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- Subject: WordPerfect & OS2
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 16:39:00 mst
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- This is an OFFICIAL press release from WordPerfect Corporation.
- Hopefully it will end ALL speculation that WP6.0 for OS/2 2.0 will be
- out any time soon.
-
- Contact: Liz Tanner (801) 228-5004, (801) 228-5077
-
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-
- WORDPERFECT CORPORATION DEVELOPS
- WORDPERFECT 5.2 FOR OS/2
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- OREM, Utah, January 18, 1993-- WordPerfect Corporation today announced
- the development of WordPerfect (R) 5.2 for OS/2 (R) 2.0, the first
- graphical version of WordPerfect for OS/2. The product is being
- jointly developed with Micrografx (R) using Mirrors (TM) technology
- and uses the same feature set as WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows.
- WordPerfect 5.2 for OS/2 is scheduled to ship this spring.
- "Support from the industry's leading word processing software
- developer is a clear indication of the market's support and acceptance
- of OS/2," said Lee Reiswig, president of IBM's Personal Software
- Product division. "WordPerfect 5.2 for OS/2 will satisfy customers'
- needs for a graphical word processor that will take advantage of
- OS/2's advanced technology."
- The file format of WordPerfect 5.2 for OS/2 is identical to that
- of WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS and WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows so files
- are compatible across platforms. WordPerfect 5.2 for OS/2 will also be
- compatible with WordPerfect Presentations and WordPerfect Office 4.0
- for OS/2 that are scheduled for release in 1993.
- "Our users are implementing OS/2 and need applications today,"
- said Rich Running, director of WordPerfect for OS/2 marketing at
- WordPerfect Corporation. "We want to help them make a smooth
- transition to WordPerfect for OS/2 without sacrificing file
- compatibility or making a major investment in training."
- WordPerfect 5.2 for OS/2 will contain the features of WordPerfect
- 5.2 for Windows including the Button Bar, Ruler, the QuickFinder for
- indexing and text retrieval, and a QuickMenu to quickly select Button
- Bars.
- "This is the first phase of our OS/2 word processing strategy,"
- said Dave Moon, vice president of development at WordPerfect
- Corporation. "We are developing WordPerfect 6.0 for OS/2 which will be
- a 32-bit, multi-threaded product that better integrates with the
- WorkPlace Shell."
- WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows will be on display in WordPerfect
- Corporation's booth #730 at the Window & OS/2 Conference this week at
- the San Jose Convention Center.
-
- WordPerfect Corporation, founded in 1979, is located in Orem, Utah and
- manufactures the world's best-selling word processing software,
- WordPerfect, as well as WordPerfect Office (E-
- mail/scheduling/calendaring), and WordPerfect Presentations,
- presentation graphics software. The privately held company develops
- software for DOS, Windows, OS/2, Macintosh, UNIX, VMS, AS/400, NeXT,
- Data General, Pen, and System/370 platforms.
-
- WordPerfect is a registered trademark of WordPerfect Corporation. OS/2
- is a registered trademark of International Business Machines.
- Micrographx is a registered trademark and Mirrors is a trademark of
- Micrografx Corporation.
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