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

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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.