Corel Announces Worldwide Preview of WordPerfect Office 2000.LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998-- COREL(NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :COSFF) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COS.) Today at Fall COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). (r) 1998 in Las Vegas, Corel Corporation unveiled a world preview of the beta version of its latest office suite. The suite, to be called WordPerfect(r) Office 2000, will include four integrated core applications. WordPerfect 9, the award-winning word processor, Quattro(r) Pro 9, the powerful and full-featured spreadsheet, Corel Presentations(tm) 9, plus CorelCENTRAL(tm) 9 personal information manager will be included in all versions of the new suite. Corel will announce several versions of the suite in the months to come. Certain versions will contain a variety of the following complementary applications: Paradox(r) 9 relational database, Corel Print Office(tm) small business publishing solution, Dragon NaturallySpeaking(tm) Personal Edition version 3.x voice recognition technology, Trellix(r) 2.x Web authoring and presentation tool and a powerful server-based Internet publishing tool, code-named NetDocs. Scheduled to be widely available in North America in Q2 1999, WordPerfect Office 2000 is a compatible, value-based office suite which will further evolve the way people work with their word processor. With best-of-breed technology including Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Trellix, and cross-application compatibility with Microsoft(r) VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) A subset of Visual Basic that provides a common language for customizing Microsoft applications. VBA supports COM, which allows a VBA script to invoke internal functions within Excel, Word and other COM-based programs or to make use of , the latest version will allow current and future WordPerfect users to enjoy their familiar environment while remaining technologically current and compatible. "We have been listening very closely to our customers and have worked hard to give them the tools they need to be more efficient and compatible in today's rapidly changing marketplace," said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive officer of Corel Corporation. "Since acquiring WordPerfect in 1996 we have redefined the power and scope of the word processor and transformed it into a universal communications tool. The addition of Trellix and Dragon NaturallySpeaking continue to strengthen our already powerful suite." The state-of-the-art Trellix 2.x Web-authoring and presentation application will provide users with the ability to easily import, create, maintain and update multi-page, linked Web documents intended for the corporate intranet or personal Web site. With the addition of WordPerfect import features and custom document templates, Trellix provides a wide variety of users, from home office to large corporations, with the tools they need to create their own intranet or Web site without knowing HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. coding or graphic design. "The cost and complexity of relying on WebMasters or HTML specialists to maintain and update content for intranets and Web sites has become a real problem for companies of all sizes," said Russell Werner, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Trellix Corporation. "With the inclusion of Trellix 2.x in WordPerfect Office 2000, everyday users can easily create new content and convert legacy documents for publishing to the Web, thereby greatly reducing the current WebMaster bottleneck." Dragon NaturallySpeaking 3.x lets users dictate directly into WordPerfect 9 at a rate of up to 160 words per minute Noun 1. words per minute - the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing) wpm rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" . The inclusion of Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the first, and most popular, continuous speech recognition technology, greatly enhances the way users interact and communicate with their word processor. Exciting server-side Web publishing technology, code-named NetDocs, will be available in some versions of WordPerfect Office 2000. NetDocs allows companies running multiple programs on multiple platforms to publish documents to the Web through a central server. Once established, NetDocs can be automated to update documents at any pre-programed time. Documents will be published as HTML, Corel Barista barista Noun a person who makes and sells coffee in a coffee bar (tm) or Adobe PDF files allowing them to be viewed by a standard Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Corel continues to offer customers greater compatibility features in WordPerfect Office 2000. The inclusion of Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), will make it easier than ever for developers to build their own customized business solutions to meet their corporate needs. Localized Versions Localized versions of WordPerfect Office 2000 are scheduled to be available shortly after the release of the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. versions. Localized versions may contain different applications than the North American editions. Details to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. at a later date. Corel Corporation Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized developer of award-winning graphics and business productivity applications. Development of market-leading products such as the CorelDRAW(tm) line of graphics applications and the Corel(r) WordPerfect(r) Suite of business tools is continually evolving to meet the demands of the corporate, retail and academic markets. Committed to value, compatibility, choice and open standards, Corel develops products for the Windows(r), Macintosh(r), UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (r), Linux(r) and Java(tm) platforms. Corel's common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. (sm) under the symbol COSFF and on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol COS. For more information visit Corel's Web site at www.corel.com. Corel, WordPerfect, CorelDRAW and the Go Further logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. Trellix is a registered trademark of Trellix Corporation. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. NaturallySpeaking is a trademark of Dragon Systems, Inc. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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