WORDPERFECT OFFICE X6
[Available as a Corel download April 26, 2012. Retail (boxed) versions should be available in early May 2012.]
 "What exciting surprises can be found in Corel® WordPerfect® Office X6?" [and my small contribution to the topic in a post on WordPerfect Universe here]
Reviewer's Guide (PDF)
Edition comparison matrix (PDF)
Upgrade matrix (PDF) - compares major features in WordPerfect versions 8 - X6; for more details on a particular version, see
below
Downloadable PDF guides (Handbook, Guidebook, Macro Guide) from Corel are on OfficeCommunity.com here.
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IMPORTANT:
A new feature introduced by
Corel in WordPerfect 10 affects the way text is selected and
the way the cursor moves -- and can also produce serious problems
with WordPerfect 10 and
later version macros.
This is caused by a new setting in Tools, Settings, Environment:
"Use WP9 text selection," which was set OFF by default
(presumably for the convenience of Microsoft Word users). Most
users of earlier versions of WordPerfect will probably want it
set ON. See here for more information. |
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WORDPERFECT OFFICE X5
WordPerfect X5
is certified to work with Windows 7 (as well as Windows
Vista and Windows XP).
Reviewer's
Guide (PDF file):
Version
comparison (PDF file). (For the Professional Edition of WPX5,
see here.) Corel's
WordPerfect X5 Upgrade Matrix
- an overview (table) of major features found in WordPerfect
versions 8-X5; for more details on a particular version, see
below.
What's
New in WordPerfect® Office X5? (Corel page)
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IMPORTANT:
A new feature introduced by
Corel in WordPerfect 10 affects the way text is selected and
the way the cursor moves -- and can also produce serious problems
with WordPerfect 10 and
later version macros.
This is caused by a new setting in Tools, Settings, Environment:
"Use WP9 text selection," which was set OFF by default
(presumably for the convenience of Microsoft Word users). Most
users of earlier versions of WordPerfect will probably want it
set ON. See here for more information. |
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WORDPERFECT OFFICE X4
See "Corel
Launches WordPerfect® Office X4 – The World’s First
PDF Office Suite".
PC Magazine reviewed
it here.
See the Corel
Reviewer's Guide (2.28 MB in PDF format).
See a Comparison
chart (PDF format) between the four editions.
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IMPORTANT:
A new feature introduced by
Corel in WordPerfect 10 affects the way text is selected and
the way the cursor moves -- and can also produce serious problems
with WordPerfect 10 and
later version macros.
This is caused by a new setting in Tools, Settings, Environment:
"Use WP9 text selection," which was set OFF by default
(presumably for the convenience of Microsoft Word users). Most
users of earlier versions of WordPerfect will probably want it
set ON. See here for more information. |
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WORDPERFECT OFFICE X3
From the Corel Reviewer's Guide:
Summary
of New and Enhanced Features
(Standard Edition;
see below for other editions)
Suite-wide
- Built-in publish to PDF capabilities make
it easy and cost-effective to share WordPerfect Office documents
while maintaining control over content and appearance.
- With WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, and Presentations,
it’s easy to exchange information with Microsoft® Office
users thanks to enhanced compatibility with Microsoft Office
file formats.
- Easier to use thanks to a more familiar,
intuitive environment with newly updated, stylish buttons and
toolbars that now support Windows® XP default themes.
- The enhanced PerfectExpert™ provides
easy access to an array of project templates and, if asked, provides
helpful advice for virtually any project.
- Enhanced multilingual character support ensures
that extended characters display accurately.
- Finding the right template has never been
easier with the enhanced WordPerfect® OfficeReady™ template
browser.
- The enhanced Migration Manager makes it easy
to retain settings from a previous WordPerfect Office installation.
- Now accessible from the Start menu, Presentations™
Graphics X3 is tightly integrated with WordPerfect®, Quattro
Pro®, and Presentations™.
- Enjoy e-mail, calendar, contact, spam protection,
and lightning-fast search capabilities with the new WordPerfect®
MAIL™.
- With WordPerfect Office X3 – Professional
Edition only, take advantage of the enhanced Paradox® —
a relational desktop database application.
WordPerfect® X3
- The new ability to Import PDF files with
WordPerfect® X3 makes it easy to reuse text and graphics
from PDF files without additional purchase.
- The enhanced Publish To PDF feature now converts
WordPerfect table-of-contents headings into PDF bookmarks for
easy PDF navigation.
- Access online resources and quickly conduct
Web searches with the new WordPerfect® Online Resources featuring
Yahoo!® Search.
