In an open letter Corel assured users that is is coordinating with Novell to ensure a seamless transition. Corel will honor existing WordPerfect customer service and technical support obligations. Corel plans to market the flagship Corel WordPerfect 7 word processor standalone and with Corel PerfectOffice 7 as a suite of office products. In terms of Internet utility, WordPerfect will allow direct publication to the World Wide Web in Web Author mode, and converts legacy documents to HTML, making them Webready. Quattro Pro will save selected data as HTML tables, and can update data for a particular location on the Web.
Presentations can save runtime slide shows to HTML format.
In addition, Novell's Envoy, Quattro Pro spreadsheet technology, and the QuickFinder text search engine will open up new ways of accessing, viewing and publishing World Wide Web documentation. When Novell acquired WordPerfect in March 1994, the user base was estimated at 12-18 million. WordPerfect products operate under DOS, Windows, Macintosh, and Unix. Corel will assume both technical support and customer service responsibilities. They promise a seamless transition in technical support and customer service.