WordPerfect 3.5 for Macintosh Wins 1995 MacUser Editors' Choice Award for
Best New Word Processing Application

WordPerfect for Macintosh Wins Prestigious Eddy Award for the Second
Consecutive Year and Other Influential Industry Accolades

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jan. 3, 1996 -- Novell, Inc.'s WordPerfect 3.5 for
Macintosh was selected as the winner of the 1995 MacUser Editors' Choice
Award for "Best New Word Processing Application" for the Macintosh and
Power Macintosh. For the second consecutive year, WordPerfect for
Macintosh beat out all other Macintosh word processors in a year packed
with upgrades from nearly every major word processing vendor.

MacUser's "Eddy" award (also referred to as the Editors' Choice award)
recognizes the best-of-breed Macintosh hardware and software products
released throughout the year. Winners and finalists were selected by the
MacUser editors based on their technological innovation, quality,
performance, user friendliness and value to Macintosh users. In 1994,
WordPerfect 3.1 for Macintosh won the Eddy award in the "Best New Word
Processing Tool" category and continues the tradition this year by
offering a superior word processing application to the Macintosh
community.

"The WordPerfect for Macintosh team is honored to win MacUser's Eddy award
for the second consecutive year," said Heather Boyer, product marketing
manager at Novell. "Since the product began shipping in August 1995 we
have received positive feedback from our users and tremendous recognition
from the industry."

"As we celebrate the 11th anniversary of the Eddy Awards, it's clear that
the 1995 Winners represent the best products of the year. In a year of
firsts for the Macintosh industry, the doors have opened for future
product innovation," noted MacUser editor-in-chief, Maggie Cannon.

Other Industry Awards

WordPerfect 3.5 for Macintosh continues to gain momentum, recently winning
other publication awards and Editors' Picks. Sandra Anderson,
editor-in-chief of MacHome Journal, recognized WordPerfect 3.5 for
Macintosh as her favorite word processing application in the 1995 Editors'
Picks. The 1996 Hyper Awards, given out for the first time this year by
NewMedia, chose WordPerfect 3.5 for Macintosh as the winner for technical
excellence in the "HTML Creation Software for Macintosh" category.

"The 1996 Hyper Awards are the first technical achievement awards ever
given by the editors of NewMedia," said editor-in-chief Phil Hood. "We've
developed a reputation for product news and testing and solid how-to
information for professionals. We know readers look to us for practical
evaluation of the many products out there, from graphics and authoring to
systems and Internet tools. We decided to celebrate our 5th Anniversary by
honoring the best products we've seen and recognize the dedicated people
behind them."

Richard Theriault, senior editor of Mac Today magazine, awarded WordPerfect
3.5 for Macintosh with the 1995 Editors' Choice Award in the "Word
Processing Tool" category. WordPerfect 3.5 won the award based on the
following criteria: respect for and adherence to the Macintosh interface,
flexibility, reasonable size (RAM demand and disk space consumption),
accessibility of functions and features, usability and the implementation
of power features. Overall, Mac Today magazine awarded WordPerfect 3.5
with the Editor's Choice award because the product is "deep, indulgent,
complete and elegant."

About WordPerfect 3.5 for Macintosh

Novell's WordPerfect 3.5 for the Macintosh shipped in August 1995 and is
the first Macintosh word processor to provide Internet publishing and
editing capabilities. WordPerfect 3.5, the fastest, most Macintosh- savvy
word processor available, enables users to create and edit Hypertext
Markup Language (HTML) documents including tables, and use the included
Netscape Navigator browser to navigate the World Wide Web. WordPerfect 3.5
includes speed enhancements, the ability to "speak" text using MacinTalk,
Bookmarks with "hot links," the new Make It Fit feature, Easy Envelopes
and more than 85 document templates.

For more information on WordPerfect 3.5 for Macintosh, call Novell at (800)
451-5151 or visit the Novell Home Page at http://www.novell.com.
 
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