Adobe introduces PageMaker 7.0

NEW DELHI: Adobe Systems Incorporated, a company dealing in network
publishing, has introduced Adobe PageMaker 7.0 software, a new upgrade to its
award-winning page layout program. PageMaker 7.0, fully developed at Adobe
R&D center at Noida, is an integrated business publishing solution with
easy-to-use tools for producing professional quality results. This new release
provides tighter integration with popular business applications for enhanced
productivity and supports Adobe's vision of Network Publishing, allowing users
to create a document once and view it on any device, anytime, anywhere.

PageMaker software's new simplified workflow with other Adobe products
including Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe PhotoShop Elements, and Adobe Illustrator,
enhances the user experience with increased productivity when designing
materials. Additionally, with version 7.0, PageMaker provides built-in Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF) creation tools, enabling users to create tagged
Adobe PDF files for displaying documents properly on a variety of devices,
including laptop computers, PDAs and other wireless devices.

PageMaker further empowers business publishers with significant timesaving
capabilities by allowing reuse of existing content with its updated support for
importing Microsoft Word files and with updated file conversion support for
Microsoft Publisher (Microsoft Windows only) and QuarkXPress files. In addition,
users can create personalized collateral with new data merge capabilities that
leverage text and images exported from databases and aid in direct mail creation
by providing both automation and professional quality layout.

Adobe PageMaker 7.0 will be shipped in the month of July 2001. The estimated
street price of Adobe PageMaker 7.0 in India is Rs 26,500 on all platforms.
Registered users of earlier versions of Adobe PageMaker can upgrade to version
7.0 approximately for Rs 4,000 only. The product will be available with Adobe's
authorized distributors Summit Infotech, Wipro and Tech Pacific.

Commenting on the launch of PageMaker 7.0, Adobe Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
business development manager Himanshu Goyal said, "PageMaker 7.0
development at Adobe's R&D Center is a great achievement for the entire team
in India and it reiterates the fact that India is fast emerging as a
developmental center. The advanced features of the new version address the
requirements of our large community of PageMaker users, comprising of both
business professionals and amateurs. Its new features will enhance the
productivity of a user by several folds. We look forward for the success of our
flagship product in India."