Corel announced Corel Home Office, a new office suite designed specifically to address the needs of consumers and home-based businesses. With its low memory requirements and small footprint, Corel Home Office is also ideally suited for netbooks-portable, mini notebook computers that comprise the fastest growing PC segment. Corel Home Office includes Corel Write for word processing, Corel Calculate for spreadsheets and Corel Show for presentations.

The software is available on a USB stick that makes the Netbook owners easy to install as these PCs lack the optical storage devices like CD/OVD drives.

"In talking with consumers and home based business owners, it became clear to us that they were seeking greater simplicity in their software," said Jay Larock, Director, Product Management for Corel. "At the same time, the growing popularity of net books and other mini notebook computers means that more users are focusing on a smaller set of core tasks. Corel Home Office addresses this segment's specific needs by striking the right balance between features, price and productivity - all in a unique package that is ideally suited to today's portable consumers.