Corel Print House Moves to the Macintosh Market.OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 1996--Corel Print House(TM) (TSE/NASDAQ:COS.;COSFF.), Corel's popular, easy-to-use graphics package is now available for the Macintosh. Designed to help home or small business owners create greeting cards See e-card. , certificates, banners, business forms, signs, calendars and more, Corel Print House offers something for both the novice and more advanced user. This package, available in English only, includes more than 1,000 ready-to-print sample files, 1,000 photos, 1,000 phrases, 100 fonts, over 5,000 clipart images, templates from PaperDirect Inc., and is available for a suggested retail price of $39.95 US. "With intuitive drawing tools and a host of ready to print sample files, clipart images, photos and phrases, Corel Print House for Macintosh makes it easy for users to express their creative ideas," said Dr. Michael Cowpland Michael Cowpland (born April 23, 1943) is a Canadian entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder and one-time president, chairman and CEO of Corel, a Canadian software company. Cowpland was born in Bexhill, Sussex, England and obtained a BSc. , president and chief executive officer of Corel Corporation (company) Corel Corporation - A software publisher best known for the CorelDraw application. Founded in June 1985 by Dr. Michael Cowpland, Corel Corporation was originally a systems integration company. ." Main features in Corel Print House include the following Step-by-step assistance - Corel Print House wizards are available to guide users through several common tasks such as changing the color of an object or adding shadows to text Notebook - Context-sensitive on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. help guides users through various operations. The notebook also provides easy and visible access to clipart, borders, backdrops, and preset styles that can be dragged and dropped into designs. Tools - In addition to the Rectangle, Ellipse ellipse, closed plane curve consisting of all points for which the sum of the distances between a point on the curve and two fixed points (foci) is the same. It is the conic section formed by a plane cutting all the elements of the cone in the same nappe. , Pen and Text tools, the Polygon tool lets users easily create multi-sided objects such as stars and flowers. The Table tool automatically creates tables for use in invoices or appointment sheets. Namelist - Corel Print House gives users the ability to create customized lists of names and groups. This makes it possible for users to print letters, greeting cards or any other design for a group. Shadows and Fading - Allows users to easily create shadows for text elements and objects and to fade any object. Fully Editable Graphics - All vector graphics The representation of a digital image as points, lines and other geometric entities. All computer-aided design (CAD), drawing and diagramming programs create vector graphics formats, such as AI, DXF and WMF (see graphics formats). and text can be flipped, rotated, re-sized, ungrouped and fully customized by color and shape. Apple(R) Guide - Extensive online help is available via Apple Guide. By using the topic list and index, users can quickly obtain instructional guidance on any aspect of Corel Print House. 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. The minimum system requirements for Print House are a Power Mactintosh(TM) computer with a CD-ROM drive, MacOS 7.5 or higher, a minimum of 16 MB of application RAM, 25 MB of hard disk space, and a 256 color monitor with a minimum 640x480 resolution. Corel Corporation Incorporated in 1985, Corel Corp. is recognized internationally as an award-winning developer and marketer of productivity applications, graphics and multimedia software. Corel's product line includes CorelDRAW(R), the Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite, Corel(R) Office Professional, CorelVIDEO(TM), CorelCAD(TM) and over 30 multimedia software titles. Corel's products run on most operating systems, including - Windows, Macintosh, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. and OS/2 and are consistently rated among the strongest in the industry. The company ships its products in over 17 languages through a network of more than 160 distributors in 70 countries worldwide. Corel is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (symbol - COS) and the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on - National Market System (symbol - COSFF). For more information visit Corel's home page on the Internet at http://www.corel.com. Corel and WordPerfect are registered trademarks and Corel Print House, CorelDRAW, CorelVIDEO and CorelCAD are trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Corel Corp. Julia Breakspear, 613/728-0826, ext. 5262 INTERNET: http://www.corel.com |
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