Corel Home Office | Review and Giveaway
July 14, 2009 by admin - Jennifer
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Corel is one of the world’s top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. Through the years, we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easier to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value. Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world’s most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, Corel® Painter™, VideoStudio®, WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office and WinZip®.
I have been a fan of Corel products for quite some time now. All my graphical work is done in Paint Shop Pro which I have been using for years. So when I was asked to review their Office Suite I jumped at the chance.
Corel® Home Office is a sleek new office suite for word processing, spreadsheets and presentation projects. Designed for the work you do at home, it features a fresh and simple interface with tabbed toolbars for quick navigation. Corel Home Office is easy to learn and use, compatible with Microsoft® Office*, and available at a fraction of the price of other leading office software.
Corel® Write – Find everything you need to prepare, edit and present great-looking letters, reports, quotations, memos, mailings and newsletters.
- Open and save Microsoft® Office Word files
- Catch spelling errors as they occur and fix them with Autocorrect. Available in multiple languages
- Automatically correct grammatical errors in English, French, Spanish and German
Corel® Calculate – This is the perfect tool for managing the numbers in your life, from business accounts and home finances to homework problems.
- Open and save Microsoft® Office Excel® files and charts
- Create macros and pivot tables (visual summary of data)
- Convert your spreadsheets to PDF for easy sharing and collaboration
Corel® Show – Use a range of visual and text effects to make sure your message is delivered with maximum impact.
- Create professional-looking slideshows with customizable transitions
- Insert graphs or charts, and easily reorder pages
- Save in Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® format for easy sharing
I really liked the new Corel Home Office and it does what I need it to do. I have had only one issue where it didn’t open a Word document that I had from awhile ago, but transferring everything into a new Corel document was very easy to do. To see a full list of features click here. I recommend the Corel Home Office to everyone, it is simple software for your most important home office needs. My kids even use it for their school work.
I have been also given the opportunity to giveaway to giveaway a copy of the Corel Home Office software to one lucky Dirty Shirt reader. See rules below to enter today…
Giveaway
- MAIN RULE – Tell me in comments if you use any other products from Corel and what they are. If you don’t use any Corel products tell me who you would give this software to. (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
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- 1 Extra Entry – Follow me on Twitter (button in subscribe section on on the right sidebar) and let me know your Twitter name in a separate comment.
- 1 Extra Entry – Tweet this giveaway. Please leave direct URL in comments so I can check or click Tweet button at the top of this post (next to title) and add @jentifa to it.
- 2 Extra Entries – Write a post on your blog linking to my blog.
This giveaway will run through midnight on July 30, with winner being announced the morning of July 31. Winner will be chosen using Random.org from all valid entries and notified via email. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is chosen. Giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.
I have not used any Corel products yet. If I won this software, I would give this to my husband to use in his home office!
I do not currently have Corel, but need a new office type product. This baby would stay with me!
I use Corel Paintshop Pro as it was included with my graphics tablet. If I won this, my mother would receive it as she needs it for her home office.
I use the Photo Plus software.. love it!
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I could use Corel Home Office , as I currently use a program that is almost 10 years old.
I have not used Corel but have heard about it, so I would like to try it on my computer!
I do not currently use any Corel products but would keep this software for myself as I could really use it.
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my husband would like this.
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One product from Corel that I like to use is the: WinDVD 9 . It is great for watching DVD’s, especially when I am traveling.
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I do not have any Corel products. I would use this product.
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I use Coral Paint Shop Pro. I love it. : ) Thanks,
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I use Corel’s Paint Shop Pro and Draw programs (graphic programs). Maybe the office software would run faster than the slow-poke Office 2007.
I had PSP and I think I lost it 2 moves ago. I was learning how to tag and create buttons. I wish I still had it. If I win this, I’m giving it to myself.
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Have used all Perfect and Paint Shop pro. Love them all.
We currently don’t have any Corel software. If I won, I would keep this for myself. We could really use home office software. Thanks.
