1.   And more users took it to heart when Microsoft shipped its Office X software suite for Macintosh a few months ago.

2.   Auction off rights to create versions of its popular Office software suite that would run on non-Windows computer operating systems.

3.   Business software suites are sweet deals.

4.   But Microsoft began including a competing product, Outlook, with its Microsoft Office software suite.

5.   Corel Computer Corp. said it would rewrite its WordPerfect office software suite entirely in Java, so it would run on any computer.

6.   For many home-office applications, these inexpensive software suites are quite adequate.

7.   Future versions of the MSN Web site and the Office software suite will carry monthly subscription fees, he said.

8.   HEWLETT OFFERS INTERNET SOFTWARE Hewlett-Packard introduced two Internet-based software suites that help business clients streamline their web operations.

9.   Its Acrobat software suite turns documents intended for a printer into formatted electronic pages that preserve the contents and simulate the appearance of printed pages.

10.   Later it added software suites for financial management and product distribution.