- Gain more control and quickly access the
enhanced Word Count feature by using the new Count button on
the application bar.
- Enhanced Document Routing makes it easy to
collect feedback from multiple collaborators.
- Enhanced integration with WordPerfect®
MAIL™ makes it easy to share a WordPerfect MAIL address
book with WordPerfect for creating routing slips to use for document
routing.
- Easily repurpose HTML content with the enhanced
Paste Without Formatting feature.
- Now, you can view and print WordPerfect documents
from a Web browser.
- Quickly and easily remove confidential or
sensitive information from documents with the new Save Without
Metadata feature.
- New label formats are available from industry-leading
suppliers.
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IMPORTANT:
A new feature introduced by
Corel in WordPerfect 10 affects the way text is selected and
the way the cursor moves -- and can also produce serious problems
with WordPerfect 10 and
later version macros.
This is caused by a new setting in Tools, Settings, Environment:
"Use WP9 text selection," which was set OFF by default
(presumably for the convenience of Microsoft Word users). Most
users of earlier versions of WordPerfect will probably want it
set ON. See here for more information. |
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Quattro Pro® X3
- Share spreadsheets and charts with any computer
user who has Adobe® Reader® software, thanks to the new
Publish To PDF feature.
- Create polished, professional-looking reports
with the enhanced CrossTab reports, which now maintain connections
with ODBC databases.
- Easily apply advanced rendering to charts
with enhanced charting tools.
Presentations™ X3
- The enhanced Publish To PDF feature now translates
slide names into PDF bookmarks for easy PDF navigation of presentations
and slide shows.
- Use a new Master from the enhanced Master
Gallery to create professional-looking slide shows and presentations
without having to design from scratch.
- Show off presentations with smoother, more
rounded text and images, thanks to enhanced anti-aliasing and
graphics interpolation.
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What's Included with WordPerfect®
Office X3
(See also "Differences
in the WPO X3 Product Family")
– Standard Edition:
Main Applications
- WordPerfect® X3: This powerful word-processing
application provides capabilities that simplify your work. Easy
to use and highly compatible with Microsoft® Word, WordPerfect
X3 provides all the tools needed to create dynamic documents
that are easily shared with other computer users.
- Quattro Pro® X3: Featuring enhanced compatibility
with Microsoft® Excel, this powerful spreadsheet application
can help you organize, analyze, report, manage, and share important
data and financial information. Quattro Pro X3 provides easy-to-use
charting features and advanced rendering options that give your
information a professional, polished look.
- Presentations™ X3: With enhanced compatibility
with Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Presentations X3 includes
all the tools you need to create slide shows, project proposals,
interactive reports and demonstrations, multimedia presentations,
flyers, signs, banners, and more. For easy sharing, you can publish
projects to HTML or Macromedia Flash™. Plus, the self-contained
presentations technology, Show On The Go™, lets any PC user
view your project — whether or not they use Presentations.
- WordPerfect® MAIL™: With lightning
speed, WordPerfect MAIL finds information buried by years of
inbox, contact, or calendar clutter. In addition to e-mail, calendar,
and contact management, this full-featured, easy-to-use application
includes innovative filing capabilities and outstanding spam
protection.
- Presentations™ Graphics X3: For years,
this easy-to-use graphics tool has been tightly integrated with
WordPerfect Office. Now easier to access than ever before, you
can choose Presentations Graphics X3 from the Start menu to create
and edit original drawings and pictures. With support for many
commonly used file formats, Presentations Graphics X3 ensures
that you can reuse your graphics with other products.
Supporting Utilities
- WordPerfect® OfficeReady™ Template
Browser: This template browser makes it easy to find the right
template for any project. It provides thumbnail views of available
templates that open with a single click.
- WordPerfect® Office Conversion Utility:
The WordPerfect® Office Conversion Utility makes it easy
to convert batches of any document type that WordPerfect can
open. For example, you can convert an entire folder structure
of Microsoft Word documents to WordPerfect.
- PerfectScript™: PerfectScript™
was developed specifically for WordPerfect Office applications
to help you create macros, recordings, and scripts.
- QuickFinder™: QuickFinder™ is a
powerful utility that lets you find files by performing highly
customizable searches.
- Pleading Expert: The Pleading Expert is a
step-by-step wizard that helps you create pleading cover sheets.
It guides you through page, margin, font, line, footer, and signature
settings, and lets you save pleading styles that you can easily
reuse.
