The productivity suite also comes with Nuance PaperPort SE 12 for scanning and organizing documents, and a specialized version of Mozilla Thunderbird for email. Included in the box is word processing application WordPerfect X5, for spreadsheets there is Quattro Pro X5, slideshows can be done with Presentations X5, and Lightning works as a digital notebook. The application really has quite a bit to offer and comes in three different versions, ranging in price from $99.99 for the student and home editions, $249.99 for the standard edition, and $399.99 for the professional edition.įor this review I received a pre-release beta from Corel of WordPerfect Office X5 standard edition.Ĭorel is known for packing their software suites with extra content and third party applications in addition to their main line of applications, and WordPerfect Office X5 is true to this tradition. The suite also runs on Windows 7 and takes advantage of the touch screen capabilities. This conscious choice was, according to Corel, made with the understanding that an offline workspace is still important to have. In its latest release Corel includes Web-based collaboration tools, yet chose to avoid the full Web-based structure being adopted by Microsoft Office 2010 and other office suites. Tools to automatically search and grab data from the Web, support of more than 60 file formats including the latest from Microsoft, and powerful PDF features are among just a few on the list. There are a few key elements to WordPerfect Office X5 which make it a strong contender in the market.

For users of the software, the second place-mark is a good thing, however, since it has inspired Corel to include all the tools offered by Microsoft Office as well as quite a few additional tools. WordPerfect Office is often used by government and businesses while in the mainstream market, the productivity suite is second to Microsoft Office in popularly.

The office suite is comparable to Microsoft Office and Open Office, yet with its own unique approach to the market. (Joshua Philipp/The Epoch Times)Corel announced the release of WordPerfect Office X5 on March 23. WORD PROCESSOR: The workspace in Corel WordPerfect X5, the latest word processing application in the WordPerfect Office X5 suite.

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