Corel Wordperfect Suite 8 Professional: The Official Guide [Paperback]

Alan R. Neibauer (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0078824397 | ISBN-13: 978-0078824395 | Publication Date: October 28, 1997 | Edition: OVERWEIGHT

This is a complete guide to Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 Professional. Easy-to-follow examples teach suite applications, both separately and integrated with each other. There is thorough coverage of Paradox, TimeLine project manager and Web SiteBuilder. The CD-ROM contains templates and selected Perfect Expert Wizards, which save users time and frustration when starting projects through prompted step-by-step instructions. Corel's own documentation team provide technical reviews and commentary. The WordPerfect Suite 8 product includes: WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Presentations, Envoy, CorelCentral, Corel Barista, DAD (Desktop Applications Director), Quick Tasks, Paradox database, TimeLine project manager, Web.SiteBuilder and Netscape Communicator Web Browser suite. Alan Neibauer is the author of "Word for Windows 95 Made Easy" and "Access for Busy People".

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Make your projects stand out using expert secrets from Corel! Work smarter--not harder--when you harness the undocumented secrets, shortcuts, and strategies in this Official Guide to WordPerfect Suite 8's Professional Edition. Developed by best-selling author Alan Neibauer and Corel's expert product development team, this book gives you complete coverage and expert examples for powering up every project--from simple reports to full-scale, Web-enabled presentations. Following the easy step-by-step lessons and examples, you'll make all your work stand out as you learn to: Turn out world-class reports, graphics, and more with Corel's complete toolkit: WordPerfect, Paradox 8, Time Line project manager, WEB.SiteBuilder, Quattro Pro, Presentations, CorelFLOW T M, Netscape Communicator T M 4.0, Envoy T M, and more; Share work from one application to the next by easily integrating files; Launch your own professional Web page on the Internet--Expert lessons in WEB.SiteBuilder lead they way. Plus, you'll get all the extra benefits of the book's CD-ROM! It's packed with valuable content, including full-featured trial versions of Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 Professional with Corel Paradox 8 and Corel WebMaster Suite, Show-It! (A Netscape plug-in for viewing Corel Presentation slide shows on the Internet), knowledge-base content from Corel Tech Support, and a selection of time-saving macros from WordPerfect Magazine. Mall all your work look perfect using the expert tips and examples you'll find only in Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 Professional: The Official Guide. It's the smartest, easiest way to enhance your professional performance and productivity!

Product Details

• Paperback: 1104 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media; OVERWEIGHT edition (October 28, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0078824397
• ISBN-13: 978-0078824395
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,798,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Corel Wordperfect Suite 8 Professional : The Official Guide, August 10, 2000

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"computermaniac" (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

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Excellent Book with all in one book, such as Paradox database, plus Web software and system utilities. Instructions are very easy to follow and enabling you to integrate applications.

CD-ROM with much needed templates and wizards is quite handy to save time and create professional looking documents

5.0 out of 5 stars The Reference Book, September 9, 2010

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Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 Professional, Alan Neibauer

Alan Neibauer wrote the "Official Guide to Corel WordPerfect Suite 7 for Windows 95". [There was also a WordPerfect Suite 7 for Windows 3.1.] This book from Osborne Press was Officially Endorsed by Corel Corporation. [WP8 can be installed in Windows 95, 98, and Me but not for Windows NT, 2000, or XP. You must use WordPerfect Suite 9.] WordPerfect was the best choice for DOS and Windows 3.1, and was available for other operating systems as well. [The book "Almost Perfect" tells about the early years.] Corel bought the WordPerfect corporation in the mid 1990s. A small company faces great risks when it has falling sales. This book comes with a full-featured trial version of Corel products on the CD. The `Index' is on pages 1051 to 1068 to allow a reference to the topics in this book.

Part I discusses the desktop applications for documents of all types, either stand-alone or as a workgroup. Documents can combine text, tables, charts, and graphics. Access to the Internet is explained in Chapter 3. Part II tells how to create documents and operate on them. You can create Web pages (Chapter 7). You can customize WordPerfect, create form letters and labels, work with graphics, and share information. Part III introduces Quattro Pro, which lets you work with information in table format, such as business forms, charts and maps, and databases (Chapter 14). A notebook contains a collection of worksheets. Part IV tells how to use Corel Presentations to create a multimedia slide presentation (Chapter 22). It can use vector or bitmap graphics (Chapter 23).

Part V introduces Corel Paradox, a database management program. A database is similar to a box of name and address cards which has been computerized. All records are collected into a file called a table (Chapter 25). Part VI has the other included applications. `Time Line' is a project management program to organize, schedule, and coordinate a set of tasks (Chapter 28). Chapter 30 explains the Corel WEB.SiteBuilder that helps you build Internet or intranet Web sites, a series of linked Web pages. The Corel Web Server can use your computer as an Internet server or as a Paradox Integration Server (p.971).

Chapter 31 introduces CorelCentral, a handy set of desktop tools such as a calendar and address book for schedules. Envoy allows you to share documents with other users even if they do not have a WordPerfect Suite. Envoy is installed as a Windows printer driver, its output can be sent to other computers (p.1021). Distributable Viewer files are too large for a single floppy disk. Corel Photo House allows you to open and edit graphics in the most common graphic formats (Chapter 33). These pages explain how to retouch photographs, and add text and special effects. You can create graphics (p.1047).

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for an exellent software suite, December 24, 2007

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I bought this book to fill in the cracks for the areas in which I lack knowledge of the software suite. The book is informative and useful, and the software is one of the best office-suites I have ever used (I have owned and used most of the Microsoft Office-suites, as well as all of the Corel suites from version 7,8,9,10,11,12 and X3). In some ways, and in my opinion, this version is the best ever . . . I went back to it, and still use it succesfully for my business applications with the Vista Business (32 bit) operating system. I do however use the latest version of Paradox that comes with Corel X3 rather than the version 8 of paradox.