WordPerfect Office 2002 Standard Edition

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005AUXC
• Item model number: WP2K2ENG0
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 10, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,630 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Whether saying "no" to Microsoft's hegemony or recognizing the Corel tradition of sleek and powerful software, users choosing WordPerfect Office 2002 Standard Edition can take pride in their choice. The core suite includes WordPerfect 10, the Quattro Pro 10 spreadsheet program, Corel Presentations 10, and the CorelCENTRAL 10 personal information manager (PIM); each of these meets or exceeds the qualities of their competitors.

Accessories like the Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Corel's Application Recovery Manager make life easier for users and administrators alike. The advanced voice recognition software and microphone help eliminate the risk of repetitive stress and improve one's diction simultaneously (mumblers need not apply).

Pretty much every file type we've ever heard of can be imported and exported, so longtime users of other software should have a relatively seamless transition. The look and feel will be familiar to users of Microsoft Office, though quirks in hot keys, commands, and toolbars will take a few days to master. This might be the only reason not to switch from Microsoft--inertia can be difficult to overcome and novice users may resent learning new tools. However, the strengths, including Adobe PDF publishing, Microsoft's VBA scripting, Web compatibility, and networked file sharing, should convince most open-minded users to consider the merits of WordPerfect Office 2002. --Rob Lightner--This review refers to the Professional Edition

Amazon.com Product Description

WordPerfect Office 2002 Standard Edition is a full-featured software package with a wide array of functionality. Office 2002 Standard delivers outstanding compatibility and a host of timesaving features. Discover advanced word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations, along with an e-mail client and address book. Enjoy expanded PDF creation and effortless file sharing with those using Microsoft Office. Plus, publish slide shows to the Web complete with animation using Macromedia Flash. You'll get more done with suite-wide integration and enhancements that include a reengineered charting tool in Quattro Pro 10.

Corel WordPerfect Office 2002 Standard is engineered for increased compatibility with open standards (XML, SGML), de facto standards (PDF), and competing technologies (Microsoft Office). The Pocket Oxford Dictionary, an addition to the traditional WordPerfect writing-tool package of Spell Checker, Thesaurus, and Grammatik, is an authoritative English-language dictionary giving users the ability to look up word definitions and phonetic spellings, then add text to documents. Corel RealTime Preview lets users save time by previewing formatting changes on the fly before applying them to documents. Users with special needs can take advantage of a suite that is fully accessible, featuring keyboard access, keyboard focus, high contrast, visual alternatives to sound events, and system settings for keyboard input, mouse input, display, and timings. WordPerfect Office 2002 also features an accessible installation program that can interact with assistive software such as screen readers.

Users can extend applications and create tailored solutions with the updated version of Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, included in WordPerfect Office 2002. Get backward compatibility to version 6.1. Plus, WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS files can be easily imported. With WYSIWYG technology, users save time by getting an accurate impression of their documents before they print. Combine text, charts, spreadsheets, and graphics in one document with suite-wide integration. Additional supporting utilities include multilingual writing tools for over 30 languages such as French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Graphic enhancements include an extensive collection of fonts, clip-art images, and photos. Plus, included in the box is the traditional WordPerfect function-key template that users can place on top of their keyboards as a guide or learning tool.

This Standard version includes the following components and applications: WordPerfect 10, Quattro Pro 10, Corel Presentations 10, CorelCENTRAL 10, Language Module, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Adobe Acrobat Reader, BitstreamFont Navigator, and QuickView Plus 5.11.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WordPerfect still unmatched, June 30, 2002

By A Customer

I have worked (had to work :-) ) with MS Word, StarWriter, WordStar etc. After almost 20 years of experience I can assure you: Nothing beats WordPerfect when you need a powerful yet easy to use wordprocessor. Don't worry about compatibilty with MS Word. WordPerfect imports and exports Word files just fine. If your primary concern is wordprocessing, get WordPerfect

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best wordprocessing package in the World!, December 14, 2004

By	Howard R. Anderson "fly_fish_boy" (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Wordperfect is the best word processor in the world. I am not one of those nut-cases who doesn't know how to use anything else. I am very good at dozens of wordprocessing packages, I have been forced to use many of them. Wordperfect is more user friendly, more powerful. I can get my work done much faster. It is easier to do special formatting and make things look exactly like you want. Then, you can save it as a PDF without any extra software! This may not be a big deal, but wordperfect files are at least half the size (and sometimes up to 1/10 the size) of the exact same MS word document. This is another discovery that lets me know that the Corel software was created by better programmers. In addition, Corel support staff is much more friendly. When I bought my wordperfect, I was given my very own personal support guy. I never used him, because I am pretty computer saavy, but it did make me feel special.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this program, November 4, 2003

By A Customer

I took classes in Wordperfect 8 and word. Wordperfect is better hands down. I have upgraded to 9 and I now have the full version of 10 with dragon. It has never crashed on me. I have a sony computer that came with 10 because it works so well with xp. I bought the whole version and I will not use word. It is to slow and is terrible for mail merge. The problems that these people are having is becuse they do not know how to use the program. I am also surpised that amozon does not say that it works with xp. Wordperfect 2000 does not work with xp put 2002 does. That is why Sony has it on all of there computers and not word. I am using the professioal ediditon. Sony put the standard with my computer and it work fine.