Corel - WordPerfect Office X3 - 13.0.0.470(Full)!

Corel - WordPerfect Office X3 - 13.0.0.470(Full)! Fighting head-to-head with Microsoft in the premium price office suite arena, as it has done for some time, Corel's latest suite makes it clear where its priorities lie pretty much from the start. Screaming 'Microsoft compatible' in many quarters, there's a clear, obvious and correct priority on its part to make the transition from the market-dominant office suite as straightforward as possible. A pity it has to do that, as Corel's suite has regularly been walking away with greater critical acclaim over the years, and rightly so. The constituent parts here are WordPerfect X3 (the latest version of the word processor with a very long pedigree), Quattro Pro X3 (spreadsheet), Presentations X3 (er, presentations) and WordPerfect Mail. No database or graphics program here. Incidentally, the X3 is meant to denote that this is version 13 of this particular office suite, but without offending those of a superstitious nature. Starting with WordPerfect then; it's a tremendous word processor and has been for a long time. Its does have a problem, but that's not unique; it does so much so well, yet most people will barely get anywhere near exploring its gamut of features. One major addition is the ability to not only export PDFs (as all the applications here can do), but also the option to edit them. It handles imports and exports from rival applications with ease, and for those who yearn for the simplicity of yesteryear you can run the application in WordPerfect 5.1 mode, blue screen and all. Other modes available are WordPerfect mode, Office mode and WordPerfect legal mode, and while choosing between them doesn't affect the functionality of the program, it does affect the presentation, letting you settle with something you're happier with. Quattro Pro works on similar principles. There aren't too many new features (after all, software such as this seems to evolve less and less with each new generation), but there is an exhaustive effort to be compatible with everything else. So here we have Quattro Pro mode, Excel mode and Lotus 1-2-3 mode. The compatibility we found less effective here than in WordPerfect, particularly when importing macro-driven Excel spreadsheets (something OpenOffice Calc made a slightly better fist of, albeit taking a lot longer to get anywhere). On the other hand, the on-screen help was surprisingly useful and far less patronising than the infamous Office Assistant. The PDF option was a major boon here, too. Both Presentations and Mail are excellent applications, for the detail rather than headline, sweeping features. They're setting a standard for the upcoming new version of Microsoft's own suite, and it'll be interesting to see how they measure up. Aside from some fiddly moments with the PDF editing features, the main problem with have with Corel WordPerfect Suite X3 is, ultimately, its price. While cheaper than Microsoft Office, the likes of OpenOffice and its commercial cousin, StarOffice, are driving down the perceived value of an office suite, and Corel eventually is going to have to react to that. For while this suite is really, honestly, superb, it does still cost in excess of ?200, and that's not going to appeal to the cost-conscious audience we discussed earlier. Size : (2*69)+61.2MB Download : http://rapidshare.com/files/12301858/CWPOX3.part1.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/12308950/CWPOX3.part2.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/12221356/CWPOX3.part3.rar.html Password : www.softarchive.net