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.







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. 

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      "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.

























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