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@ARTICLE NO-IN = nce again it's time to report on the most prestigious 
trade show in the desktop publishing world, the annual Seybold show.  Last 
year's show featured new products that proved to be either hot (desktop 
presentations and color graphics on the Mac) or not so hot (low end 
desktop publishing packages and PostScript clones).  

@ARTICLE TEXT = This year's show really showed how much the market 
has matured. Packages like Pagemaker and Ventura Publisher continue 
to dominate the desktop publishing marketplace.  As a result, most 
vendors are focusing on products related to desktop publishing such 
as graphics and drawing software, fonts, clip art, full screen monitors 
and more powerful optical scanning capabilities.

@ARTICLE TEXT = Also of note this year was the number of vendors who 
were demonstrating and/or discussing Macintosh software programs that 
will soon be available on the PC under Microsoft Windows.  I was interested 
to see that most vendors are moving forward with plans to market Windows 
products now rather than wait for the graphic version of the upcoming 
OS/2 operating system for the PC.  

@ARTICLE TEXT = As with last year's report, I'll only hit the show 
highlights.  The show has grown so fast that the conference sessions 
sold out well in advance and the Seybold folks have had to move it 
to a bigger site (the 1989 edition will be held in San Francisco's 
spacious Moscone Center.)  And now, onto the show....         

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@CENTER UNDER = DESKTOP DRAWING, GRAPHICS & PUBLISHING SOFTWARE<N>

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@COMPANIES = <BI>ADOBE  SYSTEMS:  <D><N> 

@ARTICLE TEXT = Adobe continues to expand its reach beyond licensing 
Postscript printers and fonts this year with two new products: ADOBE 
ILLUSTRATOR FOR WINDOWS and DISPLAY POSTSCRIPT.

@ARTICLE TEXT = Adobe Illustrator on the Mac was a real trail blazing 
product during the past year.  It provided powerful drawing capabilities 
coupled with the Postscript language at an affordable $695 price.  As 
a result, the program has experienced heavy usage throughout the desktop 
publishing world.  

@ARTICLE TEXT = <B>ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR FOR WINDOWS<D> is a PC version 
of the powerful Illustrator program.  It requires an 80286 or 80386 
based PC compatible with 1 Mb (minimum) to 2 - 3 Mb (recommended) 
of memory and a monitor capable of Hercules, EGA or VGA graphics.  

@ARTICLE TEXT = Adobe provided a convincing demonstration of the product 
that showed the power of Illustrator for Windows with features such 
as sketching, tracing to ``clean up'' scanned images, shape tools, 
pen tools, scaling and rotation, reflection effects and color support.  The 
program will output to any printer that has a Windows driver and will 
come with a videotape tutorial, runtime copy of Windows and CAD conversion 
utility.  Current plans call for the product to ship in January.  

@ARTICLE TEXT = <B>DISPLAY POSTSCRIPT<D> is the video equivalent of 
the Postscript printer language.  It has gained fame as the graphical 
interface system for the upcoming NeXt work-station designed by Steve 
Jobs.  Prototype versions of Display Postscript were shown at the 
show running on a Mac II with a SuperMac 19" color monitor and an 
IBM PS/2 Model 80 with a 8513 monitor.  In both cases, Display Postscript 
produced very crisp and clear images of graphics and fonts.   

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@COMPANIES = <BI>ALDUS: <D><N> 

@ARTICLE TEXT = Once again Aldus was one of the key vendors at the 
show.  <B>PAGEMAKER 3.0<D> for the Mac and PC was released earlier 
this year and has solidified Aldus' position as the top selling desktop 
publishing program in the Apple world and the number 2 program in 
the PC world.  (New features in 3.0 include autoflow, text wrap, spot 
color, style sheets and Bitstream outline fonts for Laser Jet printer 
users).    

@ARTICLE TEXT = The two highlights at the Aldus booth were the unveiling 
of Free Hand 2.0 and Aldus Persuasion.  

