|group="note"|refs=
<ref group="note" name="WordPerfectMac">Mac version numbers are much lower than their Windows counterpart for comparable functionality. For example, WordPerfect 3.5e was the final release for Mac OS, but despite its version number, it boasted compatibility with WordPerfect 7 for Windows 95 files</ref>
<ref group="note" name="WordPerfectUnix">There were about thirty Unix ports of Wordperfect in total.</ref>
}}

In addition, versions of WordPerfect have also been available for [[Apricot Computers|Apricot]], [[Tandy 2000]], [[TI Professional]], [[Victor 9000]], and [[Zenith Z-100]] systems.

Known versions for [[IBM System/370]] include 4.2, released 1988.

Known versions for the [[DEC Rainbow]] 100 include version (?), released November 1983.

===Unix===
[[Image:WordPerfect for Unix Systems magnetic tape.jpg|thumb|right|A magnetic tape distribution of WordPerfect 4.2 for Pyramid Unix, 1991]]
At one time or another, WordPerfect was available on around 30 flavors of [[Unix]], including [[AT&T]], [[NCR Corporation|NCR]], [[SCO XENIX|SCO Xenix]], [[SCO OpenServer]], [[UnixWare]], [[Microport (software)|Microport Unix]], [[DEC Ultrix]], [[Pyramid Technology|Pyramid Tech Unix]], [[Tru64]], [[IBM AIX]], [[Motorola System V/88]], and [[HP-UX]], [[SGI IRIX]] and [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]].<ref name="wp-chronology" />

In July 2022, Tavis Ormandy ported "WordPerfect for Unix" 7, to modern Linux distributions, as a fully functional deb package.<ref>Travis Ormandy's announcement is available at https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/wordperfect.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725180625/https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/wordperfect.html |date=July 25, 2022 }}</ref>  The program can print to [[CUPS |CUPS printers]] through ghostscript.<ref>https://github.com/taviso/wpunix/wiki/Getting-Started#printing</ref>

===Macintosh===
Development of WordPerfect for Macintosh did not run parallel to versions for other operating systems, and used version numbers unconnected to contemporary releases for DOS and Windows.

Originally schedule for release in early 1987, version 1 was so late that it was described as [[vaporware]]. In early 1988 the company began selling a [[beta version]] for $99, with the promise that customers would receive the $395 final version—scheduled for spring 1988—for free.<ref name="stone19880118">{{Cite magazine |last=Stone |first=Paula S. |date=18 January 1988 |title=Word Perfect Subs Betaware for Vaporware |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dz8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92657 |access-date=2025-05-25 |magazine=[[InfoWorld]] |page=29 |volume=10 |issue=3}}</ref> After releasing version 1.0 in April, the company released three more "version 1.0" with bug fixes within three weeks; nonetheless, by the end of the year WordPerfect for Macintosh became a best seller.<ref name="rosenbaum198811">{{Cite magazine |last=Rosenbaum |first=Daniel J. |date=November 1988 |title=Perfect Secrets |url=https://archive.org/details/MacUser8811November1988/page/n130/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=2025-05-25 |magazine=MacUser |pages=127-135 |volume=4 |issue=11}}</ref> Version 2 was a total rewrite, adhering more closely to Apple's UI guidelines. Version 3 took this further, making extensive use of the technologies Apple introduced in Systems 7.0–7.5, while remaining fast and capable of running well on older machines. Corel released version 3.5 in 1996, followed by the improved version 3.5e (for enhanced) in 1997. It was never updated beyond that, and the product was eventually discontinued. {{As of|2004}}, Corel has reiterated that the company has no plans to further develop WordPerfect for Macintosh (such as creating a native Mac OS X version).

