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The screen has that ancient white-text-on-blue-background look of 5.1, and the keystroke commands match, too (such as F6 to boldface selected text). In Classic Mode, WordPerfect looks and acts like the venerable DOS-based WordPerfect 5.1 program of more than a decade ago. Responding to feedback from its core user base, which includes the legal and government markets, Corel now lets you set WordPerfect (the word processor, not the entire suite) into Classic Mode (via the Tools/Settings menu). The neatest interface trick in WordPerfect Office 11.0, however, is one that rolls back the clock to the days of DOS. Even cooler: the WordPerfect Office 11.0 thesaurus comes from none other than the Oxford English Dictionary, giving Corel customers access to 40,000 words and definitions from one of the world's most venerated English reference books. The map makes navigating through long documents a breeze and is long overdue: Microsoft Word has had this same feature for years, since Word 97. So if you click a link to Chapter 5, for instance, the selected portion of the document appears in the main part of the window. Its new document-mapping tool (accessible via toolbar or the View/Document Map menu) shows a hyperlink-style tree structure of long documents-those divided into chapters or sections by the writer-in a separate pane on the left. Most of the few interface enhancements we found reside within the WordPerfect word processor. If you still love the old, DOS WordPerfect 5.1 word processor, you can turn the display into a clone, down to the white type on blue background. Good thing that both of these products are capable office suites at the core. We had a similar reaction to the Microsoft Office 2003 beta we recently reviewed.
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WordPerfect 11.0, Quattro Pro 11.0, and Presentations 11.0 all sport similar, Windows-like toolbar and menu structures, as they have in the past. This suite's look and feel haven't changed dramatically from those of previous versions. If you need a desktop publishing app and a contact manager, Microsoft Office 2003 is the clear choice.
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(You can purchase a single license.) Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition contains the Microsoft Access 2003 database, plus Microsoft Publisher 2003 and Microsoft Office Business Contact Manager 2003. If you need a database program, you'll have to purchase WordPerfect Office 11.0 Professional-available only through business licensing agreements. If you purchase WordPerfect Office 11.0, you must BYOEC (bring your own e-mail client). WordPerfect Office has no e-mail client of its own. To real bargain hunters, the Standard version's $299 price ($149 to upgrade) may seem high for three basic applications: a word processor (WordPerfect 11.0), a spreadsheet app (Quattro Pro 11.0), and a presentation maker (Presentations 11.0). WordPerfect Office 11.0 comes in two versions: Standard and Professional. On the downside, Corel offers only mediocre tech support, making the suite an acceptable but not inspiring choice for consumers and very small businesses.
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Also, if your PC comes preloaded with Corel Office, give that suite a try before paying extra for Microsoft Office-you may like what you find.
So if you swear by WordPerfect or if your company needs XML integration and would rather not pay for Microsoft's Office 2003 Professional edition, this suite is an attractive alternative to Microsoft's standard edition. But WordPerfect's enhanced XML support will appeal to businesses with heavy data-gathering requirements. True, this three-application collection-containing a word processor, a spreadsheet app, and a presentation maker-doesn't include an e-mail client. Although WordPerfect can't match Microsoft Office's 96 percent market saturation, this alternative office suite maintains a loyal, unwavering audience, largely among legal, government, and OEM clients.
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