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WORDPERFECT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE
FOR WORDPERFECT 6.0 FOR DOS
Product to ship on schedule with newly added functionality
OREM, Utah ─ May 11, 1993 ─ WordPerfect Corporation today
announced that WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS will be released June 28,
1993. The upgrade, which was announced in March, will ship as
scheduled and will contain additional functionality not found in
earlier beta versions of the product.
Company officials and resellers alike say customer demand
for the product is already reaching record levels. "We have huge
back orders for WordPerfect 6.0 and expect nothing less than a
huge and successful release of the product," said Linda Kroog,
vice president of products at California-based Merisel Inc.
Some of the additional features which have been added to the
latest beta version of the product include drag-and-drop text,
scrolling Button Bars, and separate setup options for the Text
Mode and Graphics mode. A CD-ROM version of the upgrade will also
be available following the initial release of the product.
According to WordPerfect developers, 639 user enhancement
requests have been incorporated into WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS.
Some previously announced features include built-in spreadsheet
functionality; WYSIWYG editing; fax, sound and e-mail
capabilities; WordPerfect Coaches; scalable font support;
selectable merge; drag-and-drop graphics; contour text wrap
around graphics; color printing; undo; QuickFinder; the ability
to have nine documents open at a time; enhanced envelope and
label creation; and more powerful macro capabilities.
Customers who purchase earlier versions of WordPerfect for
DOS during the 30 days before or after version 6.0 is released
can upgrade for free. Customers who meet the free upgrade
guidelines will have 60 days after the product is released to
take advantage of the free upgrade window.
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.