{"product_id":"wordperfect-suite-7","title":"WordPerfect Suite 7","description":"WordPerfect Suite 7 PC CD word processor spreadsheet scheduler presentations etc \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eType: \u003c\/label\u003e Application \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePlatform: \u003c\/label\u003e Windows \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/label\u003e Corel \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eReleased: \u003c\/label\u003e 1996 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eMedia: \u003c\/label\u003e CD \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cshortdescription\u003e\u003c\/shortdescription\u003eWORDPERFECT SUITE 7 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeither WordPerfect nor Corel were ever accused of being slouches in the features department. In many areas, the WordPerfect Suite closely parallels Microsoft Office, with a top-notch word processor, spreadsheet, scheduler, presentation package and other business tools. As is typical with Corel offerings, the product goes somewhat over the top in terms of value-adding extras (would you believe 10,000 clipart images and 150 fonts, plus a selection of added utilities including Sidekick, QuickView Plus and Dashboard 95), but these extras are not the best reason to choose the package. After all, features are worthless if their usability is lacking. In general, this package succeeds admirably on the usability front. In the inevitable comparisons with Microsoft's Office suite, we would have to give the nod to Corel for a somewhat more elegant approach to common tasks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor example, Microsoft Office uses a standalone taskbar, while Corel's suite uses the existing Win95 taskbar. While the advantage of having a second bar is the user's greater freedom to move the bar around the screen to a suitable position, using the standard Win95 taskbar interface seems a good choice to us, despite this reviewer's personal dislike of the look of a taskbar littered with nearly a dozen tiny icons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimilarly, Corel's inclusion of Starfish Software's SideKick 95 makes it a handy tool for anyone who needs to keep track of appointments, contacts and to-do lists. Although Sidekick 95 strikes us as a little sluggish, it is undoubtedly a better interface than that of Schedule 95.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe main attraction of WordPerfect Suite is, of course, its word processing prowess, and here we were quite delighted to find that the program is elegant and powerful. We have used virtually every version of WordPerfect over the years (including the little-seen Atari and Amiga versions that were the company's initial forays into the WYSIWYG arena), and it's safe to say that WordPerfect 7 is the easiest and most versatile version yet. The program has exceptionally strong Help (including multimedia tutorials that feature recorded audio and animated how-to sessions), plus an improved version of the feature, formerly known as Coaches, that walks you through common tasks, or alternately performs them for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWP7 has strong links to the World Wide Web, and we were able to use it as a WYSIWYG Web page editor without reading the manual, simply by using one of the \"Do it for me\" Wizards in the Help menu. Unlike some programs (PageMaker 6 comes to mind), WP7's \"Web mode\" disables all features that wouldn't translate properly to hypertext markup language (HTML), so pages are likely to display as intended, once posted onto the Net.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnother interesting feature is the program's emphasis on accessing online information. A Taskbar function called QuickTasks includes an option to \"Read my Web Pages.\" This opens a Wizard-driven dialog that lets you add or remove pages of news, stock prices, comics or other information (several are provided) and read the data. Converting information from HTML is not as common as converting to it, but both are possible in WP7. There's even a Browse Connect function in the taskbar that displays a list of your Web browser's Bookmarks. When clicked, it launched our Netscape browser.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Windows (32-bit Systems) [*Please review compatibility\/platform sections in 'What You Get']\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Corel","offers":[{"title":"Used, But Great Condition In Box","offer_id":47131030454550,"sku":"2665","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Used In CD Case","offer_id":47131030487318,"sku":"2668","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"New, Sealed In CD Case","offer_id":47131030520086,"sku":"2778","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Used In Sleeve","offer_id":47131030552854,"sku":"3938","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0083\/0377\/1710\/products\/WHBM8746WHWHBM8746WH.jpg?v=1702573394","url":"https:\/\/www.neverdiemedia.com\/products\/wordperfect-suite-7","provider":"NeverDieMedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}