IMSI Introduces FormTool Gold 2.0 for Windows; New Features Make FormTool Gold Easiest Way to Design, Fill or Print Professional Forms in Minutes.

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 1995--IMSI (NASDAQ: IMSI) today introduced FormTool Gold version 2.0 for Windows. With over 550,000 previous units sold since 1987, FormTool Gold forms creation and management software offers people the easiest way to create, fill and print business forms including invoices, purchase orders, expense reports and personnel records.

"Within minutes, people can create professional-looking forms, link them to databases and file them. There's no simpler or more powerful solution available," said Martin Sacks, CEO and President, at IMSI. "The new FormTool Gold for Windows underscores our commitment to bring the most affordable, best-in-class productivity tools to the business environment."

FormTool Gold 2.0 features include:

-- An enhanced user interface consistent with the familiar Microsoft Office environment.

-- Powerful design and editing tools that enable users to create sophisticated, professional forms in minutes.

-- 400 easy-to-customize pre-designed forms.

-- Smart on-screen filling features that make forms workflow quick and easy. With new ODBC support, it's easy to use FormTool forms with existing, external databases in most popular formats including FoxPro, dBASE, Clipper and Paradox.

-- Plus, 245 professionally-drawn clip art images that save hours of design time are included for free.

Users get up and running immediately with FormTool Gold 2.0, because the new user interface is the same as the familiar Microsoft Office environment. A floating toolbar provides fast access to all tools, and drag-and-drop editing enables easy, intuitive use. The newly integrated Filler and Database Modules allow users to fill-in forms and maintain their databases in a single process.

Users can create sophisticated, professional forms -- and do so quickly and easily -- thanks to powerful, new design tools including check boxes and radio buttons; automatic word-wrap; draggable rulers and definable grids; fountain fill patterns to enhance the visual appeal of forms; OLE 2.0 support to easily add Excel spreadsheets and other objects; and zoom and preview features to facilitate form viewing.

Smart on-screen filling makes FormTool Gold 2.0 forms as simple to use and manage as they are to create. FormTool Gold 2.0 can fill-in many fields automatically, including date, time, serial numbers and calculations. Creating a database is as easy as saving a file; users don't need to go through lengthy linking processes. New Wizards create reports and mailing labels, with users merely answering a few simple questions.

FormTool Gold 2.0 runs on IBM-compatible computer with a 386 or higher processor, 4MB RAM; Microsoft Windows 3.1.

FormTool 2.0 for Windows is available now from software resellers nationwide for a suggested retail price of $99.95

IMSI also offers FormTool Small Business Edition for a suggested retail price of $49.95. This edition is designed specifically for the needs of small businesses, with 50 pre-designed forms covering the essentials of any growing business: accounting, human resources, inventory, and more.

The upgrade to IMSI's popular FormTool Gold Windows is part of the company's strategy to expand its product line aggressively with faster and easier graphics based products to make business and home users more productive. Today's announcement by IMSI follows the recent upgrade to its best-selling TurboCAD(R) Mac precision drawing and drafting software, WinDelete(TM) uninstaller software and its acquisition of the highly popular ViewPoint(TM) for Windows project management software.

Founded in 1983, IMSI is a leader in developing and publishing quality consumer software for home and small business. Headquartered in San Rafael, California, with wholly owned subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, South Africa and France, IMSI had revenues of $23 million in 1994 and employs 105 people. -0-

Note to Editors: IMSI, ViewPoint, TurboCAD, FormTool and WinDelete are trademarks of International Microcomputer Software Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc. Other products and companies mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may or may not be trademarks of their respective companies.

CONTACT: IMSI

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