WordPerfect News
by Kendall Callas
New Phone Number for Corel Tech Support
On May 30, Corel tech support changes telephone numbers. The new number for Classic phone support is (613) 274-0500.
WordPerfect 10 Ships
The latest issue of WordPerfect, version 10, shipped May 1st as part of the Corel® WordPerfect® Office 2002 suite. Street price is as low as $410 for the Professional version, $330 for the Standard version. Upgrade pricing is $250 for Professional, $150 for Standard. Available at Buy.com, Amazon.com, TigerDirect.com, and direct from Corel (1-800-772-6735).
Corel press releases say that over 70% of the new features and enhancements are based directly on feedback from customers ... with several new add-ons and enhancements to popular features such as Publish to PDF, file sharing, Corel® RealTime Preview and more ...
I haven't had a chance to study the improvements yet, but Corel claims WordPerfect 10 offers these new or improved features:
- Variables serve as unique markers which enable quick and easy updating of continuously changing data in templates, such as client names or service charges.
- Text to Tables to Text for fast creation of tables based on separator delimited text.
- Improved MS Word compatibility makes it easier to share files with Microsoft® Word users.
- The Pocket Oxford Dictionary.
- Publish-to-PDF for mailing documents to clients or colleagues as attachments via electronic mail.
- HTML enhancements for clean and direct document publication to the Internet.
- Corel® RealTime Preview enhancements.
Corel has also improved the rest of the suite, including:
- New e-mail client built into CorelCENTRAL 10 Personal Information Manager.
- Groupware support in the CorelCENTRAL 10 Calendar facilitates sharing and managing schedules over a network.
- The ability to activate multiple e-mail accounts simultaneously from one location.
- The ability to share address books in CorelCENTRAL 10.
- New charting engine in Quattro Pro provides easy access to exceptionally attractive charts in the spreadsheet without the need to use additional graphics applications.
- Publish presentations to the Internet using Macromedia Flash.
- Now use MP3, WMA sound files in electronic slide presentations.
- Add motion to presentations using animated GIF files in Corel Presentations 10.
- Internet calling service Net2Phone® is now included in WordPerfect Office 2002 to facilitate communication from computer to phone, computer to computer and computer to fax machine directly from the desktop.
Upgrade Policy. Customers who have a purchased copy of Corel WordPerfect 5.0 or higher, CorelDRAW 3® or higher, Microsoft® Office 95 or higher, or Lotus® SmartSuite® 97 or higher can purchase WordPerfect Office 2002 at the upgrade price.
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