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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Found: Excellent word processor review

I suspect this has been online for some time, but I just found it yesterday:.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 9:33 AM
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Monday, May 26, 2008

Should WordPerfect go open source?

Fernando Cassia issues the following plea through The Inquirer: Earth to Corel: open your Office,.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:53 PM
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Monday, May 01, 2006

Debating Word versus WordPerfect

Law firm IT manager, Gregory Deatz, discusses the recent debate in a legal technology newsletter.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 12:15 AM
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Other software that works with WordPerfect

Corel has a list of other software programs that work with WordPerfect. Among other things,.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:59 PM
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

WordPerfect goes to Washington

Corel recently announced a deal where three government agencies based in Washington, D.C., will start.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:59 PM
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Thursday, March 16, 2006

WordPerfect stirs a bit of courtroom drama

The author of the bestseller, "Da Vinci Code" is tangled up in a plagarism lawsuit.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:50 PM
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Friday, March 10, 2006

Marketment goes with WordPerfect

This is big. The leading supplier of OEM software in Europe, Markement, has partnered with.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:08 PM
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Sunday, March 05, 2006

Lenovo computers to ship with WordPerfect

Big news last week was the announcement that Chinese computer maker, Lenovo, will pre-install WordPerfect.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 10:03 PM
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

WordPerfect Buzz

I thought it would be interesting to show a chart of the recent buzz in.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 9:47 PM
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Thursday, February 09, 2006

Decent Personal Computer World review of WPOX3

Just in time to counter the Washington Post's dismal review of WordPerfect, Tim Nott of.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 9:35 PM
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Poor Washington Post review of WPOX3

Over the weekend, the Washington Post ran a review of WordPerfect Office X3 by Rob.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:20 PM
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Review by Network Computing of WP X3

WordPerfect afficionado, Ron Miller, takes WordPerfect X3 on a little spin for Network Computing: Review:.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:13 PM
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TGDaily interview with Corel

TG Daily's Scott M. Fulton, III, interviews Richard Carriere of Corel: Corel WordPerfect Office X3.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 10:36 PM
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Monday, January 23, 2006

A few thoughts about ODF and WordPerfect

Did Corel miss the boat by not including Open Document (ODF) support in it's latest.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 2:08 PM
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Thursday, January 19, 2006

PC Magazine review of WordPerfect X3

A few noteworthy lines from Edward Mendelson on Corel WordPerfect Office X3 Standard Edition: Think.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 9:08 PM
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CNET review of of WordPerfect X3

CNET's Jeff Bertolucci gives a pretty good review of WPX3. I particularly appreciated this: Overall,.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 9:04 PM
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Initial thoughts re upgrading to WordPerfect X3

For now, WordPerfect 12 will suffice for me. Not that the cost is an obstacle..... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 1:57 AM
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Money is no object

What does that mean? The price of WordPerfect X3 isn't an obstacle to buying it..... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 12:34 AM
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Corel on WP X3 and ODF

One more news quote about WordPerfect X3. This time, it's Corel's position on ODF: However,.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 6:15 PM
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WordPerfect X3 training video

Still sifting through the press reports on WordPerfect X3, I just noticed this snippet of.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 5:32 PM
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WordPerfect X3 on search and metadata

I'm still sifting through news reports about WordPerfect X3. But, I wanted to draw attention.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 1:34 AM
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Spreading the hype

From the Department of Hype Coming Down the Pike. As expected, there was a flurry.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 1:19 AM
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Corel Press Release: WP X3

The official press release from Corel on the brand new WordPerfect X3 is up.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:38 AM
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WordPerfect X3 first review

Shortly after midnight on January 17, 2006, The Washington Times has the first review of.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 2:58 AM
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Friday, January 13, 2006

WordPerfect the 13th?

I'm giddy with excitement having just received an e-mail from Corel about the impending release.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 3:46 PM
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005

PC Mag Preview of MS Office 12

Michael Miller, editor-in-chief of PC Magazine, recently wrote an article about his experience with the.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 10:16 PM
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Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Creating an index in WordPerfect

In response to the second part of Roger@MHA's comment on Password protecting files as follows:.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:41 PM
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Friday, December 09, 2005

Open a password protected file in WordPerfect

In response to a recent question about opening password protected files in WordPerfect, it is.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:10 AM
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Thursday, December 08, 2005

Tool for better writing

From the Department of You Learn Something New Everyday. What makes a good writer? For.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:54 AM
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

WordPerfect goes to Latin America

Via CanadaIT.com comes word of Corel's deal to bundle WordPerfect Office 12 with Blue Light.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:17 PM
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Sunday, November 27, 2005

Make a printable calendar

As the year draws to a close, it's time to start thinking about next year's.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 2:40 AM
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Thursday, November 24, 2005

Password protecting files

For whatever reason or reasons, sometimes it becomes necessary to protect files from being seen.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 1:29 PM
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Turn off metadata

There always seems to be talk about metadata in word processing files and the security.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 8:12 PM
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Friday, November 04, 2005

Making reveal codes the default

Making reveal codes permanent for the current document and all future documents is a simple.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 12:08 AM
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Thursday, November 03, 2005

A few words about Reveal Codes

Reveal codes is the main feature that sets WordPerfect ahead of all the other word.... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 9:50 PM
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Dell Inspiron 700

A recent item on NotebookReview.com reveals that the Dell Inspiron 700 ships with WordPerfect Office..... [click for full entry]

Posted by: Marie Carnes at 6:07 PM
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Saturday, November 20, 2004

Almost Perfect

W.E. Pete Peterson was an employee and part owner of WordPerfect Corp. He wrote the.... [click for full entry]