– Additional Applications
in the Professional Edition:
- Paradox®: A relational, file-based database
application, Paradox® lets you store and retrieve data in
a variety of ways. To help you track, organize, and compile data,
this complete desktop database solution stores information in
powerful, searchable tables.
- Microsoft® Visual Basic® for Applications:
Microsoft® Visual Basic® for Applications lets developers
build custom business solutions by automating and integrating
off-the-shelf software applications to meet specific customer
needs.
- Software Developer Kit (SDK): With the Professional
Edition, an SDK is included to simplify deployment and maintenance
of the software.
– Additional Resources
in the Professional Edition:
- WordPerfect® Office X3 Deployment Guide:
Included as a PDF file, this step-by-step resource simplifies
network deployment.
- WordPerfect® Office X3 Programming Guide
for VBA: Included as a PDF file, this new manual is a resource
for developing and distributing Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
solutions.
- Deploying Macros and Templates: Included
as a PDF file, this guide provides helpful information on sharing
macros and templates with other WordPerfect Office X3 users.
– Content:
- WordPerfect Office X3 includes 9,500 clipart
images, 175 photos, and 900 TrueType fonts.
– Documentation:
- Help files now provide Zoom In and Zoom Out
buttons so that you can adjust the display size.
- PerfectExpert™
- Printed 256-page user guide (Retail version
of WordPerfect Office X3 – Standard Edition)
- The user guide is also included as a PDF.
– Minimum System Requirements:
- Windows® XP (Home or Professional Edition
with latest Service Pack), Windows 2000 (with latest Service
Pack), or Windows 98 SE
- 128 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended)
- 466-MHz processor (Pentium® III or equivalent
processor recommended)
- 575 MB of hard disk space for minimum installation
- Super VGA, 16-bit color monitor with 800
× 600 or greater resolution
- CD-ROM drive
- Mouse or tablet
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
version
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Comparing WordPerfect®
Office X3 Editions
WordPerfect® Office
X3 – Standard Edition
WordPerfect Office X3 – Standard Edition
includes the trusted power of WordPerfect X3 for word processing,
Quattro Pro X3 for spreadsheets and charts, Presentations X3
for multimedia slide shows, WordPerfect MAIL for communication,
and Presentations Graphics X3 for creating and editing original
drawings and bitmaps. In addition, the Pocket Oxford™ English
Dictionary, Legal tools, and the WordPerfect OfficeReady template
browser are included. Highly compatible, it’s the world’s
number-one alternative to Microsoft Office.
WordPerfect® Office
X3 – Professional Edition
WordPerfect Office X3 – Professional
Edition is ideal for customers who need advanced database functionality,
or who have complex or customized installations. It includes
everything in the Standard Edition, except for WordPerfect MAIL.
It also includes Paradox for relational databases, Microsoft
Visual Basic for Applications, and a Software Developer Kit (SDK).
In addition, the Professional Edition includes a network deployment
guide, a template and macro guide, and a VBA programming guide.
The openness of the WordPerfect file format makes it easy for
vendors to open and create WPD files. It’s also easy to
create custom Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) to automate and integrate
applications with WordPerfect Office.
WordPerfect® Office
X3 – Student and Teacher Edition
An A+ alternative to higher-priced products,
WordPerfect Office X3 – Student and Teacher Edition is perfect
for students and educators alike. Licensed for noncommercial
use, it includes WordPerfect X3 for word processing, Quattro
Pro X3 for spreadsheets, Presentations X3 for multimedia slide
shows, Paradox for relational databases, and Presentations Graphics
X3 for bitmap graphics creation. Plus, the Pocket Oxford English
Dictionary and the WordPerfect OfficeReady template browser are
included. In addition, the Student and Teacher Edition is licensed
for use on up to three PCs per single household. (See the
new Home and Student Edition below.)
WordPerfect® Office
X3 – Home Edition
Designed with the specific needs of home computer
users in mind, WordPerfect Office X3 – Home Edition provides
eight leading home PC tools in one complete package. It includes
WordPerfect X3 – Home Edition for word processing, Quattro
Pro X3 – Home Edition for spreadsheets and charts, two WordPerfect
OfficeReady template collections, Corel® Photo Album™
6 – Standard Edition for managing digital photo collections,
Pinnacle Studio™ SE for editing home videos, Pinnacle Instant
CD/DVD LE v8 for burning CDs and DVDs, and Norton Internet Security™
2006 for protection from viruses and other threats. This compatible,
feature-rich, value-packed suite is sure to make your entire
household’s computing experience more enjoyable, creative,
and secure. (See the new Home and Student Edition below.)
