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Subj: Software Publishing's ActiveOffice, ASAP and ASAP WordPower Chosen for Windows M
Date: 97-06-11 08:02:11 EDT
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SAN JOSE, Calif., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Software Publishing Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allegro New Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPCO) , announced that its Active Office(TM), ASAP(TM), and ASAP WordPower(TM) products have claimed 3 of Windows Magazine's Win 100 Software Awards. Theawards are selected by the publications' editors, reviewers, and product specialists, and are given to those software and hardware products that are considered to be the best in their respective categories. Awards will be handed out at the Fifth Annual Win 100 Awards being held in New York City on June 16, 1997.
ActiveOffice
ActiveOffice, the Essential Graphics Companion(TM) to Microsoft
Office(TM), was the only award recipient in the "Productivity Tools" category. ActiveOffice instantly transforms ordinary text and numbers from MicrosoftWord, Excel and PowerPoint into powerful visual graphics. Built on Intelligent Formatting(TM) technology, ActiveOffice helps the user to communicate more effectively with a variety of graphical elements. Thus, allowing the user to "Visually Brainstorm" the right look to powerfully convey ideas in documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Together, Microsoft
Office and ActiveOffice make an excellent team that help users communicate key ideas, trends and relationships.
ASAP
ASAP and ASAP WordPower received two of the three awards in the
"Presentations" category. ASAP, the 16-bit product, and ASAP WordPower, the 32-bit product, are both personal presentation applications. The products help users, from novices to computer experts, prepare complex presentations, reports and handouts quickly and easily. ASAP and ASAP WordPower are based on SPC's patent-pending Intelligent Formatting technology, which offers built-in
design capabilities, allowing users to concentrate on the content and delivery of their information rather than the layout.
In response to the news of the awards, Barry Cinnamon, President and CEO of Software Publishing Corporation said, "We are very excited to have three of our products recognized by Windows Magazine for their ease-of-use and graphical capabilities. We expect that by choosing ActiveOffice, ASAP and ASAP WordPower for the Win 100 Software Awards, Windows Magazine will encourage continued and increased market acceptance of Intelligent Formatting."
About the Company
Allegro New Media, Inc., primarily through its subsidiaries Software Publishing Corporation, Serif Inc. and Serif (Europe) Limited, is an international provider of software applications and companion utilities for industry standard PCs. These software applications and companion utilities are targeted towards the visual communications product category, and improve the graphical appeal and overall effectiveness of documents produced by
desktop publishing, presentation graphics, web page, word processing and similar applications. The Company's product lines include several products based upon its patent-pending Intelligent Formatting technology such as ActiveOffice, ASAP WordPower, ASAP WebShow and ASAP, as well as its traditional products such as Serif PagePlus, Serif DrawPlus, Harvard Graphics, Harvard ChartXL, Harvard Spotlight, Learn to Do Windows 95 with John C. Dvorak, and a line of interactive multimedia products based on Entrepreneur Magazine publications.
Safe Harbor Statement
Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include such
factors as the level of business and consumer spending for computer software, the market acceptance and amount of sales of the Company's products, the competitive environment within the computer software industry, the ability of the Company to complete and realize benefits from the integration of the operations of Allegro, Serif and SPC, the level and costs incurred in connection with the Company's product development efforts and the financial strength of the retail industry. Investors are directed to consider other risks and uncertainties as discussed in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Software Publishing Corporation and Serif products are available at retail outlets in North, South and Central America, Europe and Australia, or may be ordered directly by calling 800-489-6712. More information is available on the SPC website at www.spco.com.
The Harvard product line is a group of products having no connection with Harvard University.
SOURCE Software Publishing Corp.
CO: Software Publishing Corp.; Allegro New Media Inc.
ST: California
IN: CPR MLM
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