Corel Corporation Introduces Corel Professional Services.

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OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2002

Company Enhances Support for Enterprise, Government &

Academic Customers through Expertise Gained in Recent Acquisitions

Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CORL) (TSX:COR) today introduced the company's professional services group - a team which will deliver world-class customized solutions and support to address the specific needs of enterprise, government and academic clients. Corel's professional services team capitalizes on the enterprise-level expertise gained through the company's recent acquisitions of Micrografx, Inc. and SoftQuad Software Ltd. to provide enhanced services and support to large organizations.

Corel(R) professional services will support all of the company's software offerings, including XMetaL(R), WordPerfect(R) Office, Corel Ventura(R), CorelDRAW(R), Corel(R) DESIGNER(TM), the iGrafx(R) line of enterprise management software and future enterprise solutions to be launched by Corel. It will provide a full complement of services, such as needs analysis, integration, training, deployment, and support of the company's software solutions. The team will serve customers in all of the company's major markets.

The group is led by Joe Sparks, who has worked in the technology and professional services sector for more than 20 years. Mr. Sparks most recently served as vice-president, business development and global alliances at Data Return Corporation, a company that specialized in providing enterprise customers with high-availability managed hosting services. His previous accomplishments include a distinguished, 11-year career at Compaq, where he held key roles in the management of engineering services, strategic alliances, and solutions sales organizations. Mr. Sparks was active in managing critical partnerships with industry leaders including Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, SAP AG, Cisco Systems, Inc., Level 3 Communications, Inc., and other enterprise services providers.

"Drawing on the strengths of three great companies, this new professional services group is a critical component of Corel Corporation's enterprise offerings," said Mr. Sparks. "We have brought together a team of talented professionals with extensive experience in creating custom software implementations. Whether it's deploying CorelDRAW, WordPerfect or the new enterprise offerings from Corel, the company's professional services team delivers immediate benefits, providing customers with solutions that allow them to fully capitalize on their organization's content assets."

For more information on Corel professional services, please call 877/864-7446, email [e-mail] or visit www.corel.com.

About Corel Corporation

Founded in 1985, Corel Corporation (www.corel.com) is a leading technology company that offers software for home and small business users, creative professionals and enterprise customers. With its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, Corel's common stock trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol CORL and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol COR.

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, involving the company's expectations about future financial results and other matters. These statements reflect management's current forecast of certain aspects of the company's future business. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of operations to differ materially from historical results or current expectations. The words "plan", "expect", "believe", "intend", "anticipate", "forecast", "target", "estimate" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Risk factors include shifts in customer demand, product shipment schedules, product mix, competitive products and pricing, technological shifts and other variables. Readers are referred to Corel's most recent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of the other risks and uncertainties. The factors underlying forecasts are dynamic and subject to change. As a result, forecasts speak only as of the date they are given and do not necessarily reflect the company's outlook at any other point in time. The company does not undertake to update or review these forward-looking statements.

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