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We have in the past. We used Word Perfect. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway.
I use Corel’s Paint Shop Pro. I could really use Corel Home Office because I am helping out doing some record keeping.
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I use Word Perfect and Quattro Pro, but I got a new computer and need updated software.
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I used to have Paint shop pro on my old computer. I want this for me!
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I used to have a copy of Corel Paint Shop Pro that I loved. Since I’ve upgraded to a new computer with Windows Vista, I haven’t gotten a replacement copy compatible with my new computer yet. If I won, I’d keep this for myself..this is software I’d use every day.
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I use Paintshop Pro. It is way cheaper than photoshop.
I use Paintshop Pro. It is way cheaper than photoshop.
P.S. – Sorry, forgot to tell you great post!
I have no experience using Corel products, and would love to give this to my tech-savvy son.
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I don’t currently use any Corel products, but I would like to have this software for myself.
i have heard good things about corel thanks for the chance
I love Corel products
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I have Corel Draw on my PC.
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I have used Paint Shop Pro for years and absolutely love it!
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I don’t currently use any Corel products but if I won I’d give it to my sister to use for her business. Thanks for the chance.
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I don’t have any Corel products, so I would give this to my sister who just bought a new computer. She would love to have an office package
this would be for my brother the architect
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I’ve used their photo editing some
i don’t currently use any products but would liek to start
Does it count if I want to give this to me? I could use these applications for personal organization of finances and such.
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I use Corel Painter 4 and I love it. I would lvoe to use this though.
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I don’t currently use Corel but would definitely like to try if I win this!
I don’t use any Corel products now. I’d give this to my aunt if I won – her computer crashed and she could use some new software and stuff!
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I would give this to my son.
I would give this to my husband! Thanks!
I used to use Coral Paint Shop Pro. Then I lost my computer to an unfortunate fire of the power source, and the first disk was in the drive. But I saved the sound card.
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I don’t use any other Corel programs but would love too!
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Currently, I do not use Corel products. I would love this for myself for my new Mac
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Actually my sister is having a birthday and wants to start her own business online so as much as I’d want this for me I would be generous and have it sent as a surprise to her.
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I do sometimes use Corel Painter. I always used to use Photoshop, but my dad loves Corel products and introduced me to Painter. I could really use the Home Office suite. Thank you for the chance to win.
We haven’t used Corel Products before. I would definitely keep it for us to use
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I used a Corel product many, many years ago but I forgot the name. It was a photo-editing software. I would definitely give this product to my husband as he would enjoy it! Thank you!
As much as I love my handydandy netbook, it did not come with any kind of office software. I’d love to get this loaded up on that!
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I have Corel Draw, but don’t use it too much anymore. I used to though before mine was so out of date.
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I don’t use Corel but want to to get away from Microsoft really bad.
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i’d keep this software for myself!
I use WordPerfect.
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Don’t have any Corel products yet, but if I win, the whole family will be able to use it.
I don’t have any Corel software now. Corel has such a great reputation, it would be terrific to win! I would use this myself.
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I use their Office Excel.
The Corel suite of programs is pretty good. They keep improving WordPerfect, I mean like what is it up to, like 12 now? I took a year of classes in WordPerfect and Word 10 years ago and it appears to me that they add very little, they just seem to move the same attributes around!
I would love to give this to my mother – she owns her own small business and I think this could dramatically help her! Thanks for the giveaway!
I don’t use Corel, if I won I would give it to my husband who spends most of his work day on the computer.
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I used to use Corel products – Word Processing and for photos but have not in a while – I am starting to do my own thing outside of my office and am interested now in Corel products.
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I’d keep this for myself! I used to use Corel back in the day but I don’t have it anymore.
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I have heard of them, but no, I do not have their software.
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I would give this to my Mom she used to use Corel at one of her jobs and misses it
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i don’t currently use corel products, but would like to try so i’d give this to myself.
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I do not use any other software from Correl, but this one sounds like something my college age daughter would be able to put to good use. Thanks so much for this contest.
