Clarity Rapport Product Line

Clarity Rapport Eliminates Communication Barriers

With the Rapport family of software products from Clarity Software, you can use virtually any combination of tools: either our own or word processing, spreadsheets, drawings, images, and sounds from other applications--to say exactly what you mean. In technical terms, each type of data is an "object"; in practical terms, you can mix data types as you choose because you work with everything within a single workspace. No more popping up extra windows to create a drawing, and then finding out later that it doesn't fit where you want it. Draw on top of a spreadsheet to emphasize a cell ... place an image behind a chart for emphasis ... annotate a drawing with sounds. In short, express yourself without limitation.

Another hallmark of all Clarity Rapport products is the ease of using them with other applications. To incorporate work done in another word processor, spreadsheet, or graphic editor, simply insert it: Rapport products automatically convert the information into a formatted, editable form within the Rapport object structure. An image of anything you can display in a window may be included, using the Rapport screen capture capability. To share Rapport documents with others, converters to all popular UNIX, PC, and Macintosh productivity applications are supplied standard, and are automatically invoked when sending or reading electronic mail.

Finally, there is an effective way to eliminate barriers between platforms and applications.

Clarity Rapport Pro may be the most complete software yet to increase the effectiveness of office communications, both in the creation of documents and in their distribution. Rapport Pro combines the straightworward but powerful document composition capabilities with one of the most sophisticated electronic distribution capabilities available.

The word processor is easy for novices to use, while power users have everything they need to create complex reports, newsletters, proposals, and slides in advanced mode. Create multi-column reports with text flowing around graphics or tables, footnotes, a table of contents and index, mixed portrait (tall) and landscape (wide) pages, and much more. Beginners will like the basic mode that hides advanced features until they are ready for them.

Beyond words, Rapport Pro lets you combine text with spreadsheets, scanned images, art, and audio annotations to build multimedia compound documents. Work with all media types in one window. Put any type of data wherever you need it; for instance, an audio annotation may be inserted into a spreadsheet or a drawing made on top of an image. Or you can integrate information from other applications into a robust, multimedia document. Imported information is automatically converted and may be edited and formatted as desired. Included files may be text, graphics, spreadhseets, or images from UNIX, PC, and Macintosh applications.

Rapport's electronic mail lets you share documents with UNIX, PC, or Macintosh users. Built-in converters automatically convert message files so all recipients get the document fully formatted and editable with their applications. Incoming mail is converted from other formats automatically.

And to extend the capabilities of any Rapport products to existing or new in-house applications, use Rapport's Facility for Linkage and EXtension, or FLEX. It's the only one that lets you use the standard programming languages, userinterface tools, and debuggers you already have and know how to use--not a proprietary pseudo-language that requires new training. FLEX can do anything from personalizing menu choices to adding e-mail extensions to existing applications for groupwide use. (Sample FLEX macros are available).