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Corel Home Office Reviews

Small megabyte footprint, built-in PDF creation tools, and Flash installation work well on tiny... (cnet.com)

Quick, easy USB installation, Intuitive, customizable user interface, Microsoft Office 2007... (laptopmag.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Corel Home Office

We have collected and analyzed 7 expert reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 62/100. The average review date is July 20, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 32787 reviews from other Business. The alaScore™ for this product is 95/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 21, 2009.

alaSCORE 95

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7 reviews

November, 2009

62 / 100

7 Experts

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Expert Reviews (7)

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Corel Home Office

By (cnet.com)

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 ...

Corel Home Office mirrors Microsoft Office 2007's tabbed ribbon design, but...

Rating

70100

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cnet.com
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Corel Home Office - Review of Corel Home Office

By Joanna Stern (laptopmag.com)

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 ...

Rating

60100

laptopmag.com
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Corel Home Office

By Edward Mendelson (pcmag.com)

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.

But if you think Corel Home Office should be able to open files created by...

Rating

50100

pcmag.com

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