@ARTICLE TEXT = <B>FREE HAND 2.0<D> is a powerful drawing program 
that will go head to head with Adobe Illustrator.  In addition to 
tracing, drawing and sketching tools it also supports Pantone colors 
and layered design.  Like the Mac version of Adobe Illustrator, Free 
Hand 2.0 requires output to a Postscript device and is priced at $695.  The 
program ships later this year for the Mac and a PC version is under 
development. 

@ARTICLE TEXT = <B> ALDUS PERSUASION<D> is a new desktop presentation 
program that promises to give programs like Cricket Presents a run 
for the money.  Persuasion has many features including an outline 
view to organize slides, templates for quick slide production, integral 
spell check and text editing, drawing tools, slide show option and 
output to printers and film recorders.  

@ARTICLE TEXT = One feature that may separate this product from the 
others is the ability to bring up elements of a slide one at a time.  With 
this option, the presenter doesn't have to cover up parts of an overhead 
while speaking!  The program will sell for $495 and will be available 
in the fourth quarter for the Mac.  As with Free Hand, a PC version 
is under development.   

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@COMPANIES = <BI>CRICKET  SOFTWARE:<D>   

@ARTICLE TEXT = Last year Cricket used the Seybold show to unveil 
its desktop presentation program called Cricket Presents.  <B>CRICKET 
PRESENTS 2.0<D> adds key features such as a spell checker and thesaurus, 
auto kerning, import option for Excel SYLK files, outlining and color 
blending.  Auto kerning allows letters to be kerned with a single 
menu pick.  Color blending lets you ``mix'' your own colors and also 
provides full control over the degree and location of textured color 
backgrounds.  The outline feature both orders slides and creates bulleted 
text charts.  The program sells for $495 and can run on a Mac Plus 
or Mac SE but a Mac II is required to see color output on-screen.  A 
Windows version for PC users to be marketed by Xerox will be announced 
shortly with a ship date sometime late this year or in the first quarter 
of 1989.

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@COMPANIES = <BI>DIGITAL  RESEARCH:<D> 

@ARTICLE TEXT = <B>GEM ARTLINE<D> is a new graphics drawing program 
from Digital Research. Running under the GEM graphic interface, the 
program is billed as an easy to use yet powerful drawing tool for 
users of Ventura Publisher and other PC based desktop publishing programs.  Features 
include drawing tools, clip art images, tracing for scanned images 
and output to a variety of printers.   

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@COMPANIES = <BI>MICROGRAFX:<D> 

@ARTICLE TEXT = Micrografx bills its products as ``the cure for Mac 
envy''.  They are the premiere vendor these days when it comes to 
graphics and drawing programs for the Microsoft Windows and PC platform.

@ARTICLE TEXT = <B>MICROGRAFX DESIGNER 1.3<D> is a $695 program that 
is the most powerful drawing program now available for users of the 
PC.  It offers most of the features of Adobe Illustrator and Aldus 
Free Hand (drawing tools, tracing, fills, etc.) and in some areas 
even surpasses them (as evidenced in a recent Info World review).  

@ARTICLE TEXT = New features in this version include enhanced memory 
support which will speed operations involving multitasking and other 
Windows operations.  

@ARTICLE TEXT = <B>GRAPH PLUS<D> is a $495 program that was formerly 
known as Windows Graph. The program has been significantly upgraded 
from it's original form and now includes a wide variety of features 
that allow the user to create, edit and customize graphs.  Also of 
note is the ability to ``hot link'' graphs to Microsoft Excel, advanced 
3D imaging features, a variety of drawing tools, color gradient option 
and high quality output from any Windows output device. With these 
improvements, Graph Plus is easily one of the top graphics programs 
available today.   

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@COMPANIES = <BI>NBI:<D> 

@ARTICLE TEXT = NBI has been a manufacturer of dedicated word processing 
equipment for some time.  Last year they began work on <B>LEGEND<D>, 
a $695 Windows based program that includes word processing and desktop 
publishing features.  