WordPerfect® Office
X3 – Home and Student Edition (released August 2007)
For more information see the Corel press release
(Aug. 27, 2007) here.
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WORDPERFECT 12
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IMPORTANT:
A new feature introduced by
Corel in WordPerfect 10 affects the way text is selected and
the way the cursor moves -- and can also produce serious problems
with WordPerfect 10 and
later version macros.
This is caused by a new setting in Tools, Settings, Environment:
"Use WP9 text selection," which was set OFF by default
(presumably for the convenience of Microsoft Word users). Most
users of earlier versions of WordPerfect will probably want it
set ON. See here for more information. |
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WORDPERFECT 11
From Wordperfect's Help files:
What's new in WP11:
- Publish to XML - Lets you publish new and
existing WordPerfect documents to the XML format
- WordPerfect Classic Mode - Lets you change
your keyboard and environment to the WordPerfect 5.1 color and
keystroke scheme
- Document tracking - Lets you automatically
route documents to other users using Outlook
- Document map - Lets you navigate complex
documents
- Reveal Codes printing - Lets you print documents
with the codes in place for easy troubleshooting
- Conversion utility - Lets you quickly convert
documents to the WordPerfect format
- Other - A new checkbox in Insert, Header/Footer
allows aligning the new header or footer with the document margins
at that location.
What's different in WP11:
- Publish to PDF - Now supports Acrobat 5.0
- Variables - Enhancements to the variables
feature make it easier to store, retrieve, and reuse documents
- Legal tools - Lets you create custom pleading
templates, capture case data, and publish documents directly
to EDGAR
- Outlook Address Book - Lets you access data
directly from an Outlook address book
- RealTime Preview - Even more document modifications
now work with RealTime Preview
- Reference tools - Newly designed user interface
makes creation of reference tools easier
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IMPORTANT:
- The original release of WordPerfect
11 (i.e., version 11.0.0.233 as shown in Help>About...) introduced
a bug that causes some macros created/edited/played in
it (no matter who created them) to fail to terminate properly
when played in WP11.0.0.300, and vice versa.
- These macros appear to play but do not return
to the main document screen and appear to "hang," or
else they go into an endless loop.
- This problem also
affects Corel shipping macros and template macros inside various
Corel Projects.
- For solutions, see the top of the Library
page.
- A new feature introduced
by Corel in WordPerfect 10 affects the way text is selected and
the way the cursor moves -- and can also produce serious problems
with WordPerfect 10 and
later version macros.
This is caused by a new setting in Tools, Settings, Environment:
"Use WP9 text selection," which was set OFF by default
(presumably for the convenience of Microsoft Word users). Most
users of earlier versions of WordPerfect will probably want it
set ON. See here for more information.
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WORDPERFECT 10
What's new in WP10:
- Align and distribute tool - Lets you align
and distribute objects in relation to themselves and the page.
- Auto-suggest filename - When you save a document
for the first time or as a new file, WordPerfect automatically
inserts a suggested filename.
- Document review margin markers - Lets you
add an indicator in the margin of a document to notify the author
that the text has changed.
- Enhanced HTML publishing with Cascading Style
Sheet (CSS) support - Lets you convert WordPerfect documents
for use on the World Wide Web by using the increased flexibility
and advanced page layout and formatting of CSS support.
- Printing keyboard lists - Lets you print
a copy of the keyboard shortcuts. You can export the list to
a file, and you can also customize the list.
- Selecting sections - Lets you select pages,
secondary pages, chapters, and volumes.
- Tables to text - Lets you convert a table
to delimited text.
- Text to tables - Lets you convert document
text to a tabular format, based on a user-specified delimiter.
- Toolbar and property bar pickers - Lets you
choose an option for underlining, undoing or redoing, adding
drop caps, and other formatting options.
- Two-page view - Supports Reveal Codes and
writing tools.
- Variables - Lets you insert a variable placeholder
into a document and change the contents later, updating all instances
of the variable.
- Zoom tool - Lets you magnify certain areas
of a document.
- With every new version of WordPerfect, certain
items are enhanced, others are renamed, and still others are
found in a new location. The following table shows the items
that have changed in WordPerfect 10.
What's different in WP10:
- Application bar - You can now display the
current language in the application bar (for example, English-U.S.
(US)). You can change the language by accessing the application
bar.
- Comments - The enhanced comment bubble is
less intrusive, fitting the length of the text only, and leaving
no empty space in the bubble.You can also apply formatting to
text, as well as insert a graphic, a table, and so on, within
the comment bubble.
- Corel RealTime Preview - This feature has
been extended to include QuickFonts, underline, drop caps, and
other formatting features.
