NOVELL SHIPS PERFECTOFFICE DEVELOPER REFERENCE SET

New Reference Set Replaces Current Product SDK's

OREM, Utah -- May 16, 1995 -- Novell, Inc. today announced that it will
ship the PerfectOffice Developer Reference Set to its third-party
developers. Designed to help PerfectFit Partners build applications that
enhance PerfectOffice, the Reference Set will help developers use parts of
PerfectOffice more easily in their own development projects. Novell will
now incorporate product SDK's (software developer kits) in the
PerfectOffice Developer Reference Set rather than offering them
individually, making it more streamlined for developers.

Since the release of the PerfectOffice suite, many developers have
expressed an interest in being able to integrate their current
applications or to create new applications that integrate with one or more
of the PerfectOffice suite products. The PerfectOffice Developer Reference
Set will enable developers to do that by walking them through the process
and providing samples. This new reference set is available to all 1500+
PerfectFit partners, as well as all other developers who integrate with
PerfectOffice and its components.

"A key part of the PerfectFit Partner third-party developer program has
been for Integrated Software Vendors (ISVs) and System Integrators (SIs)
to easily build add-on and custom solutions to PerfectOffice," said Mark
Calkins, vice president and general manager of Novell's Applications
Division. "PerfectOffice is the most open suite on the market today, and
by consolidating SDK's into the new PerfectOffice Developer Reference Set,
PerfectFit Partners provides a more comprehensive solution for developers.
Solutions offered in this set are exactly what our top developers have
been asking for to move forward in their development."

The PerfectOffice Developer Reference Set comes in two parts: the
PerfectOffice Developer Reference Manual and the PerfectFit Shared Code
Developer Reference Manual.

THE PERFECTOFFICE DEVELOPER REFERENCE MANUAL

The PerfectOffice Developer Reference Manual was designed to help
developers achieve goals of having applications integrate closely with and
have the same "look and feel" as PerfectOffice products. The manual
outlines the method of integration provided with the PerfectOffice
products.

Methods of integration include: PerfectScript, the popular
cross-application macro language, Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), Visual
Basic Extensions (VBXs) for PerfectOffice, Windows Open API (WOAPI) used
to control WordPerfect, Presentations, GroupWise and DAD, Quattro Pro's
DDL Interface API and the DAD Extension API.

There are two main sections to the PerfectOffice Developer Reference Manual
- applications and technology. The applications section discusses which
APIs are supported by each PerfectOffice component and the technology
section discusses the various integration methods available in the
PerfectOffice applications as well as which applications support these
technologies.

PERFECTFIT SHARED CODE DEVELOPER REFERENCE MANUAL

Through PerfectFit's Shared Code, there is a core system of functionality
shared by all applications. The Shared Code is contained in a series of
Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs). Many of the APIs contained in these DLLs
have been exposed to third-party developers to encourage integration and
development efforts. Shared Code allows third-party developers to
integrate pre-developed technology and functionality into their own
applications. It also provides a method to develop applications with a
similar "look and feel" to products from within Novell's applications.

The Shared Code subsystems documented in the reference manual include: the
About Box API, Binary Initialization Files (BIF), Clipboard Support,
Command Interface API, Custom Controls, Dialog Box Manager API, Document
Conversion API, Dynathetas, File System Interface, Menus, Message Box
APIs, Multimedia APIs, Persistent Macro Variables, String Handling
Interface, Viewer APIs and the Writing Tools API for Speller, Thesaurus
and Grammatik.

NOVELL'S PERFECTFIT PARTNERS

Novell's PerfectFit Partners developer program was launched in October 1994
to encourage developers to design, build and market products which support
Novell's network suite PerfectOffice, through the use of PerfectFit
Technology. PerfectFit Technology enables all APIs to have the same "look
and feel" across all applications. Since the launch, over 1,500 companies
have become a PerfectFit Partner at one of the three levels. Members of
the development community, including commercial developers, independent
software vendors (ISVs), value-added resellers (VARs), consultants and
corporate developers can become PerfectFit Partners.

Developers interested in becoming a PerfectFit Partner can call the Novell
PerfectFit Partners Developer Relations Group at (801) 228-9510,
1-800-REDWORD, and/or explore the Novell home page at
http://www.novell.com/.

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