Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] Whether you're doing the family budget, completing school work, preparing materials for volunteer projects, running a home-based business, or simply catching up on work from the office, this streamlined suite is just what you need. As traditional office productivity software has evolved, the number of tools and options has grown steadily. Power users, particularly those in enterprise environments, require the high-end features and depth of control that can only be found in a mature, full-featured office suite. But there's also a significant group of users who don't need these extra features and the complex interface that comes with them. [. . . ] Corel Home Office lets you work in many languages without having to download language packs. MUI-compliancy means that Corel Home Office opens in the language of the operating system. What's more, Unicode support in Corel Home Office lets you work with files created in an array of languages.
You can easily switch between a variety of languages.
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Changing languages
· In the top right corner of any Corel Home Office application, click Options Language, and choose one of the following options: · Match OS Language (language used by the operating system) · Dutch · English · French · German · Italian · Spanish · Swedish · Simplified Chinese · Traditional Chinese · Korean · Japanese · Brazilian Portuguese
Access commands easily: The Quick Access toolbar puts the most frequently used commands together in one place. You can tailor the Quick Access toolbar to suit your style of working by adding any command found in a menu.
You can customize the Quick Access toolbar so that the commands you use the most are right at your fingertips.
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Adding commands to the Quick Access toolbar
1 Click the arrow to the right of the Quick Access toolbar, then click More Commands. 2 In the Customize dialog box, click Save As in the list of commands on the left. 3 Click Add.
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Corel® Write
Corel Write has everything you need to create and share a variety of documents, including reports, quotations, memos, mailings, and newsletters.
Corel Write lets you quickly do the word processing tasks you perform most often.
Create labels, envelopes, and mail merges: As much as e-mail and the Web have changed the way we share our ideas and information, home-based businesses and families will always need tools for traditional mail. That's why Corel Write gives you high-end tools for creating and printing labels and envelopes. And an easy-to-use mail merge feature simplifies mass mailings, whether it's a promotional flyer to clients or the annual family newsletter for relatives and friends.
You can create labels, envelopes, and mass mailings.
Add tables of contents, indices, and footnotes: Just because it's a
lighter office suite doesn't make the documents you create with Corel Home Office any less important. To that end, Corel Write lets you easily add tables of contents, indices, and footnotes to reports, term papers, and proposals.
Turn text into designs: When you want to add a little spice to your documents, WriteFX helps you transform text into art. Ideal for creating logos, WriteFX includes a gallery of templates helps get you started. You can also create your own designs.
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Creating text art
1 Click the Insert tab. 2 In the Illustrations area, click Write FX. 3 In the Corel Write FX dialog box, click through the tabs to select text customization options, and click OK.
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Corel® Calculate
Corel Calculate is the perfect tool for managing numbers -- whether for a business account, home finances, complicated calculations, or homework.
Corel Calculate gives you quick access to the spreadsheet tools you use most.
Get right to work: The Task Pane, located on the right side of the workspace, puts settings for the most common spreadsheet tasks front and center.
The Task Pane helps you get to work quickly.
Filter data easily: With intuitive data filtering and validating tools, you can
sort spreadsheet cells to get a different view of their information.
You can sort data with easy-to-use tools.
Create pivot tables: You can easily create pivot tables with the help of the
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Corel® Show
Corel Show takes the guesswork out of creating polished, easy-to-share slide shows.
Corel Show puts all the tools you need to create slide shows at your fingertips.
Get right to work: The Task Pane displays a gallery of slide templates that can help jump-start a slide show. Click the Insert tab, click the Picture button , navigate to the Reviewer's Guide File folder, select Banner. jpg, and click Open. Click the image, and drag a corner to handle until the image is the same width as both text columns. When you click an image file in any Corel Home Office application, the Drawing Tools toolbar displays automatically.
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8 To wrap the text around the banner, click the Text Wrapping button , and choose Square. 9 Finally, you'll publish the flyer to PDF. Click the Quick Access button , and click Save As PDF Portable Document Format.
You can also e-mail the PDF directly from all Corel Home Office applications.
The completed business flyer
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Corel® Calculate
Like all Corel Home Office applications, Corel Calculate lets you open and save Microsoft Office 2007 files and publish to PDF -- without having to purchase additional software. In this workflow, you'll create an inventory report based on an XLSX file, add a logo graphic, and create a PDF.
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Creating an inventory report
1 On your desktop, click the Corel Home Office icon 2 Click Start Corel Calculate. 3 Click the Open button , and navigate to the Reviewer's Guide File folder on the Corel USB stick. 4 Select Wine_List. xlsx, and click Open. [. . . ] INFORMATION IS PROVIDED BY COREL ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY OTHER WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THOSE ARISING BY LAW, STATUTE, USAGE OF TRADE, COURSE OF DEALING OROTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED OR ITS USE IS ASSUMED BY YOU. COREL SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFIT, LOST OR DAMAGED DATA OR OTHER COMMERCIAL OR ECONOMIC LOSS, EVEN IF COREL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR THEY ARE FORESEEABLE. COREL IS ALSO NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY. [. . . ]