@ARTICLE TEXT = NBI feels that the program offers the best of both 
software types and eliminates the need for separate word processing 
and desktop publishing programs.  Show demonstrations illustrated 
key features of the program including the ability to quickly prepare 
and customize tables, an auto-redraw feature to resize graphics for 
a designated frame, a ``hot link'' to Lotus 1-2-3, ability to color 
any or all of a document, some basic line drawing tools and the ability 
to do minor outlining and organization charts.

@ARTICLE TEXT = Legend is an interesting program with an unusual combination 
of features.  Only time will tell if it will be able to find a niche 
in the crowded word processing and desktop publishing markets!   

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@ARTICLE TEXT = Also present at the show were two Ventura Publisher 
newsletters: <B>VENTURA PROFESSIONAL!<D> ($36/year from the Ventura 
Publisher Users Group, 7502 Aaron Place, San Jose, CA 95139  408-227-5030) 
and <B>VENTURA LETTER<D> ($29/year from Ventura Users of North America, 
1 Heath St. West, Suite 3, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1T2 Canada (416) 
482-3710).  If you're a heavy Ventura user one or both of these newsletters 
will be of  interest!   

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@CENTER UNDER = OTHER SOFTWARE PRODUCTS

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@COMPANIES = <BI>BITSTREAM:<D>   

@ARTICLE TEXT = Bitstream is the maker of the fonts found in the HP 
Laser Jet and most of the other popular low-end laser printers as 
well as the outline fonts that are sold with top PC programs such 
as Pagemaker 3.0 for the PC, Word Perfect 5.0 and Microsoft Word.  

@ARTICLE TEXT = This year they introduced <B>MacFONTWARE<D> and <B>BITSTREAM 
SOFT FONTS FOR THE MAC<D>.  As the names imply, these products provide 
screen and outline soft fonts for Mac owners that use LaserWriter 
II SC and Image Writer I and II Quick Draw printers.  The fonts sell 
for $195 each and have the same typefaces and widths found on a LaserWriter 
Plus.     

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@COMPANIES = <BI>DIGITAL  COMPOSITION  SYSTEMS: <D>   

@ARTICLE TEXT = <B>db PUBLISHER<D> is an interesting product that 
is sort of a cross between a report writing program and a desktop 
publishing program.  Like Byline from Ashton-Tate, this product is 
aimed at PC owners who want to convert dBase, Rbase, 1-2-3 and graphic 
files into a report of significant length.  Typical uses would involve 
price lists, financial reports, phone books, product inventory and 
bar codes, etc.  

@ARTICLE TEXT = As with NBI's Legend, it's an interesting idea but 
I'm not sure how much demand there will be for this pro-gram.  One 
thing though, it prints the sharpest bar codes I've seen from a micro-based 
product!  The price is $495.   

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@COMPANIES = <BI>EMERALD  CITY  SOFTWARE:<D>  

@ARTICLE TEXT = <B>LASERTALK<D> is a development tool that gives the 
user interactive access to the Postscript language controller of your 
Postscript printer!  If you use Postscript and need complete control 
of your printer, this program could be for you.  Available for the 
Mac ($249) and the PC under Microsoft Windows ($399).   

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@COMPANIES = <BI>INSET  SYSTEMS:<D>

@ARTICLE TEXT = <B>HIJAAK 1.1<D> is the latest version of a low cost 
($99) graphics utility program for the PC.  It performs screen captures 
as well as conversions of graphic art files in any of 15 popular formats 
including Postscript, HPGL, Lotus PIC, GEM, Paintbrush PCX and Word 
Perfect WPG.   Version 1.1 includes the ability to get ``typeset quality'' 
(smoothed) screen captures and the ability to convert HPGL files to 
viewable Encapsulated Postscript Files (EPS).

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@ART SB 8 = <P10BI>(This is the end of the software reviews, the hardware 
reviews begin on the next page.)<P255D>

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