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Software Publishing Corporation Holdings, Inc. Products Win Prestigious Awards
International Software Publisher Wins WINDOWS Magazine's WIN100 Award for
Serif PagePlus 5 and Active Presenter
FAIRFIELD, N.J, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Software Publishing Corporation Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPCO) (SPCH), announced today that it has been awarded two of the computer software industry's most coveted awards for excellence in product engineering and design. WINDOWS Magazine has awarded Serif PagePlus 5.0 and ActivePresenter 1.0 the WIN100 Award for distinction in graphics software, adding to the momentum by which the international software publisher of the Serif and Harvard Graphics product lines has successfully restructured its operations.
The WIN100 Software Award is given annually to those products that demonstrate engineering and design superiority, as well as outstanding practical application. Strident selection criteria, as determined by a judging panel of publication editors, reviewers and product specialists, make publication of the winners in a special issue of WINDOWS Magazine a reference many users rely on year-round for credible information about quality products. Serif PagePlus 5.0 and ActivePresenter 1.0, which both allow users to transform ordinary documents and presentations into sophisticated designs capable of publication via the Web, won in the WIN100 Awards' "Graphics Category" of computer software.
Mark Leininger, President and Chief Operating Officer of Software Publishing Corporation Holdings, Inc., said, "I consider it a great honor to have two of our products recognized by WINDOWS Magazine, whose publication of the winners is, as many industry insiders will tell you, the buying bible of computer software. By winning the WIN100 Award, Serif PagePlus 5 and ActivePresenter have affirmed their significance in the software industry, as well as in the ability of SPCH to provide the kinds of quality products desired by savvy users. This recognition stands as a notable adjunct to the success of our restructuring program, which was demonstrated most recently by our positive first quarter results and the appointment to our Board of Intel executive Peter Detkin."
Winning prestigious industry awards is hardly unique for Software Publishing Corporation Holdings, Inc., whose Harvard, Serif, Active and ASAP lines of publishing, graphical and presentation software products boast honors from PC World's Best Buy, PC Magazine's Editors Choice, the Software Publishers Association's Codie Award, and others. In 1997, Active Office, a sister product of ActivePresenter that allows users to transform standard Microsoft Office 95 and 97 documents, presentations and spreadsheets into graphically rich presentations materials, won in the WIN100 Award's Graphics Category. ASAP WordPower, a 32-bit design program, which, like ActiveOffice, transforms ordinary text in Microsoft Word 95 into effective design materials, received the WIN100 Award as well, along with its companion ASAP, a 16-bit version of WordPower.
WINDOWS Magazine will present the 1998 awards at the Sixth Annual WIN100 Awards ceremony on Monday, June 15, 1998, in New York City.
Serif PagePlus 5
Serif PagePlus 5 provides all the amenities of a professional desktop publishing program, as well as the ability to design, publish and add hyperlinks to outstanding web pages. Three hundred design wizards, including brochure, newsletter and advertisement templates, allow even the most inexperienced user to develop effective communications for both home and business applications. A sophisticated built-in clipart manager containing 17,500 clipart and photo images and 400 fonts, as well as striking text effects and animation capabilities, make user imagination the only limit to superlative design. PagePlus 5 also includes a photo optimizer and color controls to produce high-end output, ensuring professional results without the high price normally associated with paper and Web-publication software.
ActivePresenter
ActivePresenter, the Essential Solution(TM) for Powerful Web Presentations(TM), is designed for graphic design amateurs and professionals alike who want to publish stunning presentations via the Internet or company Intranet. Users can broadcast presentations live in either Microsoft PowerPoint(TM) or SPCH's built-in design program without HTML or other programming proficiency. Any participant can view a live presentation with ActivePresenter's viewer plug-in, which works seamlessly with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. In addition, ActivePresenter's design program utilizes SPCH's proprietary Intelligent Formatting(TM) technology to produce compact files for quick and effortless Web transmission. The result is stunning presentations that effectively communicate through one of the most sophisticated and popular of media.
About the Company
Software Publishing Corporation Holdings, Inc. (www.spco.com), through its subsidiaries Serif Inc., Serif (Europe) Limited and Software Publishing Corporation, is an international developer, publisher and supplier of desktop publishing, presentation graphics and business productivity, and computer software applications for the corporate and small office/home office ("SOHO") markets. The Company's products produce documents through its easy-to-use desktop publishing, drawing and presentation graphics applications, and also improve the graphical appeal and overall effectiveness of documents produced by either the Company's or third parties' desktop publishing, presentation graphics, web page, e-mail, word processing and other similar applications. The Company's product lines include Serif PagePlus(TM), Serif DrawPlus(TM), Harvard Graphics(R), Harvard ChartXL(R), and its Active series of products, including ActivePresenter(TM), ActiveMail(TM) and ActiveOffice(TM). The Company has established a multi-channel distribution system utilizing direct mail, telemarketing, retail, corporate, OEM and the Internet. The Company's Serif subsidiaries operate significant direct mail and telemarketing operations that market and sell its software products.
Safe Harbor Statement
Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth herein which are forward-looking statements 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 extent that the Company's direct mail programs achieve satisfactory response rates, the efficiency of the Company's telemarketing operations, the competitive environment within the computer software and direct mail industries, the Company's ability to raise additional capital, the ability of the Company to achieve the anticipated results of its reorganization efforts, the cost-effectiveness of the Company's product development activities and the extent to which the Company is successful in developing, acquiring or licensing successful products. Investors are directed to consider other risks and uncertainties as discussed in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Trademarks
The Harvard product line is a group of products having no connection with Harvard University. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE Software Publishing Corporation Holdings, Inc.
CO: Software Publishing Corporation Holdings, Inc.
ST: New Jersey
IN: CPR MLM
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05/26/98 23:30 EDT prnewswire.com
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