Is there a problem using WordPerfect and Word in a dual environment?
Based on my experience and research, the answer is unequivocally YES. The entire underlying mental approach to using Word and WordPerfect is basically different. One disparity is the way Word’s formatting options primarily apply to an entire paragraph, where Word Perfect codes may be applied to words, phrases, and sentences within a paragraph. The following information was taken from an article written by a Microsoft support engineer. The root of the issue is in WordPerfect’s document structure, with its embedded codes. This is a completely different theory of what constitutes a Word document, at a very basic level. WordPerfect looks at a document as a stream running from top to bottom; the embedded codes change the behavior of that stream as it passes through a theoretical window, either the view on screen or being processed by the printer driver. Word looks at a document as a structure, the basic building blocks being character, paragraph, and section. The text is stored in the file
