Canon Software Publishing Announces Two Exciting New Software Titles Geared for SOHO and Small-Business Users.COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 1999-- Design Essentials Business Image and WebRecord Research Pro -- Two Powerful Professional Productivity and Design Tools to Succeed in Business Canon Software Publishing (CSP (1) (Certified Systems Professional) An earlier award for successful completion of an ICCP examination in systems development. See ICCP. (2) (Commerce Service P ), a division of Canon, the world's leader in imaging technology, Monday announced a powerful winter lineup of two new software titles in the design and business productivity categories. Design Essentials gives small-office/home-office (SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. ) users the software tools to create a polished professional image, while WebRecord Research Pro gives the users the ability to harness research data on the Web. These two new titles include: Design Essentials Business Image, a high-quality, template-based design application that allows SOHO users to easily create related families of professionally designed, sophisticated and highly customized business-to-business printed materials; and WebRecord Research Pro, a Web-based data-management application that allows users to capture, store, print and manage Web-based data. "Design Essentials Business Image is the ultimate solution for SOHO users who wish to produce families of sophisticated, professional business and graphic materials," said Kevin Reilly Kevin Reilly is the entertainment president of the Fox network. He is a former NBC president fired in May 2007 after the network had one of its least-watched seasons ever.[1] Early in his career at NBC, Reilly was involved with Law & Order , senior manager at CSP. "This is the first SOHO design software that allows users to create a powerful business image by using superior yet easy-to-use design templates." Realizing that businesses are quickly utilizing their PCs as powerful research tools to harness information on the Web, Canon developed Research Pro as the ultimate research assistant and complete Web-based data-management tool. Designed specifically for the professional or "power" Internet researcher, WebRecord Research Pro features the most advanced search, scheduling and information-management tools available allowing users to cost-effectively conduct and document Web research. "WebRecord Research Pro is geared primarily at business users who access the Web every day," added Reilly. "Power users place a great value on the Internet and will want to take advantage of Research Pro's advanced tracking, scheduling and data-retrieval features. The most important feature of the software is its ability to perform redundant tasks automatically with little or no intervention from the user." WebRecord Research Pro WebRecord Research Pro allows professional users the best way to capture, store, print and manage Web-based data. The program's sophisticated and advanced scheduling features allow a user's computer to do the work, even in the middle of the night. With Research Pro's advanced printing utilities, users can preview and print their Web travels in the most professional and accurate formats available. It even allows the user to print multiple Web pages on a single page. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Reilly, Research Pro is an invaluable tool for professionals in research-related jobs who depend on tracking and printing competitive corporate data, stock reports, trade and industry news and product information. Additionally, Research Pro will prove invaluable to legal, education and medical professionals who depend on critical research data such as tracking, printing and presenting references, related case histories, case precedents, statistical data and comparative analysis. Research Pro's built-in browser allows users to instantly access and print from the Web while maintaining print history lists of all Web pages viewed or visited. The program saves a user's print list with all data and links encapsulated. WebRecord Research Pro features the ability to:
-- retrieve full Web sites for off-line viewing at a later time;
-- organize, preview and print favorite sites automatically;
-- retrieve complete sites off-line via an advanced "Fetch" feature
including the ability to search and filter by page content, URL,
page title, anchor links, size, MIME type and date; and
-- schedule predetermined searches.
Additionally, WebRecord Research Pro is bundled with the 333-page "Researching Online for Dummies," by author Reva Basch. A $24.95 value, this "Dummies" book, published by IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) Books Worldwide, is written from the mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. of a professional Net cybrarian. The book provides an invaluable online search reference and is written in an informal and irreverent style. Design Essentials Business Image Featuring designs from a team of talented and award-winning graphic-design professionals, Design Essentials Business Image automates the design of dozens of coordinated pieces of printed materials -- freeing a SOHO or small-business person to concentrate on his or her business, not design. Design Essentials Business Image features one-click edit functions, a family of professional designs and customizable graphics templates and high-quality photo images. Design Power Made Easy: Canon makes professional, creative business communications easy. Design Essentials Business Image allows novice designers to choose from layouts and thumbnail views, and customize their work by selecting or importing images, text, fonts and color. Design Essentials Business Image supports the following image formats: bitmaps (BMP (1) (BitMaP) Also known as a "bump" file, it is the native, bitmapped graphics format in Windows. A BMP can be saved in several color options: 1-, 4-, 8- and 24-bit color provide 2, 16, 256 and 16,000,000 colors respectively. BMP files use the .BMP or . extension), Windows Metafiles (WMF (filename extension) wmf - The filename extension for a Windows Metafile. extension), Photo CD format (PCD PCD polycystic disease. extension), Open Page drawing (OPD OPD Tape symbol showing either the first transaction of the day in a security after a delayed opening or the opening transaction in a security whose price has experienced a large rise or fall from the previous day's closing price. extension), Tagged Image File format (file format, graphics) Tagged Image File Format - (TIFF) A file format used for still-image