Service Pack 2 for Corel WordPerfect Office X5 is auto-installing on most systems now. On my US setup, the version number (Look in the menu under Help, About WordPerfect…) has notched up to 15.0.0.505.

The service pack is also available for download at Corel:
https://www.wordperfect.com/en/support/updates/

The download varies is size by language; English is 55.5 Mb.

Here’s the short list of new stuff:

New Features and Improvements

WordPerfect Office X5 Service Pack 2 offers a number of stability improvements and addresses user requests for enhancements to popular features, including Enhanced File dialogs, PDF output and Microsoft® Windows® 7 compatibility.

• Improvements to Windows 7 compatibility: optimizations to the Enhanced File dialog’s tree control and field sorts, improved indexing and more

• • Improvements to the formatting and fidelity of PDF output

• • • Updates to macro support, to account for the latest processor technologies

• • • • Improvements to how the suite displays extended characters

• • • • • Refresh of WordPerfect® Lightning™ for Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 9

• • • • • Updates to WordPerfect Office add-ons for use with Mozilla® Thunderbird® 3.1.x

Graphcat 6.1 has been tested in combination with Service Pack 1, and there are no problems.

The update is available from inside WordPerfect, through the Help menu–choose ‘Check for Updates.’

From Corel’s announcement:

New Features and Improvements

Besides adding even more stability to WordPerfect Office X5, Service Pack 1 provides document management enhancements, file compatibility updates to the DOC and DOCX formats, and improvements to the Web services and printing features.

Specific enhancements include:

* Improved compatibility with Microsoft® Office—and specifically, with Microsoft Office changes to formatting between versions 2007 and 2010
* Improved support for OpenType® and Type 1 fonts
* Expanded support for Microsoft® SharePoint® and Web services

This service pack also includes these customer requested enhancements:

* Reverting the default file-open filter to *.* in WordPerfect
* Supporting the insertion of graphics in PDF output on multi-core computers
* Improving table responsiveness during date insertion

Corel has release Service Pack for WordPerfect X5.
It’s available from the help menu–choose ‘Check for Updates’.

From the announcement:

New Features and Improvements

Besides adding even more stability to WordPerfect Office X5, Service Pack 1 provides document management enhancements, file compatibility updates to the DOC and DOCX formats, and improvements to the Web services and printing features.

Specific enhancements include:

* Improved compatibility with Microsoft® Office—and specifically, with Microsoft Office changes to formatting between versions 2007 and 2010
* Improved support for OpenType® and Type 1 fonts
* Expanded support for Microsoft® SharePoint® and Web services

This service pack also includes these customer requested enhancements:

* Reverting the default file-open filter to *.* in WordPerfect
* Supporting the insertion of graphics in PDF output on multi-core computers
* Improving table responsiveness during date insertion

I’ve uploaded the new Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts reference chart. It’s free, over at http://www.pc410.com/keyboard

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 Now Offers Direct Integrated Access to Online Photo Sites
FREE Update to Award-Winning Graphic Design Software Connects with Third-Party Content Providers; Offers Expanded File Format Support

Ottawa, ON – July 28, 2010

Corel Corporation today announced the introduction of a free update for CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X5, the company’s flagship graphic design software. Available as a free download from Corel’s website, Service Pack 1 (SP1) includes new functionality to Corel® CONNECT™ that enables users to instantly browse millions of free and for purchase stock images on leading online photo sites including Fotolia and iStockphoto® from within the CorelDRAW creative environment.

“With CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5, our goal was to deliver a suite of professional applications that enabled our users to create with impact,” said John Falsetto, Senior Product Manager, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. “This update takes this even further, giving our users even more control and options to connect with compelling content. Providing exceptional value to today’s graphics professional, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 is the only professional graphic design software to offer users direct access to leading stock image sources.”
Instant Access to More Online Content:
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Graphcat 6.1 is available now. The new release of Graphcat Photo Album Builder and Clip Art Cataloger adds support for Corel’s new release X5 of WordPerfect, and updates installation support of Graphcat in Windows 7, in both 64-bit and 32-editions.

Free downloadable upgrades are available on request to all purchasers of Graphcat during 2010.

