Anderson Financial Systems Inc. 909 Sumneytown Pike, Suite 207 Springhouse, PA 19477 215 653 0911 215 653 0711 fax Contact:Kristofer Younger Voice: 215 653 0911 Kris_Younger@afs.com For Immediate Release ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES PASTEUP 2.5 Major re-release of popular NEXTSTEP document application SPRINGHOUSE, PA, May 15, 1994 --Anderson Financial Systems Inc. today announced that PasteUp(tm) 2.5, a significant upgrade of the NEXTSTEP-based page layout and document design application it purchased from RightBrain Software late last year, will start shipping the week of May 23, 1994. "PasteUp has always been viewed as a product with great potential, but flawed execution," said Gregory H. Anderson, Founder and CEO of AFS. "This release will give new users a chance to experience the power and flexibility of Display PostScript in creating rich documents, and existing users a reason to dust off their disks and get back to performing real work with the product." PasteUp 2.5 has undergone three rounds of intensive testing. First, the core of the product--about 80%--is used in WriteUp(tm), a word processor that AFS has been shipping since March. Second, a pre-beta release was used internally to create the 164-page user manual. Third, the beta release has been tested by 30 existing users with a variety of old and new documents. In addition to bug fixes, PasteUp 2.5 contains the following new or improved features: Fast text handling and selection Smart (NeXT-style) word cut-and-paste Undelete text blocks All Intel cursor movement and function keys supported Keyboard-based text selection Documents 70% smaller in size, load/save three times faster Better visual feedback for all drag-and-drop operations Destination ObjectLinks Import WriteNow and WordPerfect documents (text and formatting, not graphics) Import RTFD files, including graphics Support for third-party graphics and text filter services, like ImageAgent Character Set Panel - gives access to all characters in a font Proper handling of %%Baseline directive for inline graphics from EquationBuilder Dramatically improved spelling and foreign hyphenation Reorganized, logical menus conform to current NEXTSTEP guidelines Multitude of small service panels coalesced into a single Inspector Full support for Services Menu options Indent markers added to the Tabs Panel ruler Font Panel still included (with enhancements), no extra charge On-line help (uses standard NeXT Help Panel) Reorganized user manual with tutorial chapter Registered users can upgrade to PasteUp 2.5 from any prior version for US$69 + shipping/handling. (Orders shipped after October 1, 1993, will be upgraded automatically at no charge.) New copies can be ordered at a price of US$695 + s/h (US$295 student). Previous price quotes will be honored for upgrades and new orders placed before May 15, 1994. PasteUp 2.5 ships MAB for Motorola and Intel hardware; an HP PA-RISC version will be available within 30 days after general release of that product by NeXT Inc. ABOUT ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS Anderson Financial Systems Inc. is a privately held software development company based in Springhouse, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia). Founded in 1982, the company's primary business has been designing customized trading software for more than 60 Wall Street firms on IBM PCs and NeXT workstations. Representative clients include Citicorp, First National Bank of Chicago, PaineWebber, American Capital Management, Delaware Management Company, Oppenheimer Management Corp. and Texas Commerce Bank. Since adding NeXT to its roster in 1991, AFS has made a substantial commitment to building applications that leverage the unique capabilities of the NEXTSTEP operating environment. ###