Corel Ships WordPerfect Office 11

Touting document portability, Corel announced it has shipped version 11 of its WordPerfect Office suite. The new suite, which was unveiled last month, includes new file sharing features and a conversion utility for migrating WordPerfect files to a variety of formats.

Flexibility is key in WordPerfect Office 11 says Corel, and the suite contains new document map and collaborative review functions. Corel has also returned to its roots for version 11, bringing back the blue interface found in WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS.

"Imagine seamlessly publishing documents created in the earliest versions of WordPerfect to a cell phone using XML or ZIM SMS Office, or publishing to the Web using HTML or PDF-all from the blue WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS interface that you started with 15 years ago," said Cindy Howard, group program manager for WordPerfect Office. "With such flexibility and future-proof performance, no other product offers an experience like this."

As Microsoft puts the finishing touches on Office 2003, Corel hopes businesses will take advantage of its more economical licensing. WordPerfect Office 11 will retail for $300 USD, with an upgrade version available for $150 USD. An educational edition priced at $100 USD will be available for students and teachers through academic resellers.