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<p>October 21, 2002</p>
<p>PDF Magic Professional 1.0 Now Shipping!</p>
<p>Orlando, FL - Acro-Works Software (a division of Acro-Works, Inc) is<br />
pleased to announce the official release of their newest software, PDF<br />
Magic. Used for automating the process of creating interactive,<br />
multi-media, PDF files; PDF Magic shatters the mold for PDF automation by<br />
introducing an entirely new approach for creating multi-page, interactive<br />
PDF documents.</p>
<p>Previously, when attempting to save time while building complex,<br />
link-filled PDF files, it has been necessary to buy a plug-in (an add-on<br />
for an already owned application) for either Adobe Acrobat, or for the<br />
layout<br />
application in which a source document (that will become the PDF) is<br />
created. Each approach has its drawbacks. An Acrobat plug-in to add links<br />
or transitions works only post-distillation (i.e. after the source file has<br />
been converted to a PDF). Consequently, all the work needs to be repeated<br />
each time that changes / revisions are made to the source file, and the<br />
file is then distilled to a new PDF. A plug-in for a layout application<br />
works only for that application, a serious flaw in today's wired world<br />
where PDF is rapidly becoming the format of choice, and companies need to<br />
produce PDF files from many diverse programs including layout, word<br />
processing, and even slide-show applications.</p>
<p>PDF Magic is a stand-alone application that converts Adobe Illustrator and<br />
Adobe Photoshop EPS files into EPS files that Acro-Works has dubbed "Magic<br />
Link Graphics", which contain all of the desired settings for a link the<br />
creator wishes to have in a PDF file. This Link Graphic can then be placed<br />
into any file that can place an EPS graphic. This includes all layout<br />
applications, major word processor applications, most slide-show and<br />
presentation applications, and many others. Once this file has been<br />
converted to a PDF by Acrobat Distiller, those links are present,<br />
activated, and pre-configured =8A as if by Magic!</p>
<p>As Acro-Works Founder and CEO, R. J. Sinclair explains, "I wanted to<br />
convert a sixty-four page catalog (that had been laid out to go to press)<br />
into a PDF file for electronic distribution. Every catalog I've seen, for a<br />
company with a web site, has the URL (the web address) on every page. Those<br />
URLs should, of course, be clickable links that will take the viewer to the<br />
site. Manually going through each page, and building those web links one at<br />
a time, by hand, was unacceptable. Spending hundreds of dollars on a<br />
plug-in (for Acrobat) to save twenty to thirty percent of that time was<br />
also unacceptable; especially when I realized that every time the source<br />
file was updated and run through Acrobat Distiller, I'd have to do it all<br />
over again. Buying a plug-in for my layout application was also out of the<br />
question because I make PDF files from about a dozen different programs;<br />
and that would add up to thousands of dollars =8A if they were even availabl=<br />
e<br />
for all the programs I use."</p>
<p>What Mr. Sinclair wanted - a way to put the links into nearly any kind of<br />
source file, especially layout files, (where they could be placed just once<br />
on a Master Page, making them appear on every page) - just didn't seem to<br />
exist. So he decided to build one for himself. When other designers heard<br />
about his system, and realized that it could save as much as ninety-five<br />
percent of the time necessary to build complex, active PDF files, they<br />
wanted to get in on it as well.</p>
<p>Following in the footsteps of so many all-American entrepreneurs who have<br />
come before him, he decided to start a company and sell the system to<br />
anyone who needed it. PDF Magic was the result.</p>
<p>In addition to the application for making Link Graphics, the system also<br />
includes a set of 160 Transition Graphics that allow a designer to build<br />
flashy page transitions like Wipes, Splits and Dissolves into any PDF file.<br />
Like the Link Graphics, Transition Graphics can be placed in any source<br />
file that can place an EPS. Once that file has been converted to a PDF (via<br />
Acrobat Distiller), the transitions simply appear =8A as if by Magic! This<br />
enables the creation of PDF slide-shows that are small, clean, reliable,<br />
and viewable in the free Acrobat Reader, on nearly every platform in<br />
existence. The system also includes a set of 32 View Graphics (again,<br />
placed in the source file) that will cause the PDF to open automatically at<br />
a particular View (e.g. Fit In Window, Full Screen, etc.).</p>
<p>Early responses from customers have been exceptionally positive, and<br />
include such comments as:<br />
"It's like waving a magic wand."<br />
"It's taken all of the drudgery out."<br />
"I've never had a slide show presentation go so well, as when using one<br />
built with PDF Magic. Even the client who saw it was impressed, and kept<br />
commenting on how smoothly it played, and that it didn't 'break' even once."</p>
<p>PDF Magic Professional 1.0 includes:</p>
<p>* PDF Magic 1.0<br />
* 160 Transition Graphics<br />
* 32 View Graphics<br />
* Over 600 Ready-To-Use Source Graphics (to be converted to Link<br />
Graphics)<br />
* 2 User Guides in PDF format (one designed for on-screen use, and<br />
one formatted to be printed)<br />
* FREE Upgrades for the life of the product *</p>
<p>Price: $195.00 per copy<br />
(site license discounts and educational discounts are available, see web<br />
site for contact info.)</p>
<p>For more information, visit the web site at: <a href="http://www.pdfmagic.com" title="http://www.pdfmagic.com">http://www.pdfmagic.com</a></p>
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