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WORDPERFECT CORPORATION RELEASES
 WORDPERFECT 6.0 FOR DOS

Release of version 6.0 sets new record as the
 largest initial product shipment in company's history

NEW YORK CITY─ June 28, 1993 ─ WordPerfect Corporation today
released WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS, the latest upgrade to the
company's namesake word processor. According to company
officials, the release of version 6.0 will set a new record as
the largest initial shipment of any product in the history of
WordPerfect Corporation.
     Software resellers have said customer demand for WordPerfect
for DOS is already reaching record levels. "We have huge back
orders for WordPerfect 6.0 and expect nothing less than a
successful release of the product," said Linda Kroog, vice
president of products at California-based software distributor
Merisel Inc.
     Version 6.0 is the successor to WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS,
which has consistently been a best-seller since its introduction
in 1989. That trend continued in 1992, as WordPerfect outsold all
other software applications. Like its DOS counterpart,
WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows is also a best-seller for the
company.  According to the most recent sales figures from the
country's largest software resellers and distributors,
WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows is outselling every other Windows
word processing application.
     "Like version 5.1, WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS will set a new
standard in information processing," said Alan Ashton, president
of WordPerfect Corporation. "The hundreds of new and enhanced
features in WordPerfect 6.0 allow people to accomplish tasks
never before possible with a word processor."
     According to WordPerfect developers, 639 user enhancement
requests have been incorporated into WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS.
     Spreadsheet functionality, for example, is now built into
WordPerfect. Computing functions and cell formatting features are
now a part of the Tables feature and allow users to accomplish
most spreadsheet functions without having to use a separate
spreadsheet package.
     WordPerfect 6.0 users are also able to fax directly from
within WordPerfect. Version 6.0 supports FaxBIOS technology and
will ship with the necessary drivers for Class 1, Class 2 or CAS-
compliant fax devices.
     "WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS is a product that goes beyond word
processing by providing fax, sound, e-mail and spreadsheet
solutions," said Todd Ashman, product marketing director for
WordPerfect for DOS. "This expanded functionality helps make the
word processor the application from which all personal computing
can originate."
     Version 6.0 is the first DOS word processor from WordPerfect
Corporation to be fully developed using the new WordPerfect
Usability Center. "Usability testing helped us to develop a new
version of WordPerfect that is not only more powerful, but easier
to use than competing word processors," said Jim Millecam,
director of WordPerfect development.
     "The new WordPerfect Coach feature, for example, takes
WordPerfect ease-of-use to a new level and is unavailable in any
other word processing application," said Millecam. The Coach
feature allows users to access a personal tutor for selected
functions. The Coach will then guide the user by giving step-by-
step instructions. If the user needs additional help, the Coach
will actually show the user how to complete the function.
     Hundreds of additional WordPerfect features have been added
to the product. A few of the most powerful new additions include:
WYSIWYG Editing
Users can choose from among three different interface modes while
editing. The Text Mode is similar to the only mode currently
available in version 5.1. Working in Graphics Mode allows users
to see a graphical representation of fonts, graphics, colors,
etc. The Page Mode offers the same functionality as the Graphics
Mode, but also shows headers, footers, footnotes and page
numbers. All three modes are fully editable, mouse compatible and
can be accessed at any time in the program.
Scalable Font Support
WordPerfect 6.0 supports four types of scalable fonts: Adobe Type
1, AGFA Intellifont, Bitstream Speedo and TrueType. WordPerfect
Font Installer (WPFI), a utility that ships with the product,
will install additional scalable fonts if the user desires.
WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS will also ship with a number of
customized scalable WordPerfect fonts. The scalable font
technology in WordPerfect 6.0 makes true DOS-Windows-OS/2 font
compatibility a reality.
Selectable Merge
Users can now select the records they would like to include in a
merge group and even set the criteria by which those records are
selected  (all of the Smiths who live in New York City, for
example).
QuickFinder
First available in WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows, QuickFinder is an
innovative way to search local or network directories quickly and
effectively. Indexes created with QuickFinder allow users to
rapidly search for documents based on user-defined criteria.
     Other new or enhanced features include color printing, drag-
and-drop text and graphics, irregular text wrap around graphic
images, Grammatik 5, Button Bars, the ability to work with up to
nine documents at a time, Undo, collapsible outlines, enhanced
envelope creation and more powerful macro capabilities.
     WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS will have a suggested retail price
of $495 for a full package. Full package upgrades for existing
WordPerfect customers will have a suggested retail price of $129.
A competitive trade-up package will also be available for $149 to
customers who own a competing word processing package. A CD-ROM
version of the software will also be available.  Additional
information about WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS is available from
software resellers or by calling WordPerfect Corporation at (800)
451-5151.