Corel Launches WordPerfect Office X4

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Corel has released Corel WordPerfect Office X4, the latest version of the its alternative to Microsoft Office. Available for download now, WordPerfect Office X4 combines all of the trusted features that WordPerfect Office is known for while breaking new ground as the world's first PDF office suite. Offering a full range of PDF capabilities, WordPerfect Office X4 makes it easy for users to import, edit and export PDF documents – including scanned PDFs – dramatically simplifying user workflows and reducing the need for third-party PDF software.

In addition to its significant PDF enhancements, WordPerfect Office X4 now provides suite-wide compatibility with Microsoft Office 2007 files (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF) in WordPerfect X4. With PDF-reading software installed on more than 80% of all U.S. PCs (Source: Jupiter Research), WordPerfect Office X4 enables users to collaborate and share files more broadly and more effectively than ever before.

WordPerfect Office X4 extends WordPerfect's reputation for superior formatting power and control by introducing new Web collaboration and storage services, a new document redaction tool, a Web-connected digital notebook and a new business intelligence package.

WordPerfect Office X4 – Standard Edition includes the familiar word processing, spreadsheet, slide show and email applications that have consistently distinguished Corel's office suite: WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Presentations and WordPerfect MAIL. This release also features innovative additions including Corel Connector online services, WordPerfect Lightning for digital note taking and Corel Visual Intelligence SE for data visualization and business intelligence. These elements, in combination, make up a powerful suite that helps customers communicate their ideas more effectively and with greater impact.

WordPerfect Office X4 – Standard Edition includes the following new features and capabilities:

New PDF Capabilities
- New. Import PDFs – Easily convert electronically generated or scanned image-based PDF files to fully editable text, using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology;
- Enhanced. Publish to PDF – Publish to PDF from within Corel WordPerfect Office X4 without the need for separate PDF-creation programs;
- New. PDF Passwords – Add password protection to PDF files to easily control who can view, print, or edit PDF documents;
- New. Auto-preview PDF documents – Automatically view PDF files published within WordPerfect Office X4;
- New. Tagged PDF support – Make PDF documents flow smoothly on handheld devices and deliver accurate results on screen-reading devices;
- New. PDF/A Support – Create PDFs for archival using ISO standard PDF/A file format.

Enhanced Compatibility With Microsoft Office Files and ODF
- New. Compatibility with Microsoft Office 2007 – Easily open and view Microsoft Word 2007, Excel 2007 or PowerPoint 2007 files in WordPerfect X4, Quattro Pro X4, and Presentations X4;
- New. Open and view ODF in WordPerfect X4 – Easily open and view ISO standard Open Document Format (ODF) files in WordPerfect X4;
- Enhanced. Multi-format compatibility – Experience file-format freedom with support for more than 60 file types, including Microsoft Word files back to version 1.0.

Corel Visual Intelligence SE (Starter Edition): Data Visualization and Business Intelligence
- New. Quickly Add Visuals to Data – Automatically convert live data from the Web or from Quattro Pro or Microsoft Excel into powerful visuals;
- New. Turn Data Into Insight – Easily identify trends in data and intuitively tailor data analysis with a single click;
- New. What-if analyses – Perform "What-If" analyses and share findings by quickly creating charts and slides;
- New. Upgrade to more advanced versions to obtain read/write support for larger spreadsheets and data sets, database connectivity and other features.

Corel Connector Online Services
- New. Online storage – Access files anywhere, share content and collaborate more effectively with 200MB of free storage and backup;
- New. Online calendaring, lists, bookmarks and contacts – Build shared work spaces online and share important information with colleagues;
- New. Online communications– Interact with contacts online using integrated, shareable, email.

WordPerfect Lightning: A Web-Connected Digital Notebook
- New. Take notes and capture content – Save ideas in notes, store information gathered from the Web and easily organize content;
- New. Turn Notes into documents – Create basic documents, add snapshots of anything on your desktop, use formatting tools to fine-tune your notes, and send content to WordPerfect or Microsoft Word;
- New. File viewer – View Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, and PDF files in the Viewer;
- New. Collaborate online – Store files online and work with others, by using the Corel Connector–an anywhere/anytime online collaboration environment featuring 200MB of free storage.

Other enhancements include:
- New. Redaction: Save time and expense using a redaction tool integrated directly into WordPerfect X4. Easily redact legal or other documents and output them as WordPerfect, Microsoft Word or PDF files;
- Enhanced. Windows Vista integration: Enjoy the power and control of WordPerfect Office X4 optimized to work with Windows Vista or Windows XP;
- New. Updated content – 8,000 clipart images, 175 photos and 900 TrueType fonts;
- Enhanced. Free training and documentation – Get step-by-step help for common productivity tasks in a tutorial-based guidebook, and learn even more with a free two hour lynda.com training video.

In North America, WordPerfect Office X4 will be available in four versions: WordPerfect Office X4 – Standard Edition, WordPerfect Office X4 – Professional Edition, WordPerfect Office X4 – Home and Student Edition (available starting May 5, 2008) and Corel Family Pack 2009.

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