WORDPERFECT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE FOR WORDPERFECT 6.0 FOR DOS Product to ship on schedule with newly added functionality OREM, Utah Ä May 11, 1993 Ä 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. Technology Update Worldwide announcement marks the beginning of a new standard in information processing OREM, Utah March 24, 1993 WordPerfect Corporation officially introduced WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS today, the first upgrade in more than three years to the company's best-selling DOS word processor. The new version, scheduled to be released later this spring, was unveiled during press conferences in Germany, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Version 6.0 is the successor to WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS. Version 5.1 has consistently been a best seller for the company since its introduction in 1989. That trend continued in 1992, as WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS outsold all other software applications. "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," said Ashton. Spreadsheet functionality, for example, is now built into WordPerfect. Computing functions and cell formatting features are now a part of Tables and allow users to accomplish most spreadsheet functions without having to use a separate spreadsheet package. WordPerfect 6.0 users will also be able to fax directly from within WordPerfect. Version 6.0 supports FaxBIOS technology and will ship with the necessary drivers for Class1, Class 2, or CAS-compliant fax devices. "WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS is a product that goes beyond word processing by providing solutions to a variety of day-to-day tasks," said Todd Ashman, product marketing director for WordPerfect for DOS. "The new fax, sound, e-mail and spreadsheet capabilities found in this upgrade help make WordPerfect the application from which all personal computing originates." Version 6.0 is also 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 which 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 their own personal tutor for selected functions. The Coach will then guide the user by giving step-by-step instructions regarding how to execute the specific function. Hundreds of other user enhancement requests have been added to the product. A few of the most powerful new additions include: WYSIWYG Editing Users can choose 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, page numbers etc. All three modes are fully editable, mouse compatible and can be accessed at any time in the program. Scalable Fonts WordPerfect 6.0 supports four types of scalable fonts: Type 1, Intellifont, TrueType and Bitstream Speedo. 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 select the fields of the data records they would like included in a merge and then set the criteria by which those records are selected (all of the Jones 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 quickly search for documents based on user-defined criteria. Other new and enhanced features include color printing, drag-and-drop graphics, irregular text wrap around graphic images, Grammatik 5, the ability to work with up to nine documents at a time, Undo, enhanced envelope creation and more powerful macro capabilities. WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS Page 4 "The new graphical interface is a powerful enhancement to the product," said Bill Kesselring, an analyst at DataQuest in San Jose, California. "The overall combination of new and enhanced features in version 6.0 make WordPerfect the easiest DOS word processor to learn and use." WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS will have a retail price of $495 for a full package. Full package upgrades, for existing WordPerfect customers, will have a retail price of $129. A competitive trade-up package will also be available for $149 to customers who own a competing word processing package.