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<p>DATAVIZ RENEWS ITS COMMITMENT TO THE MAC MARKET AS APPLE "UNBUNDLES"<br />
MACLINKPLUS</p>
<p>The Ultimate Survival Kit MacLinkPlus 10.0 has a whole new look for 1998</p>
<p>Trumbull, CT (July 8, 1998) -- DataViz(R) announces an exciting new version<br />
of MacLinkPlus(R), with the most dramatic changes ever made to this Mac<br />
survival Kit. This new version comes at a pivotal time as Apple(R) is<br />
reducing the amount of third party software included with the Macintosh OS<br />
over the next 3 months.</p>
<p>Millions of Mac users will no longer have the compatibility they are<br />
accustomed to when they purchase a new Mac. However they will be able to<br />
depend on DataViz to provide the PC compatibility that has become so vital<br />
in today's world. Apple's decision does not change DataViz' lifetime<br />
commitment to the Mac, comments Dick Fontana president of DataViz Inc.<br />
DataViz commits itself now more than ever to the Macintosh market by<br />
providing even more compatibility in the form of upgrades and a Deluxe<br />
version of MacLinkPlus 10.0 available in retail locations this Fall. For<br />
the past 15 years MacLinkPlus has allowed Mac users to convert hundreds of<br />
file formats between Macintosh and Windows computers. The new version of<br />
MacLinkPlus includes decoding and decompression, a sleek new user<br />
interface, updated viewing technology, and new translators. MacLinkPlus<br />
continues to live up to its reputation of being the Ultimate Survival Kit<br />
for Macintosh users in a Windows world. Decoding and decompression<br />
functionality introduced</p>
<p>MacLinkPlus ends e-mail attachment problems for good. MacLinkPlus works to<br />
decode and decompress e-mail attachments that won't open, including ".zip"<br />
files. It even handles compressed or encoded files that appear as "garbage<br />
text" within the e-mail message itself. Mac users can now receive e-mail<br />
attachments with confidence, no matter where they came from, regardless of<br />
the e-mail software they are using. Redesigned MacLinkPlus application and<br />
user interface</p>
<p>MacLinkPlus introduces an entirely new user interface designed to make it<br />
even easier for users to work with incompatible files, no matter where they<br />
come from. Designed with Mac OS in mind, this new Power Mac native<br />
interface takes advantage of Apple technologies like "Contextual Menus" and<br />
"Drag and Drop". Mac OS 8 introduced Contextual Menus, which give the user<br />
the ability to easily take action on any file on their desktop with a<br />
simple "Control-Click." MacLinkPlus allows the user to access all its<br />
powerful compatibility related features through this convenient one click<br />
method.</p>
<p>Quick viewing of documents with out opening the application</p>
<p>The new MacLinkPlus includes enhanced viewing capabilities which allow the<br />
user to get a quick view of text or graphics right from the MacLinkPlus<br />
application or even from the desktop using Mac OS Contextual Menus. The<br />
user can now quickly view a file without having to open the application<br />
that created it or having to guess what application might be able to help<br />
open the file. Also, MacLinkPlus has improved its file recognition and<br />
provides richer information to the user about problematic files.</p>
<p>New translators added to the existing translation library</p>
<p>DataViz includes new translators for Microsoft Word 98 and Excel 98,<br />
Macintosh Edition, adding to the thousands of conversions supported between<br />
different word processing, spreadsheet, database and graphics formats.<br />
MacLinkPlus users can now open various Windows files in Mac Word 98 & Excel<br />
98 or convert files into their favorite Mac applications. Pricing and<br />
availability</p>
<p>This "Deluxe" version of MacLinkPlus 10.0 will be released in late August<br />
and available at several new retail stores in the fall of 1998.</p>
<p>MacLinkPlus sells for about $99 and is currently available at fine<br />
retailers including Micro Center, Fry's Electronics and MacWarehouse. The<br />
latest version is available to all existing MacLinkPlus owners for $39.95.<br />
DataViz is a Connecticut company specializing in Mac/PC file compatibility,<br />
PDA-desktop synchronization and Internet utilities. For more information<br />
call (800) 733-0030 or visit <a href="http://www.dataviz.com" title="www.dataviz.com">www.dataviz.com</a></p>
<p>Come visit the DataViz booth (#438) at MacWorld New York July 8-10</p>
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