Corel Announces New Corel GALLERY Theme Packs: Corel GALLERY Helps Users Find Graphical Elements for All Occasions

Business Wire, Sept 1, 1999

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 1999--

Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CORL, TSE: COR) is pleased to announce that it is releasing five new Corel GALLERY(tm) Theme Packs.

The theme packs will be on store shelves by mid-September, 1999, and will be available for a suggested retail price of US $29.95(1) each.

Corel GALLERY is a collection of clipart, professional photos, Web images, animations, fonts, floating objects and borders. These graphical elements can be used to jazz up presentations, reports and all kinds of creative projects. Each theme pack includes hundreds of each item, all tied to a specific theme. The five Theme Packs are: Corel GALLERY Special Occasions; Corel GALLERY Animals; Corel GALLERY Sports; Corel GALLERY Business & Technology; and Corel GALLERY FunArt.

"Corel GALLERY allows users to add graphical images to projects or files that have been created using a variety of software applications, such as word processors, presentation applications and Web applications," said David Hayes, vice president of brand marketing at Corel Corporation. "The great thing about these new theme packs is that our users will have a variety of choices to meet their diverse interests and needs. Users can choose the theme pack that is best suited to them and can create a full range of items, from business materials like brochures, to projects for school, to special items like birthday and wedding invitations."

Each of the Corel GALLERY theme packs include a variety of clipart and photo categories. Users can search by keyword to find images quickly and easily, and can use the drag-and-drop compatibility to drag images into almost any application that supports graphics. Please see the descriptions below to find out more about each of the five new theme packs:

Corel GALLERY Special Occasions Theme Pack offers clipart from categories like: birthday, Christmas, Easter, Father's and Mother's Day, Jewish celebrations, music, new baby, new year, Saint Patrick's Day, wedding and more. The photo categories in this theme pack include: Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, wedding and more.

Corel GALLERY Animals Theme Pack offers clipart from the following categories: birds, horses, insects, cats, dogs, fish, dinosaurs, sea creatures and wildlife. The photo categories in this theme pack include: predators, primates, reptiles and more.

Corel GALLERY Sports Theme Pack offers clipart from categories like: adrenaline, baseball, basketball, camping, children, dance, equestrian, families, fitness, hockey, mountains, martial arts, summer, weightlifting and more. The photo categories in this theme pack include: cycling, skiing & surfing, sports equipment and more.

Corel GALLERY Business & Technology Theme Pack offers clipart from categories like: business, cartoons, business & government, computers, international business, medical and dental, money, people, travel and more. The photo categories in this theme pack include: agriculture, civil engineering, office interiors and more.

Corel GALLERY FunArt offers clipart from categories like: cartoons, entertainment, fantasy, fairytale, kids, sports, summer and more. The photo categories in this theme pack include: music, landscape, toys and more.

Minimum System Requirements:

- Windows(r) 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT(r) 4.0

- 486 DX 66 or higher recommended

- 16 MB RAM

- CD-ROM drive

- Mouse or tablet

- 256-colour SVGA (800 x 600) display (24-bit colour recommended)

- Netscape Navigator(r) 3.0, Microsoft(r) Internet Explorer 2.0 or any other browser that supports HTML 3.0

(1) Prices subject to change without notice. Dealers may sell for less.

Corel Corporation

Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized developer of award-winning graphics and business productivity applications. Development of market-leading products such as the CorelDRAW(r) line of graphics applications and the Corel(r) WordPerfect(r) Suite of business tools is continually evolving to meet the demands of the corporate, retail and academic markets. Committed to performance, compatibility, value and open standards, Corel develops products for the Windows(r), Macintosh(r), UNIX(r), Linux(r) and Java(tm) platforms. Corel's common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market(sm) under the symbol CORL and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol COR. For more information visit Corel's Web site at www.corel.com

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