- Merge - The Merge feature now allows more
fields for each record and an improved keyboard merge dialog.
- Navigation - The Go to feature now includes
bookmarks, hyperlinks, redlined text, equations, graphics, and
other items.The Browse by feature has been expanded, and a flyout
allows you to select a browse method more quickly.
- Publish to PDF - Supports hyperlinks and
watermarks.
- Ruler - Elements (for example, left margin
adjust) have been redesigned and enlarged.
- Tables - A Table menu has been added to the
menu bar.Cells containing formulas are marked with a colored
indicator. You can also copy cell formulas by dragging.The QuickSplit
columns and rows button on the property bar lets you split a
cell into four cells (columns and rows).The Shadow Cursor now
works in table cells.
- Text selection - You have more flexibility
in selecting text with your mouse or keyboard.
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IMPORTANT:
A new feature introduced by
Corel in WordPerfect 10 affects the way text is selected and
the way the cursor moves -- and can also produce serious problems
with WordPerfect 10/11/12/X3/X4 macros. This is caused by a new
setting in Tools, Settings, Environment: "Use WP9 text selection," which was set OFF by default (presumably for
the convenience of Microsoft Word users). Most users of earlier
versions of WordPerfect will probably want it set ON. See here for more information. |
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WORDPERFECT 9
What's new in WP9:
Performance and productivity features
- Corel RealTime Preview
- Corel RealTime Preview lets you scroll through
and preview several different formatting options, such as fonts,
lines, tables, borders, and shading, to see what they look like,
without applying those changes to your document.
- Install-As-You-Go
- Install-As-You-Go helps you minimize the
hard disk space required by WordPerfect Office 2000 applications
by including only the bare necessities. If a non-installed item
is selected, you will be asked if you want to install it.
- Embedded Fonts
- WordPerfect 9 lets you use the Embedded Font
feature. If you choose Embedded Fonts when saving your document,
your fonts will be compressed and saved with the file data. Now
your favorite fonts will go wherever your file goes for the presentation
that you expect.
- Autoscroll
- Autoscroll lets you scroll through a document
without using the arrow keys or the scroll bars. When you point
the Autoscroll arrow in the direction you want to move, you can
scroll through the document. The scrolling speed increases when
you move the arrow further from the Autoscroll tool and slows
when you move the arrow closer to the Autoscroll tool.
- Block-Make-It-Fit
- WordPerfect 9 enhances the Make-It-Fit feature
available in previous versions to allow you to fit sections of
your document into a specified number of pages without affecting
other areas where fitting specifications may be different.
- Enhanced charting module
- The enhanced charting module provides additional
chart types and capabilities.
- Improved accessibility
- WordPerfect 9 continues to work towards accessibility
requirements, including the support of High-Contrast mode, providing
keystrokes to the majority of features, using standard user interface
controls which make Third Party accessibility tools compatible
with Corel applications, supporting large font mode, and providing
options under settings to provide flexibility in functionality.
- Enhanced shapes
- WordPerfect 9 provides over 100 new shapes.
You can choose a shape from any of the new shape palettes or
use the Basic Shapes, Arrows, Stars, Banners, and Flowcharting
tools. Action buttons prompt the assignment of an action; Call
out shapes have pointers that can be anchored anywhere in the
document. All shapes have the new Text In Shapes feature, which
allows text to be added into the shape on the fly.
- Visual Basic for Applications Integration
- Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) lets
you develop VBA applications to control WordPerfect 9 through
the OLE Automation Type Library. The main object exposed by WordPerfect
9 is the PerfectScript object, which consists of all the functions
currently available in the PerfectScript language, making it
easier for those familiar with PerfectScript to modify existing
scripts and to understand the syntax and parameters required
to program the PerfectScript object's methods. These VBA projects
are stored within the application document and are easily distributed.
- Skewed table cells
- You can skew the top row or the left or right
column of a table. Unless you specify otherwise, any text that
you type in a skewed cell will be skewed as well. You can also
change the angle of the skew and specify other skew options.
- Enhanced multiple page printing
- WordPerfect 9 includes additional options
for printing multiple pages. You can specify the number of copies
you wish to print and whether you want the copies collated. Collating
is useful when printing multipage documents. When you enable
the Collate check box, a complete copy of each document is printed
before the next document is printed; when collating is disabled,
all the copies of the first page are printed before the copies
of the second page are printed.
