Introduction | Getting Started | Standard Toolbar | Properties Bar | More Formatting | Other WordPerfect Features

Introduction:
WordPerfect is an alternative word-processing program to Microsoft Word and various other similar programs. An advantage that all of these programs have is that they are able to open up documents created in each other without much of a hassle; for example, Microsoft Word can open WordPerfect documents. While Microsoft Word is widely accepted as the best word processing program, if WordPerfect is all that is available to you, by all means, use it.

Opening WordPerfect:
Start >> Programs >> WordPerfect Office 2000 >> WordPerfect 9

Making a New Blank Document:
When WordPerfect is opened, a new blank document should automatically open. If not, then you can begin a new blank document in a variety of ways.

First, find the "New Blank Document" icon, which looks like a blank sheet of paper, located underneath the menu bar is the "WordPerfect9" toolbar (which we will refer to as the "standard toolbar," as this is what many programs will call similar toolbars). Click on the icon to bring up a new blank document.

Also, you can go to the menu bar and select File >> New… (shortcut: Ctrl+N).

To begin typing, just click the cursor anywhere within the new blank document.

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