Software Publishing Unveils Harvard Montage

Offers Harvard Graphics, PowerPoint and Freelance Graphics Users a
First-time Solution for Cataloging and Viewing Presentations

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 28, 1995 -- Software Publishing Corporation
today announced Harvardr Montage, a new product that gives users of
Harvard Graphicsr, Microsoft PowerPointr and Lotus Freelance Graphicsr a
new way to catalog and view their presentations and images. In addition to
its innovative capabilities for presentations, Harvard Montage helps users
quickly organize and find clip art, photos, images, sound, animation and
video clips for use in any Windows application. Harvard Montage will ship
with a CD-ROM that includes more than 2,000 clip art images, a variety of
photographic and textured backgrounds, and presentation templates in
Harvard Graphics, Freelance Graphics and PowerPoint formats.

"The release of Harvard Montage reaffirms our commitment to giving business
graphics users new ways to take advantage of their existing applications,"
said Irfan Salim, president and chief executive officer of Software
Publishing Corporation. "Our research shows that a top frustration of
graphics users is having to re-create their presentations, slides and
images from scratch because they can't find their existing files. With
Harvard Montage, we're helping users spend less time finding and
re-creating files so they can spend more time where it really counts ---
adding impact to their work."

Organizing and Viewing Presentations and Images

Harvard Montage is the first product that provides users with an easy way
to arrange and view their Harvard Graphics, PowerPoint and Freelance
Graphics presentations, as well as clip art, photos, sound/video and other
images. With Harvard Montage, users can arrange their graphics files into
visual "photo" Albums. Each slide or image is represented by a visual
Snapshot or thumbnail, so users can quickly recognize the contents. The
product's Subalbum lets users view their presentations down to the
individual slide level. Harvard Montage also enables users to drag and
drop their slides and images into any Windows application, saving them the
time of re-keying a slide from hard copy or using cut-and-paste.

In addition, Harvard Montage provides Viewers, so users can quickly look at
their slides or images without having to open the associated application.
To give users quick access to their presentation package, Harvard Montage
instantly adds the program icon to the product's Toolbox. Users can also
add icons for any frequently used Windows applications.

Quickly Finding Slides and Images

With Harvard Montage, users no longer have to spend time searching through
a long list of hard-to-read graphics files. The product's powerful search
and sort capabilities help users quickly find a slide or image whenever
needed. For instance, Harvard Montage automatically extracts keywords from
each slide in a presentation, saving users the time of entering keywords
manually. Users can also design their own search and sort criteria to find
and arrange slides and images. Harvard Montage lets users search
thumbnails by keywords, file names, descriptions, dates, or data types, or
use Boolean operators for more powerful search criteria.

Working Closely with Other Applications

Harvard Montage integrates tightly with Microsoft OfficeO and other Windows
applications, so users can easily incorporate their graphics files to
create more effective documents and presentations. The product also
supports Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and OLE-linking for multimedia
files.

In addition to working with the leading presentation packages, Harvard
Montage supports more than 40 popular graphics file formats, including
vector, raster, prepress, audio, animation, and video.

Adding Impact with Clip Art & Templates

Harvard Montage will ship with a CD-ROM that includes more than 2,000 clip
art images, 75 photographic backgrounds from PhotoDisc, Inc., and 35
textured backgrounds from Artbeats Software, Inc. The CD-ROM also contains
25 Harvard Graphics presentation styles, 25 PowerPoint templates, and 20
Freelance Graphics SmartMasters, enabling users to add additional impact
to their presentations.

Availability and System Requirements

Harvard Montage will be widely available at resellers nationwide in April
1995 for an estimated street price of $99. The product requires a 386
IBM-PC or compatible (486 recommended), 4 MB of RAM (8 MB recommended), 11
MB hard disk space, VGA or higher resolution display, DOS 3.1 or higher,
Windows 3.1 or higher, and a Windows compatible mouse. A CD-ROM drive is
required when using the included clip art, presentation templates and
backgrounds.

Software Publishing Corporation (Nasdaq:SPCO) is an international supplier
of business productivity software for the IBM personal computer and
compatibles. The company currently develops and markets software solutions
which enrich the user's ability to see, understand and communicate
information to make more effective business decisions. The company's
product line includes Harvard Graphics, Harvard ChartXL, Harvard
Spotlight, and OnFile. For more information, users can contact the
company's Customer Service Department at (800) 234-2500.

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