Corel launches new version of office tools

BANGALORE, INDIA: Corel Corporation, today announced that it has introduced Corel WordPerfect Office X5, the newest version of the world's leading alternative to Microsoft Office.

Delivering online collaboration tools, a new integrated email client and expanded file format support, the latest version of WordPerfect Office has been designed to offer users even greater flexibility in how they work, both online and offline.

"For more than 20 years, WordPerfect Office has earned the trust and loyalty of millions of users by providing essential tools and innovations that are designed specifically to address the evolving needs of our customers," said Jason Larock, director of Product Management for Corel's Office Productivity group.

He added that with WordPerfect Office X5, they've expanded the scope of their suite, to provide customers with a unique solution that addresses the new requirements of an online-offline workflow while enhancing the formatting features and PDF tools that our users have come to rely on.

Offering exceptional value to new and existing users alike, WordPerfect Office X5 offers a complete suite of powerful office productivity applications, all from one trusted source. And with support for more than 60 file formats, including Microsoft Office files, WordPerfect Office X5 makes it easy for users to create and share files in whatever format they choose.

The offering includes:

*A complete office suite comprised of WordPerfect X5 for word processing; Quattro Pro X5 for

  spreadsheets, charts and graphs; Presentations X5 for creating and presenting slideshows and

  demonstrations; and WordPerfect Lightning for collecting and storing information for digital note

  taking.

* Better integration with document management systems including Microsoft Office SharePoint

* New Web services integration - Now users can quickly and easily populate their documents with

   content pulled directly from a Web service or internal Enterprise system

* New Mozilla Thunderbird for WordPerfect Office - An integrated email client and calendar that

   offers a tabbed e-mail view and powerful search tools

* New Nuance PaperPort SE 12 - Users now have the ability to easily organize, annotate and share

   PDFs

* Expanded support for Microsoft Office’s latest  XML formats, allowing users to open, edit and save

   in OOXML (docx, xlsx, pptx) format