CE Software Announces QuicKeys 3.5; New Features Net Macintosh Graphics Professionals Increased Productivity.WEST DES MOINES West Des Moines (də moin`), city (1990 pop. 31,702), Polk co., S central Iowa, a growing suburb W of Des Moines; inc. 1893 as Valley Junction, renamed 1938. Products manufactured there include cement, metal items, and pumps. , Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1996--CE Software, Inc., today announced its plans to release by June 30, 1996, a new version of QuicKeys(R), the most complete tool for automating the Macintosh. The company also announced that a Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. version of QuicKeys will be available within 45 days of the 3.5 release. Users who upgrade to QuicKeys 3.5 will be able to download the PowerMac version from CE Software's Web site at no charge. With QuicKeys, users can designate a single key, button, or icon to perform a simple function, or a complex routine, all without requiring the user to learn a programming language. Triggering Shortcuts See Win Shortcuts. With Toolbars and Palettes In QuicKeys 3.5, users can create Toolbars and Floating Palettes for triggering shortcuts. Toolbars are anchored to an edge of a user's screen, while Floating Palettes hover in the foreground and can be moved around. Both the Toolbars and Floating Palettes can be created to perform shortcuts in specific applications or universally across all applications. With Click-and-Go Palettes the shortcut (1) In Windows, a shortcut is an icon that points to a program or data file. Shortcuts can be placed on the desktop or stored in other folders, and double clicking a shortcut is the same as double clicking the original file. is activated by clicking a button or typing a single keystroke key·stroke n. A stroke of a key, as on a word processor. key  stroke . Once the shortcut is selected, the Click-and-Go Palette is hidden. Batch Processing (1) Performing a particular operation automatically on a group of files all at once rather than manually opening, editing and saving one file at a time. For example, graphics software that converts a selection of images from one format to another would be a batch processing utility. To help users execute a QuicKeys sequence on multiple documents, version 3.5 includes a Batch Processor extension which operates by opening each document located in the source folder, one at a time, then performing the desired QuicKeys sequence, until all the files in the source folder are processed. Tab-Oriented Editing Interfaces Both the main editor and the sequence editor are revamped for QuicKeys 3.5. Tab-oriented interfaces with adjustable, movable windows and easier-to-read listings make creating and editing QuicKeys shortcuts easier and more intuitive. With version 3.5's revised object-oriented sequence editor and its improved interface, users will now be able to more easily fine tune all their QuicKeys sequences. The revised sequence editor now features numbered steps which will show the details of each step without opening it. Complex sequences are also easier to write with the revised Jump extension utilizing QuicKeys' new line-numbering technology. The Jump extension automatically modifies its line numbers as a sequence is edited. More Powerful Sequence Recording With this release, the QuicKeys recording functionality is revised to enable users to easily and automatically create sequences that are more reliable than ever before. With QuicKeys 3.5 nearly every recorded sequence is ready for immediate use without any modifications from the user. Pricing and Availability QuicKeys 3.5 will be available in the US version by June 30, 1996, and has a suggested retail price of $119.00. Users of version 3.0 may upgrade to QuicKeys 3.5 for $35.95. Users of versions prior to 3.0 may upgrade to version 3.5 for $45.95. Users who purchased QuicKeys version 3.0 either 30 days before April 8 or up to the release date of version 3.5, may upgrade at no charge. The company will also be offering a competitive upgrade price of $49.99. A thirty-day, demo version 1. demo version - An early, barely-functional version of a program which can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator uses *exactly* the right commands and skirts its numerous bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions. 2. of QuicKeys 3.5 will be available for download, vi CE Software's Web site. The demo version can be converted to a full-working copy by calling CE Software's sales department for the activation key code. The availability of a run-time version and international versions of QuicKeys 3.5 will be announced within thirty days of the US product's shipping. CE Software, Inc. Contact, CE Software, Inc., 1801 Industrial Circle, West Des Moines, Iowa West Des Moines is a city in Polk, Dallas, and Warren counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 46,403; a special census taken in the spring of 2005 counted 51,744 residents. 50265. Phone 800-523-7638 or via 515-221-1801. The company also maintains a home page on the World-Wide Web (World-Wide Web, networking, hypertext) World-Wide Web - (WWW, W3, The Web) An Internet client-server hypertext distributed information retrieval system which originated from the CERN High-Energy Physics laboratories in Geneva, Switzerland. at http://www.cesoft.com. Full text available CONTACT: CE Software, Inc. Curtis Lee Curtis Lee (born 28 October 1941, Yuma, Arizona, U.S.) is an American singer of the early 1960s, and twice over, one of the beneficiaries of 1961 productions by Phil Spector. These were "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" (U.S. Top 10) and "Under The Moon Of Love" (U.S. Top 50). (Editorial Contact) 515/221-3074 curtis_lee@cesoft.com |
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