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Date: 98-06-04 06:36:44 EDT
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Software Publishing Corporation Holdings, Inc.
Second in Series of Harvard Product Introductions Broadens Popular Harvard(R)
Brand of Visual Communication Software Products
FAIRFIELD, N.J., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Software Publishing Corporation Holdings, Inc., (the "Company" or "SPCH") (Nasdaq: SPCOD), the visual communications software company(TM), today announced the shipment of Harvard Draw 98, the second new product in 1998 in the renowned Harvard line of presentation graphics software products.
"The launch of Harvard Draw 98 is significant as it is the second of several products SPCH intends to bring to market in the coming months in revitalizing the Harvard brand, which the Company believes is among the premier visual communications software programs for the corporate, SOHO and consumer user," said Mark Leininger, the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer. "This release underscores the Company's commitment to the Harvard brand name and in providing easy-to-use visual communication products to the market."
About Harvard Draw 98
Unlike most digital drawing programs, which typically provide little user support and can take hours to learn, Harvard Draw 98 provides users with a number of wizard-driven functions to support freehand drawing with the program's dynamic toolset and rich color palette, as well as thirty-six categories of defined shapes and designs that can be modified with a node tool. In addition to numerous design wizards that allow users to add watermarks, gradients and fills to objects, group, ungroup and replicate images, and transform images -- even text -- with remarkable special effects, Harvard Draw 98 also contains customizable document templates, separated into 20 different categories, in which users can place their digital artwork. The result is an easy-to-use drawing program operating within a flexible desktop environment. To round out the program's comprehensive graphics capabilities, Harvard Draw 98 also permits interoperability with most scanning software programs through TWAIN-compliance, as well as photo gamma- and color-correction, and the application of sepia, mosaic, charcoal and negative edits to photos.
"A major frustration with many of the drawing products on the market today is that they are difficult to use, take numerous hours to learn, and often require that users purchase several applications to complete results not supported by a single program," said Bob Gordon, Vice President of Marketing and Sales for SPCH. "Harvard Draw 98's primary drawing features, coupled with its wizard-driven publishing capabilities and its built-in photo optimizing tools, provide users with essentially three products in one -- and within an environment that promotes speed, flexibility and ease of use."
Included with Harvard Draw 98 is the Harvard Gallery, providing the user with a compilation of 400 TrueType Fonts, 550 photos and 15,000 clipart metafiles to allow optimal versatility in creating digital art.
System Requirements and Compatibility
Harvard Draw 98 requires a 386DX or higher PC with 8 Mb of memory, a CD-ROM drive and Windows 95. Required hard disk space ranges from 20 Mb (minimal install) to over 100 Mb, depending on options installed. Graphics and screen layout are optimized for Super VGA (8OO x 6OO) or higher with at least 256 color display.
Harvard Draw 98 is compatible with other Windows applications using the Clipboard and OLE drag-and-drop, provides comprehensive text and graphics import facilities, and works with all Windows-supported printers in both black-and-white and color.
Pricing and Availability
Harvard Draw 98 is planned to ship June 15, 1998. The estimated street price is $29.95.
Additional information about the product and the Harvard line can be found on the Harvard Graphics Web Site at harvardgraphics.com.
About the Company
Software Publishing Corporation Holdings, Inc., (http://www.spco.com) through its subsidiaries Serif Inc., Serif (Europe) Limited and Software Publishing Corporation, is an international developer, publisher and supplier of visual communications software, including desktop publishing, presentation graphics, business productivity, and computer software applications, for the corporate, small office/home office ("SOHO") and consumer 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, SPCH'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
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