For several years, Corel allowed Mac users to download version 3.5e from their website free of charge, and some Mac users still use this version. The download is still available at the Mac IO group<ref>[https://groups.io/g/wordperfectmac  WPMac] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115212807/https://groups.io/g/wordperfectmac |date=November 15, 2019 }}. https://groups.io/g/wordperfectmac . Retrieved on November 15, 2019.</ref> (successor to the Yahoo group) along with the necessary OS 8/9/Classic Updater that slows scroll speed and restores functionality to the Style and Window menus. Like other Mac OS applications of its age, it requires the Classic environment on [[PowerPC]] Macs. While Intel Macs do not support Classic, emulators such as [[SheepShaver]], [[Basilisk II]] and [[vMac]] allow users to run WordPerfect on any Macintosh computer (or indeed any Linux computer). Users wishing to use a current release of WordPerfect can run the Windows version through [[Boot Camp (software)|Boot Camp]] or virtualization software, and through [[Darwine]] or [[CrossOver Mac]] with mixed results.

===Atari ST===
Like the Macintosh version, development of WordPerfect for the [[Atari ST]] did not run parallel to the DOS versions.  However the Atari ST version number aligned with contemporary DOS releases. In 1987, WordPerfect Corp. released version 4.1. This was the only Atari version ever released, but numerous patches and updates ensured that the Atari version of WordPerfect ran on all Atari ST, [[Atari STe]], [[Atari TT|TT]], and [[Atari Falcon|Falcon]] computers.

WordPerfect ST differs from the DOS version most notably in speed and number of windows a user can open.  On the Atari ST version, a user can open up to four windows (compared to DOS' two) and the application runs three to five times faster than the DOS version (depending on which update or patch is installed).  This was possible because WordPerfect for the Atari ST was designed from the ground up and was optimized for the [[Motorola 68000]] processor as well as Atari's GEM ([[Graphics Environment Manager]]) operating system.<ref name="WordPerfect: Atari Forever">{{cite web |url = http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv2n3/newsnotesandquotes.html?tag= |title = News, Notes & Quotes: Infocom: Atari no more? |first = Frank |last = Hayes |website = STart }}</ref>

WordPerfect for the Atari ST retailed at US$395<ref name="WordPerfect ST: Proving why it's the IBM PC bestseller">{{cite web |url = http://www.atarimagazines.com/v7n1/wordperfectst.html?tag= |title = Wordperfect ST: Proving why it's the IBM PC bestseller (Volume 7, Number 1, May 1988)|first = Gregg |last = Pearlman |website = Antic }}</ref> with registered Atari user groups being offered the program at $155<ref name="ST NEWS: WordPerfect $155">{{cite web |url = https://archive.org/details/ST_Log_Magazine_Issue_26/page/n8/mode/1up |title = ST NEWS: WordPerfect $155 (Issue 26, December 1988, page 9)|author=<!--Not stated--> |website = ST Log }}</ref> along with a student version for US$99.<ref name="WordPerfect ST: Proving why it's the IBM PC bestseller">{{cite web |url = http://www.atarimagazines.com/v7n1/wordperfectst.html?tag= |title = Wordperfect ST: Proving why it's the IBM PC bestseller (Volume 7, Number 1, May 1988)|first = Gregg |last = Pearlman |website = Antic }}</ref>  The price of WordPerfect was significantly higher than most of the other Atari word processors available at the time.  Atari Corporation published a version of [[Microsoft Write]] (the Atari version of Microsoft Word 1.05 for the Macintosh) for US$129.95 (almost 75% off the suggested retail price of WordPerfect), which did not help WordPerfect's campaign to establish itself as the standard word processor on the Atari platform.

Like other versions, WordPerfect for the ST was not [[copy protection|copy-protected]].{{r|pearlman198805}} ''Antic'' magazine wrote "WordPerfect Corp. doesn't need to worry too much about piracy: WordPerfect is almost unusable without its manual of over 600 pages!"<ref name="pearlman198805">{{Cite magazine |last = Pearlman |first = Gregg |date = May 1988 |title = WordPerfect ST / Proving why it's the IBM PC best seller |url = http://www.atarimagazines.com/v7n1/wordperfectst.html |magazine = Antic |volume = 7 |issue = 1 }}</ref> The magazine was mistaken; in 1988 WordPerfect threatened to abandon the Atari market after copies of the word processor were found on several pirate [[bulletin board systems]]. However, support from the Atari community convinced WordPerfect to reconsider and support for the Atari ST continued,<ref name="NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES: Word Perfect Furor">{{cite web |url = https://archive.org/details/STart-Magazine-Issue-12/page/n11/mode/1up |title = NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES: Word Perfect Furor (Volume 3, Number 1, Summer 1988, Page 12|first = Frank |last = Hayes|website = STart | date=1988 }}</ref><ref name="ST USER: More WordPerfect and Piracy">{{cite web |url = https://archive.org/details/ST_Log_Magazine_Issue_20/page/n97/mode/1up |title = ST USER: More WordPerfect and Piracy (Issue 20, June 1988, Page 98|first = Arthur |last = Leyenberger|website = ST Log | date=June 1988 }}</ref> but only a single developer was assigned to the project to fix bugs.{{r|atkin198908}}

