Discounts on Corel Software
Special CPM Membership Bonus!
The DC Society of Certified Pubic Managers has made arrangements with Corel Software to provide special discounts on several of Corel's most popular software products. In addition to a very deeply discounted price, each software package includes two years of upgrade maintenance and a special multiple-use licence.
In other words, unlike most software, you will receive upgrades to any new editions released during the two years following your purchase at no additional charge, and you can install these packages on more than one computer, as specified by the license.
The Corel software packages currently available to DC Society CPMs include the new:
- WordPerfect Professional Office Suite, version X3, for $100.00;
- Corel Draw Graphics Suite, version X3 for $110.00; and
- Paint Shop Pro XI, for $84.50, (formerly Jasc Paint Shop Pro).
While brief descriptions of the software are provided here, we recommend you visit the links below to Corel's web site for more detailed information.
WordPerfect Professional X3: The WordPerfect Professional Office suite is a complete collection of word processing, spreadsheet, presentations, and database software. Moreover, all of the programs are fully file-compatible with the equivalent Microsoft Office products and can even be configured to use Microsoft Office commands. Unlike the Microsoft products, Word Perfect's Suite can read and write Adobe PDF files and Internet XML files, provides better desktop and file security, much better protection from viruses, and includes a training CD from Lynda.com.
Corel Graphics Suite X3: Corel has long been considered among the PC industry's premier graphics software producers, and the X3 suite continues that tradition. The graphics tools in Corel Draw include bitmap and vector graphics creation, Corel Photo Paint, 10,000 clipart images, over 100 templates to use as the basis of projects, and the Corel Capture screen and image capture utility, plus more. The Graphics Suite also includes a training CD from Lynda.com.
Corel Paint Shop Pro XI: Corel acquired the Paint Shop Pro product in a merger with Jasc Software in 2005, where Paint Shop Pro had developed a strong following and outstanding reputation as one of the industry's principal alternative's to Adobe's Photoshop software. At about one-eighth the price of Photoshop, based on the CPM discount, Paint Shop Pro is an excellent choice for anyone with a digital camera or who does work with similar needs.
To order Corel software through the CPM discount program, you must be a current Society member and you must place your order using the Corel CPM Discount Order Form on this web site. Please note: orders cannot be placed directly with Corel.
Also, remember to take advantage of some of the CPM Society's other new member benefits:
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subscribe to Governing Magazine at the same time you join the CPM Society, with the same form; [internal link]
- subscribe to free magazines for Government Professionals through the Society's web site; and [internal link]
- obtain a 25 percent discount on membership fees for the American Society for Public Administration. [internal link]