Item    2388757                 93/07/02        08:24
 From:   CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET#    Internet Gateway
 Subject: WordPerfect Corporation Releases WordPerfect for NEXTSTEP

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 WORDPERFECT CORPORATION

 Contact:  Paul D. Eddington
 (801) 228-5006
 Fax:  (801) 228-5077

 WORDPERFECT CORPORATION RELEASES WORDPERFECT FOR NEXTSTEP

 OREM, Utah -- June 17, 1993  WordPerfect Corporation today announced its new
WordPerfect 1.0.1 for NEXTSTEP interim release is shipping.  The updated
release includes support for NeXT Computer Inc.'s new NEXTSTEP operating
system for Intel processors. The interim release also adds support for
NEXTSTEP's drag and drop text feature and on-line help.

"Programming for NEXTSTEP is a developer's dream" said Nathan Hatch, UNIX
product marketing manager at WordPerfect Corporation. "Because of the way
NEXTSTEP manages information, we were able to add powerful new features to
this interim release in a relatively short amount of time."

The program disks include multiple File Allocation Tables (FAT) allowing
WordPerfect for NEXTSTEP to run on NEXTSTEP for Motorola-based proprietary
machines as well as Intel-based 486 and Pentium personal computers.  NEXTSTEP
for Intel was introduced last month at NeXTWORLD EXPO in San Francisco.

Two key new features in the interim release of WordPerfect for NeXT take
advantage of advanced NEXTSTEP 3.0 technology. WordPerfect for NEXTSTEP's drag
and drop feature lets users select text or graphics and move them anywhere
within the same document, other opened WordPerfect documents, or other
NEXTSTEP software applications that support the NEXTSTEP drag and drop
feature.  The drag and drop feature also lets users drag and drop file icons
to open WordPerfect documents.  WordPerfect for NEXTSTEP accepts WordPerfect,
ASCII, WPG, TIFF, EPS, and RTF file formats.

WordPerfect for NEXTSTEP documentation is tightly integrated with NEXTSTEP's
own on-line documentation system allowing users to access both WordPerfect and
NEXTSTEP on-line help from within WordPerfect.

"Productivity software is an important component of NeXT's strategy to provide
a client environment that fully integrates shrink wrapped applications with
custom applications and legacy systems," said Julie Saffren, NeXT developer
advocate.  "We are please WordPerfect Corporation continues to support
NEXTSTEP customers with current and next generation products."

"These advances are steps toward WordPerfect Corporation's goal to develop a
version of WordPerfect for NEXTSTEP that will be feature and file compatible
with its DOS and Windows counterparts and take advantage of NeXT's
technology," said Hatch.

WordPerfect Corporation, headquartered in Orem, Utah, is a privately held
company that develops business software to help people process, share and
present information across a wide variety of computer operating systems. 
Among the company's key products are the worlds best-selling word processor,
WordPerfect, as well as WordPerfect Office, WordPerfect InForms and
WordPerfect Presentations.

Recognized for its leadership in providing outstanding customer support,
WordPerfect Corporation is represented throughout the world by 50
international affiliates serving 106 countries in 27 languages.


WordPerfect is a registered trademark of WordPerfect Corporation NeXT and
NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.

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