WordPerfect

Unfortunately, WordPerfect lost the battle with Microsoft Word on the Mac side pretty much the same way it did on the Windows side. If you’re a die-hard WordPerfect fan, your best bet might be to invest in Microsoft Word and capitalize on its keystroke-customizing features to turn it into a living simulation of WordPerfect.

Or, if you’d rather not spend a significant portion of your life’s savings on a word processor, then use the free Word-importing and -exporting features of TextEdit (TextEdit).

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