FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Ron McIntyre 604/988-9982Vice President, Sales & MarketingPenMagic Ships Letter Express for NewtonNorth Vancouver, B.C., June 15, 1994 – PenMagic Software Inc. announced that on June 20th it will ship Letter Express, a writing assistant for Newton technology used in the new class of personal digital assistant (PDA) devices made by Apple, Sharp, and other manufacturers. Letter Express enables users to write, address, sign and send complete documents with just a few strokes of the pen. "Letter Express dramatically reduces the amount of handwriting required to produce complete business or personal documents with Newton," said Norm Francis, president of PenMagic. "Letter Express makes possible a wide variety of written communications, such as faxes to customers, e-mails to the office, and personal letters."Fast document creationWith Letter Express, Newton users save writing time by storing phrases, paragraphs, signatures, ink drawings, even entire documents for use any time. These "snippets" become personal building blocks for writing. Letter Express comes with a large collection of ready-to-go snippets – from a selection of openings to entire pre-formatted documents. Users can build on this collection, or create custom snippet collections.Users can instantly address a Letter Express document by choosing a name from Newton's Name File; Letter Express automatically inserts relevant addressee information directly into the text. To further speed correspondence, Letter Express automatically adds information from the writer's Preferences file, such as the return address or a name and title. Completed documents are filed in folders with names identical to those in use in Newton's Notepad.Intelligent AssistanceLetter Express integrates fully with Newton's Intelligent Assistant feature so that users can compose a complete document with a single command. For example, writing "write Jay Thanks" on the Assist line generates a new Letter Express document addressed to Jay (from the Name File) using the snippet named "Thanks." The completed thank-you letter can be printed, faxed, or e-mailed immediately.CustomizingLetter Express users can develop a collection of snippets that suit their specific writing needs. "A big benefit of Letter Express is the ability to customize it for specific industries such as real estate," said Grant Costello, Co-ordinator Information Technology at RE/MAX. Snippets are stored in a readily accessible Snippets drawer, and are organized into categories of the user's choosing. Categories, as well as individual snippets, can be renamed, duplicated, even beamed to colleagues.PrintingWhen users print a completed Letter Express document, it is automatically formatted and laid out into pages with numbers. Users can preview the layout of the document as it will appear in print or on fax. In addition to faxing, Letter Express works with Newton's other advanced communications features: e-mail, and beaming.Includes Letter Express KeyboardFor even greater ease of writing, Letter Express comes with its own unique keyboard whose powerful typing, formatting, and editing features can also be used with other Newton applications. With the Letter Express Keyboard, users can quickly do such important tasks as add bullets or numbered points, tidy up paragraph spacing, center text, select fonts, underline, and control page breaks.Several alternative keyboards are included for typing special characters. Users can also have the keyboard insert their own pre-written words or phrases at the tap of a button. The Letter Express Keyboard reduces to a space-saving icon when not in use.Pricing and availabilityLetter Express is available from PenMagic at 1-800-771-6244 and through Apple's dealers, value-added resellers, and mail-order catalogues. The suggested retail price is $69.95. Letter Express users receive free customer support for the first 60 days after date of purchase.Personal Computer Link for Letter ExpressA valuable companion product, Personal Computer Link for Letter Express, enables Letter Express users to manage snippets collections and completed documents with a personal computer. With Link, transferring text between Letter Express on Newton and a personal computer is fast and direct, and can be done via serial cable, an Apple LocalTalk network, or by modem from a remote location. Synchronizing with Newton Connection Kit is not necessary.Link lets users free up Newton storage space by keeping one or more snippet collections and completed documents on a personal computer. Also, users can move text from a word processor to LetterExpress, or export partially completed documents from LetterExpress to a word processor for final touches.Personal Computer Link for Letter Express is available directly from PenMagic for $29.95. A Macintosh version is available immediately, a Windows version will be available at the end of July.About PenMagicPenMagic Software Inc. is a privately held company based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. PenMagic is also the developer of two other Newton applications, both of which are distributed by Starcore (a division of Apple Computer, Inc.). 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