Corel Brings Families Together With WordPerfect Family Pack 2: Latest Release Hits Store Shelves Just in Time for the Holidays.Business Editors OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000 Corel Corporation (company) Corel Corporation - A software publisher best known for the CorelDraw application. Founded in June 1985 by Dr. Michael Cowpland, Corel Corporation was originally a systems integration company. (Nasdaq:CORL CORL Corel Corporation (stock symbol) CORL Coalition of Reef Lovers CORL capital outlay revenue limit CORL change-orientated reflective listening (psychotherapy) CORL Central Ontario Ringette League )(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COR.) today announced that WordPerfect(R) Family Pack 2 will be on store shelves just in time for the holiday shopping season. Christmas shoppers will be able to get their hands on WordPerfect Family Pack 2 -- the newest edition of Corel's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. line -- for the suggested retail price of $79 US. The applications within WordPerfect Family Pack 2 have been upgraded and revamped to center around the Task Manager, providing users with easy-to-use templates to guide them through the process of creating a project. Family members of various ages and skill levels will be able to access the power of the core applications without being intimidated by the depth of their capabilities. Simply put, the Task Manager is like a tour guide that shows you the possibilities of what you can do with this suite. "We're extremely proud of what we've done with this latest edition," said Graham Brown, executive vice president, business applications product group. "Now more than ever, families will be able to get the most out of their home computer. WordPerfect Family Pack 2 is an incredibly versatile package that will add value to the family PC by increasing its ease of use." New to the suite is the National Geographic Trip Planner (NGTP NGTP Next Generation Telematics Protocol ), which can turn an everyday road trip into an exciting adventure. By entering the trip itinerary, the NGTP wizard can plot 100,000 points of interest along the way; hotels, parks, restaurants and scenic vistas are just a few of the items the trip planner will find for you. WordPerfect Family Pack 2 is the latest version of Corel's award-winning Family Pack. Based on the original WordPerfect application, this suite is geared toward the needs of families and the diverse nature of the home environment. Users can create professional-looking letters, reports and newsletters, develop a family budget and keep track of everything from the mortgage to junior's coin collection. Children can make school projects fun with colorful graphics and exciting special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. . WordPerfect Family Pack 2 includes the following features and benefits: Task Manager: The Task Manager offers users step-by-step guidance, to assist in getting started on a variety of projects. The Task Manager directs users to the appropriate application to use for personal financing, educational activities, hobbies and family fun. WordPerfect(R) 9: provides users with powerful word-processing capabilities to create polished resumes, letters, and newsletters, write high-quality reports and papers for all occasions. Corel (R) Quattro(R) Pro 9: is a versatile spreadsheet program that lets users manage, analyse, report and share data, from simple tasks like creating personal budgets to complex data analyses. Corel Print House(TM) 5: allows users to create a wide range of graphics projects, from greeting cards See e-card. and banners to party themes and more. Easy-to-use templates allow users the ability to choose from thousands of clipart images, adding the perfect finishing touch. Corel Photo House(TM) 5: lets users access this powerful bitmap-based, image-editing and painting program that is ideal for retouching photos from a digital camera, working with scanned images, editing clipart, and creating original artwork. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is a software program for teaching touch typing. It is published by Brøderbund. The original version was published by The Software Toolworks. The program has been published regularly since 1993. (R) 10: This leading program -- made by The Learning Company -- makes it easy for children and adults to learn to type or improve typing speed. Compton's(R) Interactive Encyclopedia 2000: This educational program from The Learning Company helps users to find information quickly using a multimedia encyclopedia, turning the home PC into a powerful reference tool. Free Clipart Images on the Web: Enjoy a free three-month subscription to the CorelCity.com(TM) Clipart Center, Corel's online clipart collection featuring over 1,000,000 downloadable images. National Geographic Trip Planner Platinum 2000: This interactive travel guide contains maps, itineraries and driving instructions that users can view onscreen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. or print out and take with them. Corel Corporation Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized developer of award-winning business productivity, graphics and operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. solutions on the Windows(R), Linux(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), Macintosh(R) and Java(TM) platforms. Corel also develops market-leading, Web-based solutions including applications, contents, e-commerce and online services. For access to these services and more information go to www.corel.com or www.corelcity.com. Corel is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. 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 CORL 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 COR. Corel, the Go further logo, WordPerfect, Quattro, Corel Photo House 5, Corel Print House 5, and CorelCity.com are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. All other products, fonts, company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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