- Print Preview
- Although WordPerfect 9 creates documents
in a WYSIWYG environment, many users have requested a Print Preview
option. WordPerfect 9 lets you view your document as a single
page or double pages. Print Preview is fully compatible with
Corel RealTime Preview, which lets you experiment with formatting
options, such as fonts, lines, tables, borders, and shading,
without applying them to your document. Print Preview is also
fully editable; therefore, you do not have to switch back to
regular view to make changes to your document.
- Browse buttons
- The browse buttons make navigation within
a document more intuitive. WordPerfect 9 lets you navigate through
a document in the same way that you navigate through an Internet
document.
Compatibility and integration features
- Enhanced file conversion
- WordPerfect 9 continues to use the same file
format as its predecessorsCorel WordPerfect 6, 6.1, 7, and 8without
requiring any conversion from these previous versions. Keeping
the same file format lets you convert Microsoft Word and Lotus
AmiPro documents while retaining all document data from open
to save.
- In-Place Editing
- In-Place Editing lets you edit an object
without switching to a different window. Buttons and list boxes
temporarily change to work specifically with that object.
- In-Place Activation
- WordPerfect 9 now uses the new In-Place Activation
feature to help further integrate 3rd Party applications into
WordPerfect Office 2000. By double-clicking on an OLE object,
the editing or development environment native to that object
is initiated inside WordPerfect, providing seamless integration
of 3rd Party applications.
- XML capabilities
- XML (eXtensible Markup Language) provides
a platform and application-independent environment for defining
document architecture and document markup. WordPerfect 9 lets
you create, validate, and save XML documents in a familiar WYSIWYG
environment. A structured tree view, shown in a separate window,
provides an easy-to-read layout of the full document. WordPerfect
9 automatically inserts and maintains tag pairs to create XML
files. WordPerfect 9 provides an editing environment that includes
wizards, automatic element insertion, and automatic generation
of documents, which makes document creation quick and easy. You
can customize menus, toolbars, and keyboard mapping to create
your own working environment. WordPerfect 9 incorporates the
Document Type Definition (DTD), layout information, and mapping
files into a single WordPerfect template.
- For more information about XML, see the WordPerfect
online Help.
- SGML Editor
- WordPerfect 9 lets you create SGML documents
in a familiar WordPerfect environment. WordPerfect 9 lets you
edit, markup text, and validate tags in SGML documents. You can
also employ WordPerfect 9 writing tools, such as Spell Check
and QuickCorrect. You can hide SGML codes in the document window
and use WordPerfect 9 text formatting to make SGML documents
easier to read on screen. The SGML editor also provides the following
capabilities:
- structures views of the document, providing
a WYSIWYG view on one side of the screen and a tree view on the
other
- enhanced graphics that let you import and
export markups with the SGML document
- writing tools
- compare features
- automatic mapping for International Standards
Organization (ISO) characters during the DTD compiling process
to map multinational characters to the appropriate characters
in the SGML Editor. Manual character mapping does not fall within
the ISO character sets.
- enhanced importing and exporting capabilities
Internet features
- SpeedLinks
- SpeedLinks lets you create Internet linkshighlighted
text in a World Wide Web document that helps you jump to another
part of the same document or to another document on the World
Wide Web. When you type text that begins with "www,"
"ftp," "http," or "mailto," SpeedLinks
automatically converts the text to an Internet link.
- Trellix 2 Integration
- Trellix 2 Integration lets you create and
organize professional, effective documents that can be published
to HTML. Trellix can make long, complicated documents easy to
understand and navigate; the integrated navigation map lets you
visualize and access any part of your document quickly. Trellix
documents resemble web pages, with easy-to-create links, and
you can add spreadsheets, graphics, and other files.
What's different in WP9:
With every new version of WordPerfect certain
items are added, others are renamed, still others are found in
a new location. The items renamed or moved in version 9 are:
- QuickSpots QuickSpots
- QuickSpots provided direct access to editing
features for certain objects in a document, such as paragraphs
or tables. WordPerfect 9 improves on this idea by including more
than 20 different Property Bars that appear when you click on
a particular object. Property Bars change to fit your immediate
needs. For example, click a table, and the Property Bar displays
buttons for table editing tools. Click a graphic, and the Property
Bar displays graphics editing tools.
- PerfectExpert
- WordPerfect 9 comes with its own built-in
expert, which is ready to help you with any task. The PerfectExpert
includes the best features of Quick Tasks, templates, and Coaches,
combined with information from online Help and the power of a
natural language interface to help you with everyday tasks. The
PerfectExpert lets you quickly create complex documents using
professionally designed templates.