I don’t use Corel programs so I would give it to my hubby. That man has been computer obsessed since the Amiga.
I haven’t used any Corel products but I would certainly like to do so with this giveaway!
I use WinDVD and would love to have this software as I am thinking of setting up my own business.
I dont currently have any Corel products but I would use it for our home business
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I do not currently use any Corel product. If I won this one, I would try to use it myself.
i dont use any of them…………but i would give it to my daughter in law
I would give this to my daughter.
I use the Corel Photo Plus software and it’s great. I have to admit the primary reason I use it is it came pre-installed on my computer. All that being said, it’s a great simple to use product that I’ve never even thought of replacing.
I’ve never heard of Corel, but would love to learn it for myself.
I use WordPerfect 10, like most people in legal firms, and I just love it. It far surpasses Word. If I won this, yes, I’d be selfish & keep it!!!!
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I do not use no corel products as of yet. If I win I will be using this myself to help me better stay on top of things.
I’ve never used any Corel products, but I’d give it to my husband if I won because he is a computer type of guy and he’d know how to use it.
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The first word processing software that I ever used was Word Perfect, and I loved it. It was so much easier than Word. A few years later, after being stuck with Word for a long time, I tried a new version of Word Perfect, and unfortunately, it was set-up more like Word. I’d still love the chance to try it again and see how it is now. My husband would like the Paint Shop Pro. He had a trial version of Paint Shop years ago and liked it very much, but we could never afford to buy the full version.
i don’t use any corel products, but would love to try this
I have not used any Corel products. I would give this to my husband. He’s a computer teacher and always looking for new software.
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I have not used Corel products yet. I would give the Corel Home Office software to my mother, she is a accountant and is always looking for new and innovative programs.
I don’t use any Corel products YET here at home, but give me a shot at this package and we certainly WOULD be using Corel here. I don’t know about “give it to”, but I’d certainly share with my wife and teenage son.
We’re just getting to the point that our teenager is wanting to create his own graphics for a webpage, for class projects, etc… We don’t currently have any Corel packages but look forward to trying out THIS package. Thanks!
Have not heard of this brand before but would give it a try.
I use Corel Paint Shop Pro X2 and it is great for editing photos.
I use Corel’s Paint Shop Pro. I would keep this for myself
I have never used Corel before but I need something like this for my PC. I think I would keep it for myself.
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I do not use Corel products yet, if I win it will be for my mother! Thanks!
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I am not using Corel products yet. If I won I would give it to my brother.
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I am a long time fan of Word Perfect. I haven’t used it in a very long time since all my offices used Word, but I would love to have this for my home computer and would definitely keep it for myself if I won.
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I have used Corel software in the past on my previous computers, but do not presently use it since I am now retired. If I won, I would reward myself and install it for my use on my current computer.
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I am not using Corel right now. I would give this to my niece who can use it for her school work
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I don’t use any other corel products and I would keep this for myself if I won it
I would give the software to my husband… he just got a new computer and needs a suite.
I do not currently use any Corel products but would keep this software for myself:)
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I don’t use any other Corel products. I would give it to my husband. He could use it in his career.
I don’t use any other products yet. I’d probably give it to my son.
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I don’t use any Corel products. My husband would love it if I won this and gave it to him.
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we have no corel products and our trial for the microsoft office that came with our pc has long expired, so my kids have the hardest time doing their spreadsheets etc. I would give it to my kids as a reward because They did such a awesome job this year in school, son went from 7th grade to 9th grade with all honors and daughter has been keeping all her grades in the 3.65 to 3.95 range in all honors classes, plus they also do online classes, so I feel they deserve a reward just out of our budget so trying to win some prizes for them.
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I have had Corel office on both a trial as well as a limited time offer and although it works fine for daily office functions, the main problem is nobody else has it! So in other words, if I send a document in Corel, the end user could never open it or would have to convert it to the standard Word format. Not so convenient in my world.