bitmaps, stored in tagged fields. Application programs can use the tags to accept or ignore fields, depending on their capabilities. (TIF TIF Tagged Image File (file name extension) TIF Tax Increment Financing TIF Temporary Internet Files TIF Transport Innovation Fund (UK) TIF Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund extension), FPX FPX FlashPix (image format, file extension) FPX Field-Programmable Port Extender FPX Financial Post Index FPX Fixed Price Exercise FPX Flash Pix FPX Fixed Programmable Port Extender Image Format (FPX extension) and OLE objects. Superior Design Templates: As the ultimate tool in creating business graphics, Design Essentials Business Image provides users with a choice of more than 500 high-quality business design suite variations and a total of 202 design templates. Working with Design Essentials, even the smallest business can achieve a "corporate" look and a competitive edge. Design Essentials gives users the ability to create an entire "family" collateral look of business-communications materials -- from sophisticated letterhead, business cards and three-page brochures to professional-looking ads, fliers and announcements. Additionally, each of the design-family templates can be modified to reflect the company's unique and individual style. To further customize professional-looking business creations, Design Essentials Business Image provides the user with easy-to-use editing tools to change existing design templates and adjust the color, typestyles and photos. With the Text Editing The ability to change text by adding, deleting and rearranging letters, words, sentences and paragraphs. Text editing is the main operation users perform in word processors, which typically also handle graphics and other multimedia files. See text editor and word processing. feature, users can edit with Design Essentials or use Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. . The program also includes a "linked text frames" feature to keep the word flowing from one box, column or page to the next in a layout. "With Design Essentials Business Image, you don't have to be a design professional to achieve outstanding results. It really gives everyone the ability to create attractive and intelligently formatted communications," added Reilly. Pricing and Availability Design Essentials Business Image and WebRecord Research Pro will be available on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). in January 1999, with an estimated street price of $59.95 and $49.95, respectively. Consumers can purchase both titles via a nationwide network of leading software retailers, including office and electronic superstores, and computer superstores. System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. Minimum system requirements for running Design Essentials Business Image include an IBM-compatible PC A PC that is compatible with the IBM PC and PS/2 standards. Although this term is still used, it had validity in the early days when PC makers were trying to copy the IBM PC, and many PCs were not compatible. Today, PCs conform to standards set by Intel, Microsoft and the PC industry at large. with a 486 processor or better (Pentium or higher recommended); Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. 4.0; CD-ROM drive A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. CD-ROM drives generally also play audio CD discs by sending analog sound to the sound card via a 4-pin cable. For specifications of 10x, 20x, etc. drives, see CD-ROM drives. See CD-ROM, CD-ROM changer, CD-ROM server and CD-ROM audio cable. for installation; minimum 16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended); 16 MB free hard-disk space (30 MB recommended), SVGA/256 color display (1024 X 768, 24-bit color recommended); and a mouse or other pointing device An input device used to move the pointer (cursor) on screen. The major pointing device is the mouse for the desktop computer and the touchpad for the laptop, although many road warriors bring along a mouse. . Design Essentials works with most PC-compatible inkjet, Bubble Jet Canon's trade name for its thermal drop on demand inkjet printer technology. The ink is heated, which produces a bubble that expands and ejects the ink out of the nozzle. As the bubble cools, the vacuum created draws fresh ink back into the nozzle. or laser printers. Minimum system requirements for running WebRecord Research Pro include an IBM-compatible PC with a 486 processor or better (Pentium or higher recommended); Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0; CD-ROM drive for installation; minimum 16 MB RAM (32 MB or higher recommended); 16 MB free hard-disk space, 640 X 480 SVGA/256 color monitor (1024 X 768, 24-bit or higher recommended); 28.8 Kbps modem (56.6 Kbps or faster recommended) (Internet access must be purchased separately); and a mouse or other pointing device. WebRecord Research Pro works with most PC-compatible color inkjet, Bubble Jet or laser printers. Customer Service and Customer Technical Support Canon Software Publishing offers a full range of customer technical-support options: e-mail and Web site (FAQ's) via the CSP Web site at www.software.canon.com. For 24-hour, seven-day-a-week technical support, a customer can call 757/413-2855 for fax-back support or to talk with a customer care technician (8 a.m.-10 p.m. EST Monday-Friday). Regular customer support is free for the first 30 days. After 30 days, paid support is available. About Canon Software Publishing Canon Software Publishing (CSP) is a division of Canon Computer Systems Inc., which is a subsidiary of both Canon USA Inc. (Lake Success, N.Y.) and Canon Inc. (Tokyo). The division, with headquarters in Costa Mesa, was founded in 1998 to develop, publish and distribute computer software primarily in North and South America. CSP will also publish titles from both independent third-party developers and associated Canon companies. Canon is recognized as the world's leading imaging-technology company, a leader in printer technology and a top worldwide patent holder. As a global technology leader, Canon achieved $22 billion in worldwide sales in 1997. Note to Editors: Slides of box shots and select screen grabs available upon request. Prices are estimates only. Dealer prices may vary and are subject to change at any time. Canon is a registered trademark and Bubble Jet, Design Essentials and WebRecord are trademarks of Canon Inc. All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Product specifications and features subject to change without notice. |
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