FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information please contact:

Impact Software Publishing, Inc.
36-32 34th Street, Long Island City, NY 11106
Phone: 1-800-822-3385 / 718-472-0600
Fax: 718-472-0160
E-mail: info@impact.com

IMPACT SOFTWARE SHIPS SUPERDRAW 4.0 WITH FREE UPGRADE FOR REGISTERED USERS

LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK - January 18, 1996 - Impact Software
Publishing, Inc. today announced that it is shipping Release 4.0
of its SuperDraw(tm) product, a powerful and easy-to-use graphics
program for creating business graphics, diagrams, illustrations,
layouts, and presentations.

SuperDraw 4.0 includes many new features and improvements including
a new tints panel, floating rulers, distribute command, zoom
preferences, GIF/JPEG import, and the capability to save TIFF
files with many advanced options.

SuperDraw 4.0 is available now for the SPARC-, Intel-, Motorola-,
and HP PA-RISC-based versions of NEXTSTEP 3.2 or later. The price
is $295 for commercial users and $245 for academic users. SuperDraw
is available direct from Impact Software and through authorized
NEXTSTEP resellers.

A demo copy of SuperDraw 4.0 is currently available from:

ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/demos/graphics/SuperDraw4.0.NIHS.tar.gz

Current registered users of SuperDraw are invited to request their
free upgrade license keys from Impact Software. (Please specify the
Host ID shown in the Registration panel of SuperDraw 4.0 and your
old registration number.)


 *** SuperDraw 4.0 Product Description ***

SuperDraw(tm) is a powerful and easy-to-use graphics program
for creating business graphics, diagrams, illustrations, layouts,
and presentations.

Simple and Intuitive

SuperDraw lets you draw any object easily, including rectangles,
squares, ellipses, circles, polygons, stars, arrows, arcs, lines,
pie sections, curved paths, connected lines, and rounded rectangles.
SuperDraw lets you drag and drop colors, images, patterns, and
styles directly onto any text, graphic, or page.

Advanced Capabilities

SuperDraw lets you resize, rotate, scale, and skew any text,
graphic, or scanned image. You can also group, blend, join, union,
and clip objects together. In addition, you can add neon, fadeaway,
and shadow effects to any text or graphic. For precision placement,
SuperDraw lets you align objects to a grid or snap objects to a
guide. SuperDraw also provides sound buttons, action buttons, and
support for object links to other applications.

Multiple Layers and Pages

SuperDraw lets you work with multiple layers and with any number of
pages in a document. You can also cut, copy, and paste any layer
or page from one document to another. SuperDraw lets you zoom from
1% to 6400% for detailed editing, and you can edit objects directly
even in reduced and thumbnail views.

Templates and Palettes

SuperDraw provides customizable template and palette libraries,
including sample templates for address labels, business cards, disk
labels, shipping labels, and calendar. SuperDraw also includes
sample palettes for creating flowcharts, network diagrams, and
organizational charts.

Illustrated On-line Help

SuperDraw has a comprehensive on-line help with illustrated
instructions on using any tool or command. By clicking with the
Help cursor, a step-by-step pictorial guide to using any tool
or command is available immediately.

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SuperDraw is a trademark of Impact Software Publishing, Inc. NEXTSTEP
is a trademark of NeXT Software, Inc. All other trademarks acknowledged.