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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.
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