BOSTON, February 11, 1992--Enable Software today introduced Enable Office, a new version of its integrated software. Enable Office is a four-user suite that includes Higgins electronic mail, calendaring, and scheduling and Enable word processing, spreadsheet, relational database, business graphics, communications, and customization tools. Together the applications in Enable Office provide an integrated office system for networked personal computers. "Enable Office addresses the cost, productivity, and support concerns of companies using DOS-based personal computers," said Tom Sinopoli, vice president of marketing. "Enable Office provides the core office applications, including our award-winning Higgins E-mail, at a lower cost than individual packages." The company calculates that purchased separately, comparable application programs for four users would cost at least $3000, compared to the $995 price of Enable Office. Enable Office addresses productivity concerns with a common interface across applications that makes it simple and easy for users to become productive, according to Sinopoli. "You reduce the training, and get people working faster," he said. Acquiring a suite of applications from one company reduces the support overhead by providing a single point of contact. Having several applications in a single product also simplifies the task of managing user licenses. The Enable Software strategy is to increase the links between its integrated software and its electronic mail, calendaring, and scheduling products, according to Donald Payne, president and CEO. "The growth of networking puts new demands on users to work together. They must be able to share information with one another and move it easily between software applications," Payne said. Integrated Application Suite Enable integrated software is distinguished by the strength of its applications, which are comparable to standalone products in features. For example, the Enable Office word processor has an integrated spell checker and thesaurus, with optional grammar checker. Enable Office also provides a 3D, linking spreadsheet, built-in SQL in a relational database, 3D graphics, and a communications module with scripting capabilities. Integration between modules makes it easy to share data across applications. Enable Office features a simplified interface to Enable applications with easy-to-use pull-down menus and full mouse support. As many as eight different windows can be open at once on a screen, and users can move data from one module to another. Communication between Enable modules allows a graph to be redrawn automatically, for example, when information on a spreadsheet is changed. In addition, each module can import data from and export to popular standalone applications. Send and Receive Higgins E-Mail Enable Office provides Higgins electronic mail functions for four users, including calendars, group scheduling, and a keyword-based message retrieval system. The ability to send electronic mail from within Enable applications is a new feature of Enable Office, according to Sinopoli. A word processing document, for example, can be sent as an electronic mail message by bringing up a Higgins mail addressing menu. A cover note can be sent with the file, as well. A user is notified of incoming messages by visual and audible alerts. Word processing files, spreadsheets, or other Enable documents sent as attachments to electronic mail messages can be viewed without calling up the original program. Price and Availability Enable Office is now in beta testing and will be available for customer shipment later this spring. Introductory list price for a four-user officepak is $995. Enable products are distributed by Ingram Micro, Merisel, Egghead, and others. Enable Office requires DOS 3.3 or higher, 640K memory and a hard drive. It supports all major network operating systems. Enable Software is a leading developer of software for personal computers with more than a million users worldwide. The company, based in Ballston Lake, N.Y., has sales offices throughout the United States, Europe, and Canada. The privately held company was founded in 1983 and employs 145 people. Enable Software Inc 313 Ushers Rd, Northway Ten Executive Park Balliston Lake, NY 12019-1519 518-877-8600 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America On-Line & PC-Link New Product Info Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed with OmniPage Professional OCR | | software (from Caere Corp) & a Canon IX-30 scanner from data | | provided by the above mentioned company. For additional info, | | contact the company at the address or phone# indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+