- Menus
- The menus in WordPerfect 9 have undergone
significant restructuring to improve access to the most frequently
used features. The menus are also standardized across WordPerfect
Office 2000 applications to make learning each application easier.
Right-click the menu to select a menu similar to one you used
in a previous version of WordPerfect.
- The Tables and Graphics menus are not available
any more; the editing features for tables and graphics are now
available on the Property Bar. Click a table or graphic to display
the Tables or Graphics Property Bar.
- The File, Publish As and File, Send menus
are consolidated as File, Send To.
- The Outline and Bullets & Numbering features
are consolidated in Insert, Outline/Bullets & Numbering.
- The abbreviations feature is renamed QuickWords
and is moved to Tools, QuickWords.
- Help Online, which was used to access additional
technical and product information, is renamed Corel Web site.
- Initial Document Style is renamed and is
moved to File, Document, Current Document Style.
- Initial Document Font is renamed and is moved
to File, Document, Default Font.
- Editing level styles
- When you organize text using bulleted lists,
numbered lists, and outlines, you can create a level style. For
example, you can create a style that formats all level two headings
in bold italic. In WordPerfect 9, you can edit a level style
that you have created, but you cannot edit any of the preset
styles provided with WordPerfect.
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WORDPERFECT 8
What's New in WP8:
Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 adds an updated,
more intuitive user interface to a classic product. The new context-sensitive
Property Bar, updated toolbars, and streamlined dialog boxes
provide a highly tuned and intuitive working environment.
- Property Bar
- This innovative and powerful context-sensitive
bar changes, depending on the task you are doing. For example,
when you are working on a table, the Property Bar displays table
tools. When you select a graphic, the Property Bar changes to
graphics tools.
- Application Bar
- The powerful new Application Bar lets you
switch between documents, drag and drop information, and easily
work with multiple documents.
- Corel PerfectExpert
- The Corel PerfectExpert combines the best
features from QuickTasks, templates, Help, and Coaches to help
you accomplish your work more quickly. The Corel PerfectExpert
can guide you through a detailed project such as creating a resume
(even if you want to use other suite applications to create parts
of the document), or it can guide you through a smaller task
such as inserting a clipart image. The Corel PerfectExpert provides
you with galleries of professionally-designed documents to choose
from, and you can change the layout and content in any number
of ways to match your needs.
- HTML Support
- With the addition of HTML forms support,
Corel WordPerfect continues to lead the industry in Internet
publishing technology. Using the Internet Publisher, you can
add form fields to your web document. These fields include radio
buttons, check boxes, selection lists, and text boxes, making
the gathering of information easier than ever. You can insert
sound clips, image maps, and even Java applets to make your page
exciting and easy to navigate.
Corel WordPerfect supports HTML specifications 2.0 and 3.2, and
includes some additional browser-specific tags recognized by
Netscape Navigator 3.0, Netscape Communicator 4.0 and Internet
Explorer version 3.0 and higher.
- QuickLinks
- Corel WordPerfect pioneered the ability to
link text to documents and bookmarks with the Hypertext feature.
Corel WordPerfect 7 added the ability to link to a Uniform Resource
Locator (URL) on the Internet. Corel WordPerfect 8 continuesto
improve this capability with the QuickLinks feature. When you
type text that begins with "www," "ftp,"
"http," or "mailto," QuickLinks automatically
converts it to an Internet link. You can even modify QuickLinks
to convert the link to more meaningful terms. For example, when
you type "www.corel.com," QuickLinks can replace the
visible text with "Corel" and create a link to the
Corel home page at URL http://www.corel.com.
- Intel MMX Support
- Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 is the first software
suite to support the Intel Pentium with MMX technology. You do
not need to have a computer equipped with MMX technology to run
Corel WordPerfect 8. However, an MMX-enhanced computer can improve
the performance of Corel WordPerfect by reducing the time it
takes to redraw bitmap and vector graphics and improving speed
in other areas.
- Drawing Layer
- The new Drawing Layer lets you draw graphics
objects directly on top of text, group graphics objects, and
set the order of graphics objects. Create lines and shapes with
arrowheads, polygons, circles, and more. Add color, gradient
fills, and patterns to give extra polish to your documents. You
can even draw over the top of clipart or a chart you've inserted
into your document.
- Enhanced Tables
- Tables have always been a hallmark of Corel
WordPerfect. You can insert tables that span the full page width,
or just a portion of it. When you a click on a table, the table
Property Bar appears giving you one-click access to size rows
dynamically within a table and quickly join or split cells with
a single click and drag. Formatting is easy using QuickFormat
for tables. Simply select the table cell that contains the formatting
you like, choose QuickFormat, and apply the format to the cell
you want to modify.
