Editing WordPerfect (section)

===Support for European languages===
[[Image:Dieter Runkel.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Member of the WordPerfect cycling team (''right'') at the [[Tour de France]], 1993]]
WordPerfect had support for European languages other than English.
The Language Resource File (WP.LRS) specified language formatting conventions.<ref>{{cite book |title = WordPerfect |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nw57l2MMBO4C |date = 1994 |page = 506 |access-date = May 30, 2016 |quote = The Language Resource File (WP.LRS) contains language formatting conventions for use when listing files and using the Date, Sort, Footnote, and Tables features. }}</ref>

In addition, WordPerfect Corporation did some aggressive marketing in Europe.  In January 1993 they signed a three-year, $16 million deal to sponsor the [[WordPerfect (cycling team)|WordPerfect cycling team]] in international competitions.<ref name="slt-cycling"/>  The team was directed by the Dutchman [[Jan Raas]].<ref name="rtd-cycling"/>  The move was intended to raise WordPerfect's profile throughout Europe and especially in the [[Alps|Alpine]] countries of France, Switzerland, and Italy, and it was also thought that young bicycling enthusiasts fit the WordPerfect user profile in the United States.<ref name="slt-cycling">{{cite news |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115961011/ |title = Utah Firms Go to Bat in Sports World |first = Robert |last = Bryson |newspaper = Salt Lake Tribune |date = June 6, 1993 |pages = E1, E4 |via = Newspapers.com }}</ref>  In the third year of the deal (1995), Novell took over the sponsorship, due to having acquired WordPerfect.<ref name="rtd-cycling">{{cite news |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115967144/ |title = Champ gained big-league status with the race |newspaper = Richmond Times-Dispatch |date = April 25, 1995 |page = E4 |via = Newspapers.com |first = Mike |last = Harris }}</ref>