Covering the subject of WordPerfect's commitment to the Atari ST market, [[ST-Log]]'s Ian Chadwick writes, "WordPerfect Corp. squashed rumours that they would pull out of the Atari market, due to rampant piracy. WP was found on at least three pirate BBSs, but they are still making the effort to stay with us. That shows a serious commitment on their part. If you want them to remain part of this market, then show them the same amount of respect and don't make or accept any pirate copies of their product."<ref>{{cite web| url=https://archive.org/details/ST_Log_Magazine_Issue_21/page/n83/mode/1up|title=Ian's Quest (Issue 21, July 1988, page 84)|website=ST-Log}}</ref>

Worldwide sales numbers of WordPerfect for Atari ST would eventually help relieve the concerns of the piracy situation with [[Atari ST User]] reporting, "Talk here in the USA points to the fact that Word Perfect Corp. will continue to support the ST derivative of its WP package, currently at version 4.1 (functionally equivalent to MS-DOS version 4.2). There is even talk of further changes and an upgrade adding a few new features to the package. It seems that Word Perfect's ST sales have been good enough, particularly in Europe, to warrant a continued commitment to the product.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.atarimania.com/mags/pdf/atari-st-user-issue-55.pdf|title=World News: WordPerfect stay with the ST (Issue 55, September 1990, page 13)|website=Atari ST User}}</ref>

WordPerfect would go on to fully support version 4.1 for the Atari ST with a number of bug fixes, patches, system compatibility updates with all Atari ST, STe, TT, and Falcon computers, including their renowned excellent customer support from 1987 - 1991."<ref>{{cite web| url=https://mendelson.org/wpdos/chronology.html|title=WPDOS: A Chronology of Versions|website=mendelson.org}}</ref>

A WordPerfect 5.1 version for the Atari ST was planned and in development but was later cancelled.<ref name="WordPerfect ends Atari support">{{cite web |url = http://www.atariarchives.org/cfn/12/05/03/0129.php |title = Atari Explorer, Z*Net, & ST Report: Z*Net: 24-May-91 #9122 |first = Michael |last = Current |website = www.atariarchives.org }}</ref>

===Amiga===
In 1987, WordPerfect was ported to the [[Amiga 1000]]<ref>{{cite news |newspaper = Info World |date = September 14, 1987 |title = Advertisement |page = 104 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vDsEAAAAMBAJ&q=amiga+wordperfect&pg=PT1 }}</ref> and was upgraded through version 4.1 on the [[Amiga]] platform despite rumors of its discontinuation.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.plinkplink.com/spectrum-holobyte/multimedia.html |title = Amiga Gets More Perfect }}</ref> The company's efforts were not well supported by Amiga users and it did not sell well.<ref name="anonymous-insider.net">{{cite web |url = http://www.anonymous-insider.net/amiga/research/1991/0109.html |title = When will new WordPerfect be available? |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://archive.today/20120723061536/http://www.anonymous-insider.net/amiga/research/1991/0109.html |archive-date = July 23, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="AlmostPerfect9">{{harvp|Peterson|2012}} Chapter 9: [http://www.wordplace.com/ap/ap_chap09.shtml Going to Hawaii].</ref> Though it could be started from the [[Workbench (AmigaOS)|Workbench]] or [[Command-line interface|CLI]], WordPerfect remained a fundamentally text-oriented program and retained its DOS command structure.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/14565614/Commodore-Magazine-Vol09N03-1988-Mar |title = Commodore Magazine review }}</ref> Satellite Software received criticism for releasing a non-graphical word processor on a graphically oriented system.<ref name="anonymous-insider.net"/>

