WordPerfect Family Pack 3

by Corel

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005MEP1
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 5, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,832 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #90 in Software > Business & Office > Word Processing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Regardless of its primary function, every computer should have a few basic software necessities: a word processor, an antivirus program, a spreadsheet application, and perhaps a photo editor. WordPerfect Family Pack 3 provides all of those essentials plus a bevy of other programs. Its cornucopia of software includes full versions of WordPerfect 9, Quattro Pro 9, McAfee VirusScan 5.0, Corel Photo House 5, Corel Print House 5, Compton's Interactive World Atlas, CYBERsitter 2001, and Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 11.

This big four-CD package includes everything an Internet-capable family computer needs. WordPerfect is a top-tier, fully functional word processor; Quattro Pro is an efficient spreadsheet application; and Photo House is a feature-rich, user-friendly image editor. Most of the other applications are similarly praiseworthy. The hefty manual and comprehensive online help system make mastering any of the programs relatively easy. The only determent to getting started is the installation, which can be a chore due to the number of apps included.

With Family Pack 3, Corel takes a great step to ensuring user friendliness: a central task manager contains wizards and templates to help users accomplish scores of common projects. Whether you're creating to-do lists, household budgets, or finding online weather reports, the task manager works seamlessly with the included applications. However, if you'd rather leap right into the main applications, users can always bypass the manager.

This new version of WordPerfect Family Pack includes several thoughtful improvements over its predecessors. The last pack didn't include VirusScan, which is one of the finest antivirus programs available. Families with young children will appreciate the Internet filter CYBERsitter, a configurable, password-protected filter that blocks access to Web sites and e-mail with objectionable content. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing offers a friendly, classroom-style environment, designed to transform users into efficient, speedy keyboard jockeys.

The Family Pack only includes one dud. Compton's Interactive World Atlas is a disappointment, especially since it replaces the superior Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 2000 Standard from the previous Family Pack. The so-called atlas contains only limited information on a few cities worldwide, low-quality multimedia clips of general topics, and a few other odds and ends.

One bad apple doesn't spoil this bunch, though. WordPerfect Family Pack 3 is a powerful and astonishingly cost effective suite of software, some of which is mandatory and some just useful. --Joel Durham, Jr.

Amazon.com Product Description

This suite of applications for home users lets you write letters, design greeting cards, create a home budget, and more. McAfee VirusScan safeguards your system by checking all incoming e-mail, while CYBERsitter keeps objectionable content away from your kids. Compton's Interactive World Atlas puts the world at your fingertips, and Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is ideal for both beginners and those who want to improve typing speed.

The applications in WordPerfect Family Pack 3 include:

• WordPerfect 9 (word processing)
• Quattro Pro 9 (spreadsheets)
• Corel Print House 5 (graphics)
• Corel Photo House 5 (photo editing)
• McAfee VirusScan
• CYBERsitter 2000
• Compton's Interactive World Atlas
• Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 11

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Way to Go, January 25, 2002

By 

Newton Munnow "Newton Munnow" (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WordPerfect Family Pack 3 (CD-ROM)

After recently purcashing a replacement computer, I was thrilled to find it fully loaded with MicrosoftWorks. After two days of exploring the programs I couldn't have been more disheartened. Not only does Microsoft insist on taking us all for a ride with programs that are all about patching rather than improving their predecessors, but they actually left out Word from the package. I thought I must be mistaken and checked with a few people who had similar complaints. Instead of reinvesting with Microsoft, I went for this package instad. It's simple and it contains pretty much everything your average user needs. At the price, I can't recommend it highly enough. Wordperfect is superior to Word and easier to use, the Virus software is greatly improved, as are the spreadsheet applications. Only the Map program is a letdown, but now that you've got internet access, who cares? By far the best value for money out there, plus you're not paying for Bill Gate's next pedicure.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Word Perfect Is Word Is Not, March 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: WordPerfect Family Pack 3 (CD-ROM)

I started my college career, using Apple, and it was fine. Then the college switched to Word Perfect and Word. I tried both and fell in love with Word Perfect because I found it to be exactly suited to my needs. Recently, my computer was upgraded and I lost my Word Perfect. I was forced to use Word. I HATE IT, especially that stupid sun wanting to help me type a letter. I am an accomplished typist,(90WPM for the last 40+ years). I don't want Word or its templates. I want what Word Perfect allows me to do--type my manuscripts, quickly and efficiently without over-riding my typing decisions. A friend recently said Word was invented for people who either couldn't type or couldn't format. That's fine for them. But for the rest of us, thank goodness WordPerfect is still around, because we much prefer the ease of using the Word Perfect processing system.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sure beat MS Word, May 7, 2002

By 

"n6urw" (Encinitas, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WordPerfect Family Pack 3 (CD-ROM)

After paying [the money] for the Office XP "Upgrade", which included Word 2002, I was very disappointed. The upgraded Access and Excel didn't have very much new to offer. After using WordPerfect 6 for sometime, I thought the "latest" Word would be a vast improvement. It isn't. To add a caption to a picture is just about impossible. The two just won't stay together - I finally found a horribly round-about means of doing it, but it didn't look good and I finally gave up. Don't believe what is in the manual or what is "taught" in other manuals.
So, I purchased the WordPerfect Family Pack 3 for [price]minus a [price] rebate. Could anything this cheap be good?? Well, it is head and shoulders over Word. The MS software creators should be ashamed! Adding a caption (which sticks with the photo/image) is simple and quick. To look at the hidden nuances of a paragraph is easy and complete. If you use Word now, buy this one. It won't be long before you recognize the superiority of WordPerfect 9!!!