Corel Debuts New WordPerfect Office 12 - Small Business Edition, Including the New WordPerfect Mail; New Corel Software Offers Easy-to-Use and Comprehensive Software for Small Business; Solution Now Includes Industry-Leading E-mail Communication

Business Wire, April 26, 2005

OTTAWA, Canada -- Corel Corporation today announced the immediate availability of WordPerfect Office 12 - Small Business Edition, an affordable new software package developed specifically to meet the needs of businesses with less than 50 PC users. WordPerfect Office 12 - Small Business Edition costs hundreds of dollars less than competing small business products from Microsoft(R), and offers significant savings over buying its composite Corel applications separately- delivering more than $580 USD (1) (SRP) in Corel software at a price as low as $179 USD.

WordPerfect Office 12 - Small Business Edition provides professional-grade software that is both easy-to-use and capable of creating the professional-looking documents entrepreneurial businesses need to project their image. Offering a perfect combination of software for small business, WordPerfect Office 12 - Small Business Edition includes word processing capabilities, plus spreadsheets, presentations, e-mail, photo-editing, security software and professional-grade templates in one easy to use package. This best-of-breed solution includes content, wizards, templates and a unique user experience-the task manager-to make it simple for small businesses to look professional in everything they do.

WordPerfect Office 12 - Small Business Edition also marks the debut of a major new component in the WordPerfect Office product family: the new e-mail application, WordPerfect Mail. This new e-mail client provides users with industry-leading e-mail communication and e-mail search capabilities, plus shared calendaring, spam blocking, RSS feeds and more-all without the need to invest in expensive mail server infrastructure.

Corel is one of the first vendors in the industry to fulfill the specific software needs of small businesses - including the stringent demands for more affordable pricing, ease of use, simple and flexible licensing and high-quality products that require an absolute minimum of IT support.

"WordPerfect Office 12 - Small Business Edition provides a huge value for entrepreneurs who need to look professional in everything they do, but don't want to be technology or design experts," said Richard Carriere, general manager for office productivity at Corel. "Corel's unique approach to software emphasizes ease-of-use, affordability and professional-grade results. For any small business seeking easy access to professional results at a low cost, Corel has assembled an affordable, best-of-breed solution that helps small businesses grow faster, easier and more profitably."

Designed For Small Business

Small businesses-typically businesses with less than 50 PC users - have very specific software requirements that today are not being addressed by large software vendors. Many vendors attempt to serve this community under a broader "SMB" (small and medium size business) banner, which frequently favors the needs of larger medium-sized firms - firms that have higher IT budgets, IT staff and sophisticated server and network hardware infrastructure. These "one-size-fits-all" SMB programs are not equipped to meet the specific needs of most small businesses.

Key Capabilities and Benefits

Developed out of extensive research into the needs of entrepreneurial businesses, WordPerfect Office 12 - Small Business Edition provides a range of capabilities never before offered in this format. Corel's commitment to ease-of-use and affordability has resulted in a comprehensive application mix, and an innovative, task-oriented approach that takes users' focus off their tools, and puts it on the tasks they need to accomplish for business success:

--Task Manager: The focal point for ease-of-use in WordPerfect Office 12 - Small Business Edition is the Task Manager - a launching pad that centralizes tasks in one easy-to-navigate window. The Task Manager comes complete with templates, tutorials and access to dynamic online services that makes it fast and easy for any small business user - even those with a limited knowledge of computers - to complete the tasks that drive business growth.

--New! WordPerfect(R) Mail: WordPerfect Mail uses industry-leading speed to locate the e-mail and information you need faster than ever before. WordPerfect Mail provides lightning-fast search capabilities, outstanding spam-blocking, a contact manager, shared calendaring, RSS feeds and more - and doesn't require an expensive in-house mail server. WordPerfect Mail can send and receive e-mail from any ISP or mail server that supports POP3 or IMAP protocols-including Microsoft Exchange.

--WordPerfect(R) 12: Used by more than 20 million customers around the globe, WordPerfect is the world's leading alternative word processor. WordPerfect 12 is compatible with Microsoft Word and a variety of other popular word processor file formats and includes the ability to publish natively to PDF, without using Adobe(R) Acrobat(R). WordPerfect is favored by users for its ease-of-use, formatting controls and unique features such as Reveal Codes.