The Professional and Education editions also include Corel's Paradox database app, which installs separately. In our tests, setup was fast and painless, taking about 10 minutes. More good news: users upgrading from WordPerfect Office Topping the list is the clever Workspace Manager, a pick-your-interface menu that pops up when you open WordPerfect, Quattro, or Presentations.
Designed to ease the transition from Microsoft Office, Workspace Manager mimics the keystrokes, menus, and toolbars of Microsoft's suite. Microsoft Word users, for instance, can work in Word Mode without struggling with WordPerfect's different look and feel.
Upgraders benefit as well. Word Mode doesn't exactly replicate Microsoft Word's interface, however, and new users may find themselves stumbling a bit at first. For instance, the Word toolbar lacks a Print Preview icon, although you'll find one with a slightly different look on the WordPerfect toolbar directly above it. To convert a Presentation It's that simple. Microsoft Office, by comparison, doesn't offer any PDF-conversion tools.
Just be aware that while WordPerfect The individual apps in Corel WordPerfect Office In addition to the Workspace Manager's interface enhancements, including the ability to mimic Microsoft Office toolbars and icons, the new OfficeReady Browser makes it a breeze to view and select a WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, or Presentations template. Click a template, and it appears in thumbnail form in a viewer window. We particularly liked the OfficeReady Browser, which vastly simplifies the task of tracking down templates -- a sometimes challenging task in other suites.
One gripe: The preview pane could use a magnification feature to view template details. Currently, you need to launch the template in its host program for example, Quattro Pro to view it in its full glory. Alas, not all is perfect with WordPerfect Office Our biggest complaint is the suite's inability to accurately import Microsoft Office documents, particularly Excel and PowerPoint files.
WordPerfect Office All isn't perfect, however. In our tests, Excel charts were dramatically altered, and PowerPoint presentations' text and graphics were routinely scrambled during the import process. We're not saying that WordPerfect Office But we strongly advise corporations and educators debating a cost-saving switch to WordPerfect Office The first CD includes the core apps: WordPerfect You'll quickly notice the absence of a standard e-mail application.
The Professional and Education editions also include Corel's Paradox database app, which installs separately. March WordPerfect Works 1. June LetterPerfect 2.
Note: 6 January WordPerfect acquires Reference Software International, author of the Grammatik 5 grammar-checking software already included in some WordPerfect versions. March WordPerfect IntelliTag 1. PenPoint operating system, but was never released. January Borland Office 2. September WordPerfect 3. December WordPerfect 6. Note: Rhymer for Windows was later acquired by WriteExpress, and was eventually issued in a bit version for Windows 95 and later as WriteExpress Rhymer. August WordPerfect 3.
September WordPerfect 6. April PerfectWorks 3. An unofficial patch to improve compatibility with OS 8 and 9 prepared privately by one of the developers was made available in A list of the features added in each may help in your decision:. Both the Novell and Corel versions are to be found on eBay, but the Novell version appears far more often. Most of the files on the Novell disk are dated 8 August , most of those on the Corel disk are dated 17 July Other significant differences include these:.
If you already have the Corel version, the Novell disk may be worth having for the sake of the on-line Folio Infobase version of the manual. An updated and greatly enlarged version of this document was updated on 30 October This section has been moved to a separate page about older WordPerfect for Windows versions.
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