Lightweight Home Office Suite Takes Office on the Road

Corel's new lightweight Home Office Suite ($69, free trial) includes the Corel Write word processor, Corel Calculate spreadsheet, and Corel Show presentation creator. It's a definite improvement on the company's previous suites in terms of usability.

By Jon L. Jacobi

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I noticed only one minor bug in the Home Office suite: When maximized, all three apps prevent the mouse cursor from activating the Windows Start Menu/Taskbar when it is hidden using the 'Auto-hide the taskbar option'. You can still press Ctrl+Esc to access the Start Menu/Taskbar.

Corel states 1024 by 768 pixels as the required resolution for the suite. That said, all three Home Office applications worked just fine within my Aspire One's 1024 by 600 resolution screen--especially after minimizing the Tabbed Toolbar. The suite also lived up to its claim of compatibility with Office 2007 and imported all the .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx files I threw at it, though it required downloading the Microsoft Office 2007 compatibility pack first.

Despite not quite living up to the tailored-for-netbooks hype, Home Office is a worthy and more affordable alternative to Office 2007 for those who need only the basics.

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