- Grammar-As-You-Go
- Corel WordPerfect 7 added Spell-As-You-Go,
a timesaving feature that lets you correct spelling errors as
you type. Corel WordPerfect 8 adds Grammar-As-You-Go, another
timesaving feature that lets you recognize and fix common grammar
problems as you type. For example, a phrase such as "they
is home" is marked in the document. Right-click the marked
phrase and choose from a list of possible suggestions, or ignore
the marked phrase and move on.
- Corel Versions
- Corel Versions solves the problem of trying
to control and track multiple copies of the same file. Instead
of trying to keep track of all your updates to a file by saving
new versions of it under different file names, Corel Versions
lets you save the changes you have made to each successive versionof
your file.
With Corel Versions you can:
- Archive previous versions of your files
- Retrieve any archived version of a file
- View any archived version of a file
- Compare archived files to see the differences
between them
- Attach meaningful information to each archived
version that can be viewed in the document history window
- Track multiple users of a common file
- Delete any archived file from the history
list
- Specify how many versions to keep in the
document history list
- Protect a specific archived version from
being discarded from the history list
- SGML Editor
- Using the familiar Corel WordPerfect environment,
you can create new SGML documents, edit existing SGML documents,
mark up text, validate tags, and improve how your SGML documents
are printed. You can also use the power of the Corel WordPerfect
writing tools to check spelling and correct typing errors automatically
with QuickCorrect. You can hide the SGML codes in the document
window and use Corel WordPerfect's text formatting to make the
document easier for you to read on screen. Corel WordPerfect
provides:
- A structured view of the document providing
the WYSIWYG view of the document on one side and a tree view
on the other.
- Improved graphics support so that graphics
and the markup associated with the graphic can be imported and
exported with the SGML document.
- Automatic mapping for ISO characters during
the DTD compiling process so multi-national characters are mapped
to the appropriate characters in the editor. (Characters that
do not fall within the ISO character sets can still be mapped
by hand.)
- Improved importing and exporting to handle
white space in SGML documents better.
Where did it go?
- QuickSpots
- QuickSpots provided direct access to editing
features for certain objects in a document, such as paragraphs
or tables. Corel WordPerfect 8 improves on this idea by including
over 20 different Property Bars that appear when you click on
a particular object. Property Bars change to fit your immediate
needs. For example, click a table, and the Property Bar displays
buttons for table editing tools. Click a graphic, and the Property
Bar displays graphics editing tools.
- PerfectExpert
- Coaches walked you through small tasks, such
as creating a header, and demos showed you an overview of a particular
feature. But they didn't take into account the work you were
trying to do right then. The PerfectExpert combines the best
features from QuickTasks, templates, Help, and Coaches to help
you accomplish your work more quickly. The PerfectExpert provides
you with galleries of professionally designed documents to choose
from, and you can change the layout and content in any number
of ways to match your needs. Novices will appreciate the way
the PerfectExpert provides a task-oriented approach to a sometimes
overwhelming and complex application. More advanced users will
like the flexibility and immediate help the PerfectExpert provides
as they use the various features in Corel WordPerfect to create
complex documents.
- QuickFinder
- QuickFinder is directly available through
the Open dialog box. Click File Open, then specify the drive
or folder you want to search. In the Filename text box, specify
a file type (such as *.wpd) or the file content (such as "Corel
WordPerfect"). Then, click Find. Click About QuickFinder
for more information.
- Menus
- The menus in Corel WordPerfect 8 have undergone
significant restructuring to improve access to the most frequently
used features. The menus are also standardized across the suite
applications to make learning each application easier. Right-click
the menu to select a menu similar to one you used in a previous
version of Corel WordPerfect.
- The Insert menu has grown to include several
types of document objects such as tables, graphics, watermarks,
equations, headers and footers.
- The Tables and Graphics menus are gone and
the editing features for tables and graphics are now available
on the Property Bar. Click a table or graphic to display the
Tables or Graphics Property Bar.
- The File>Publish as and File>Send menus
are consolidated as File>Send to.
- The Outline and Bullets & Numbering features
are consolidated in Insert>Outline/Bullets & Numbering.
- The abbreviations feature is renamed to QuickWords
and moved to Tools>QuickWords.
- Help Online, which was used to access additional
technical and product information, is renamed to Corel Web Site.
- Initial Document Style is renamed and have
moved to File Document>Current Document Style.
- Initial Document Font is renamed and moved
to File>Document>Default Font.
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