Details on compatibility issues and other information will be posted on Corel's site when the online-only update is released, Geleynse said. Fort example, the Enhancement Pack is 'not Carbon-savvy and has not been tested with Mac OS X Server,' he said. While the free version is compatible with Mac OS 8.6 or earlier, some functions are limited, Geleynse said. Geleynse refused to comment on whether the company plans to develop WordPerfect for the Mac using another code base or whether it might make the code open source.įirst introduced nearly two years ago, the WordPerfect 3.5 Enhancement Pack for the Mac includes the word processing application along with features such as the OrgChart Builder and Thesaurus-As-You-Go. 'We are ending a chapter in the product's development because the code base in WordPerfect for Mac 3.5 is outdated and does not work with our other Mac products,' Corel Mac Product Manager John Geleynse said. Corel (Nasdaq: CORL) said the release will be the last built on code in Version 3.5 and announced that technical support will end in three months. The company said that it will offer WordPerfect 3.5 Enhancement Pack for Mac as a free download starting in mid-August. said Wednesday that the current Mac version of WordPerfect is nearing the end of the road, though the company remained tight-lipped about what - if anything - will replace the word processing package.
