Corel Home Office Expert Reviews

Quick, easy USB installation, Intuitive, customizable user interface, Microsoft Office 2007 support, Built-in PDF creation

More expensive than open-source programs, Limited online sharing

If you don't like having to switch frequently between ribbons to locate commands, you can enable the toolbar mode, which provides a more traditional layout and doesn't take up as much screen real estate. Corel has also added a netbook-friendly feature ...

terrific, opens most Microsoft Office files, and lets you choose between a traditional and a ribbon user interface. It's tantalizingly close to being the lightweight, low-cost Office replacement we need, and getting closer with frequent updates to the ...

Included apps look and act like Microsoft Office counterparts ; can be set to use Microsoft Office formats by default. Option to use traditional menu-and-toolbar interface or modern ribbon interface

Too many bugs. Uses a proprietary default file format (which, fortunately, can be changed). Complex files imported from or saved to Microsoft Office formats have serious errors

Corel Home Office is a Microsoft Office workalike for netbook and home users that's worth using for simple documentsbut only if you switch the default file format to the Microsoft Office standard.

corel home office review: Despite some compatibility setbacks, Corel Home Office suite is useful for creating documents. Its conscientious size, small-screen optimisations, and attractive price make it a good buy for a Netbook office suite, or for ...

Small megabyte footprint • Built-in PDF creation tools • Works well on tiny Netbooks • Microsoft Office 2007-style interface • Reads and saves documents in multiple file types, including Microsoft analogs • Multilanguage support ;

Often renders text differently than it should when pasting or importing content • Lacks advanced features applicable to Netbooks users

Corel just never gives up on its office suite portfolio. The Canadian company's latest offering is stripped-down suite that provides core functionality for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. Designed to eliminate the unnecessary features ...

Corel hopes to tap into the netbook craze with Home Office. Those who jumped on the netbook bandwagon early will have noticed that their cute little machines are a little under-powered – and lack the screen real estate – to handle mainstream office ...

Small megabyte footprint, built-in PDF creation tools, and Flash installation work well on tiny Netbooks; Microsoft Office 2007-style interface; reads and saves documents in multiple file types, including Microsoft analogs; multilanguage support.

Small megabyte footprint, built-in PDF creation tools, and Flash installation work well on tiny Netbooks ; Microsoft Office 2007-style interface ; reads and saves documents in multiple file types, including Microsoft analogs ; multilanguage support

Often renders text differently than it should when pasting or importing content ; lacks advanced features applicable to Netbooks users

Despite some compatibility setbacks, Corel Home Office suite is useful for creating documents. Its conscientious size, small-screen optimizations, and attractive price make it a good buy for a Netbook office suite, or for saving space by shedding ...