Yeah brian28306 you did. But the coolest thing that Word Perfect did was the 'display codes' option so you could see what sort of formating was taking place. Very useful.
I know that the US Gov. used Word Perfect for many years trying to resist the onslaught of MS Word.
An acceptable free alternative these days is Sun's Star Office
http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice
Well it's free to non-profits...
http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice
Well it's free to non-profits...