In 1989, WordPerfect Corporation stopped all Amiga development, including work on a version of PlanPerfect, stating that it had lost $800,000 on the computer and could not afford to add Amiga-specific features. After customers stated that they would be satisfied with a DOS-like word processor the company resumed development of only the Amiga version of WordPerfect,<ref name="atkin198908">{{cite news |url = https://archive.org/stream/1989-08-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_111_1989_Aug#page/n7/mode/2up |title = Amiga Isn't Perfect |work = Compute! |date = August 1989 |access-date = November 11, 2013 |last = Atkin |first = Denny |page = 7 }}</ref> but discontinued it in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.anonymous-insider.net/amiga/research/1992/0217.html |title = WordPerfect Letter Writing Campaign |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://archive.today/20120718091017/http://www.anonymous-insider.net/amiga/research/1992/0217.html |archive-date = July 18, 2012 }}</ref>

===Linux===
In 1995, '''WordPerfect 6.0''' was made available for [[Linux]] as part of [[Caldera (company)|Caldera]]'s Internet office package. In late 1997, a newer version was made available for download, but had to be purchased to be activated.

In 1998 Corel released '''WordPerfect 8.0 for Linux'''. The full version was sold as a package. A cut-down version was made available for downloading.

Hoping to establish themselves in the nascent commercial Linux market, Corel also developed their [[Corel Linux|own distribution]] of Linux. This included '''WordPerfect 8.1 for Linux'''. Although the Linux distribution was fairly well-received, the response to WordPerfect for Linux varied. Some Linux promoters {{Who|date=November 2011}} appreciated the availability of a well-known, mainstream application for the operating system.

Once [[OpenOffice.org]] appeared in 1999, there was little demand for a proprietary, closed-source project like WordPerfect.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} On top of this, '''WordPerfect 9.0''', which was released as part of the '''WordPerfect Office 2000 for Linux''' package, was not a native Linux application like WP 6–8, but derived from the Windows version using Corel's own version of the [[Wine (software)|Wine]] compatibility library, and hence had performance problems.

WordPerfect failed to gain a large user base, and as part of Corel's change of strategic direction following a (non-voting) investment by Microsoft, WordPerfect for Linux was discontinued and their Linux distribution was sold to [[Xandros]].<ref name="Corporate Background">{{cite web |url = http://www.xandros.com/about/corporatebackground.html |title = Xandros Corporate Background |publisher = Xandros |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040409194020/http://www.xandros.com/about/corporatebackground.html |archive-date = April 9, 2004 |access-date = June 5, 2007 }}</ref> In April 2004, Corel re-released WordPerfect 8.1 (the last Linux-native version) with some updates, as a "proof of concept" and to test the Linux market. {{As of|2011}}, WordPerfect for Linux is not available for purchase.

As of 2023, WordPerfect for Linux (also known as xwp) can still be run on modern [[Linux distribution|distros]].<ref>Peter Stone's very useful "Using WordPerfect on Linux" available at http://xwp8users.com/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815202058/http://xwp8users.com/ |date=August 15, 2020 }}</ref>

Linux applications may use the <code>libwpd</code> library to convert WordPerfect documents.<ref>
{{cite web |url = http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/ |title = libwpd&nbsp;— a library for importing WordPerfect (tm) documents |publisher = SourceForge |access-date = July 2, 2012 |quote = libwpd is a C++ library designed to help process WordPerfect documents. [...] libwpd is used by LibreOffice, AbiWord, LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org and KOffice. }}
</ref>

===iOS===
A '''WordPerfect X7''' app for [[iOS]] was released in 2014, but it was merely remote desktop software that connected to a Corel-hosted WordPerfect for Windows session.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://itunes.apple.com/app/wordperfect-x7/id654787680 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141201002417/https://itunes.apple.com/app/wordperfect-x7/id654787680 |url-status = dead |archive-date = December 1, 2014 |title = Connecting to the iTunes Store. |website = [[iTunes]] }}</ref> It was billed as a "Limited Free Trial" and was eventually discontinued by Corel.