Discounted upgrades are available for purchasers of Graphcat in any previous edition, any platform, any operating system; contact Science Translations support for a $10 upgrade coupon, and include your contact information (address, phone, email) used at the time of the original purchase.

GRAPHCAT creates editable photo and art catalogs and albums in Corel WordPerfect.

GRAPHCAT is a set of macro packages for Corel WordPerfect. The macros read any directory and create a printable catalog of the graphics files they find. All graphics file formats supported by WordPerfect can be inventoried and cataloged by GRAPHCAT, and any printer supported by WordPerfect may be used, including the PDF export in WordPerfect’s version X3 or above.

Graphcat’s printouts may be completely custom designed, if you wish, or you can use the default settings of four columns and 1″ height for each image, which results in 28 images per page (on US letter paper). Any combination of columns and image heights may be chosen for a catalog. International users: Graphcat will accept measurements in metric measurements as well as inches, and uses your default paper size, whether it is A4, US Letter, or Landscape.

Each catalog can be identified with a title of your choice, or Graphcat can provide an automatic catalog title of “Clip Art in ” and the path and directory that was searched. The new graphics formats supported by each new release of WordPerfect carries over to Graphcat, including support for JPG, GIF, and PNG images in recent versions of WordPerfect.

I’ve had a few reports of an ‘array error’ in Graphcat, always in WordPerfect 11. Here’s the fix:

The message happens only in the initial release of WordPerfect 11. In the Help, About WordPerfect… menu entry, the version number is identified as 11.0.0.233.

Since WordPerfect 11 was released, there have been three service packs. The fully-updated version is 11.0.0.410. Graphcat will run properly with version 11.0.0.300 (service pack 1) or higher.

Do read the directions for installing service packs on WordPerfect 11–the original program CD is required.

X5 Adds Unrivaled PDF Support and Legendary Formatting Features for Today’s Office Professionals

OTTAWA & WASHINGTON — Mar 23, 2010 Today at FOSE 2010, Corel Corporation introduced Corel® WordPerfect® Office X5, the newest version of the world’s leading alternative to Microsoft® Office. Delivering enhanced online collaboration tools, a new integrated email client and expanded file format support, the latest version of WordPerfect Office has been designed to offer users even greater flexibility in how they work, both online and offline.

“For more than 20 years, WordPerfect Office has earned the trust and loyalty of millions of users by providing essential tools and innovations that are designed specifically to address the evolving needs of our customers,” said Jason Larock, Director of Product Management for Corel’s Office Productivity group. “With WordPerfect Office X5, we’ve expanded the scope of our suite, to provide customers with a unique solution that addresses the new requirements of an online-offline workflow while enhancing the formatting features and PDF tools that our users have come to rely on.”
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From Adrian Roth:

Environment: WordPerfect 9.0.0.896
Windows XP Professional SP 3
When I try to use the following macro commands:
PrefLocationOfDocuments or
PrefLocationOfMacroFiles

I get a ‘Parameter error’ message, regardless of the parameters specified. The parameter in error is not indicated. Is there something special about these commands, something that I should know?

Those commands are in the old style, where each command includes a set of brackets and options. I’ve had reliable results by ignoring them. Instead, go to the WordPerfect Macro Help file, and browse through the section of “Current WordPerfect System Variables”. I think you’ll use “?PathDocument” and “?PathMacros”, but there are also options for the supplemental folders for each of those settings.

These system variables are easy to use without parameters; this sample works in my code, to assign the current Graphics path to a variable named GPath:

GPath:=?PathGraphics

News: Graphcat has been updated for 64-bit Windows 7.

Graphcat 6.01 adds support for Windows 7, all editions, including 64-bit. (If you are using version 6.0, you don’t need to upgrade to 6.01; the new version updates installation issues for Graphcat running in WP X4 installed in Windows 7, 64-bit.)

WordPerfect X4 and Graphcat 6.0 now support large photographs.

Upgrades are available at half-price. Contact Science Translations for a discount code, or for directions for making an offline payment. Include your contact information from the time of your original order for Graphcat (any version, any platform).