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- GEOWORKS (tm) RELEASES, VERSION 1.2 OF SOFTWARE
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- BERKELEY, CA (MAY 20) PR NEWSWIRE - GeoWorks, developer and
- publisher of the award-winning GeoWorks Ensemble(tm) announced
- the release of GeoWorks Ensemble Version 1.2. The new release
- builds on GeoWorks Ensemble's high performance and ease-of-use,
- providing a range of additional features, including a GeoWrite
- spelling checker, support for more than 300 additional printers,
- including Postscript-compatible printers, and Tetris(tm), the
- popular Russian computer game.
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- Version 1.2 allows GeoWrite users to access a spelling checker
- containing a 100,000-word dictionary, and to maintain a large
- personal lexicon. The new release provides users that require
- advanced printing capability with support for black & white
- Postscript(tm) printers. Version 1.2 also offers international
- preferences for date, time and currency; a comprehensive,
- DOS-based diagnostic help system to facilitate installation; an
- expanded library of 50 new program icons for the DOS Room;
- several screen savers; and a library of document templates for
- small businesses, including memos, invoices and purchase orders.
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- The upgrade is scheduled to ship in June or early July. It will
- be sent to all registered users free of charge and will be
- available in retail outlets at the end of June. The suggested
- retail price will remain $199.99.
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- "Version 1.2 addresses the most immediate upgrade features that
- our users have requested," said Brian Dougherty, chief executive
- officer of GeoWorks. "We wanted to provide Ensemble 1.2 free to
- registered users of Version 1.0, in recognition of their early
- commitment to the company and the product."
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- Like the original version, the new release is designed for a wide
- variety of computer users at different levels of expertise and
- for the full family of IBM-compatible personal computers, from
- Intel(tm) 80386 to 8086/88-based machines.
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- GeoWorks Ensemble(tm) consists of PC/GEOS(tm), the company's
- multitasking, windowing graphical environment and seven
- integrated productivity applications designed to run on the full
- family of IBM-compatible PCs. Applications include GeoWrite(tm),
- a WYSIWYG word processor that features scalable outline fonts and
- supports multiple column formatting; GeoDraw(tm), an
- object-oriented draw program with eight drawing tools that allow
- rotation of text, objects, fused objects and bitmaps to any
- angle; GeoDex(tm), an address book and automatic phone dialer;
- GeoPlanner(tm), a flexible calendar and appointment book;
- GeoComm(tm), and America Online(tm) telecommunications software.
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- GeoWorks, located in Berkeley, Calif., is the developer and
- publisher of the acclaimed PC/GEOS graphical operating system and
- GeoWorks Ensemble application software. The company provides
- sophisticated and highly efficient operating system and
- application software solutions for business, home and educational
- users. GeoWorks products are available worldwide through OEM and
- dealer channels.