More good news: users upgrading from and earlier editions can install version 12.0 without first uninstalling their old copies, which wasn't the case with previous upgrades.Ĭorel à la mode. A full install of the three core programs-WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, and Presentations-required just 373MB of disk space. In our tests, setup was fast and painless, taking about 10 minutes. The second CD includes a variety of third-party utilities, including Acrobat Reader and Internet Explorer, and Corel's OfficeReady Browser, a handy template viewer (see ). The Professional and Education editions also include Corel's Paradox database app, which installs separately. You'll quickly notice the absence of a standard e-mail application. The first CD includes the core apps: WordPerfect 12.0, Quattro Pro 12.0, Presentations 12.0, and Zim's SMS.com, a utility for transmitting e-mail and instant messages to and from mobile devices. Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 6.3Ĭorel WordPerfect Office 12.0 comes on two CDs and is simple to install. But we strongly advise corporations and educators debating a cost-saving switch to WordPerfect Office 12.0 to test the program's importing skills before making the leap. In many ways, it's easier to use than Microsoft Office, particularly for users who frequently upload PDF, HTML, and XML documents to the Web. We're not saying that WordPerfect Office 12.0 is a poor product-far from it.

In our tests, Excel charts were dramatically altered, and PowerPoint presentations' text and graphics were routinely scrambled during the import process. WordPerfect Office 12.0 is still dreadful at importing Microsoft Office documents, particularly Excel and PowerPoint files.

WordPerfect Office 12.0 retains the package's core strengths-the venerable WordPerfect word processor, the Quattro Pro spreadsheet app, and the Presentations app-while adding several interface enhancements, including the ability to mimic the interface and keyboard shortcuts of Microsoft Office's main apps,, , and. Yet it has been unable to wipe out Corel's WordPerfect Office suite, a powerful, less-expensive alternative that has managed to prosper-albeit with a tiny fraction of Microsoft's market share. Microsoft Office dominates the productivity-suite market and has become the de facto standard in the corporate realm.

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