Adobe Announces Adobe PageMill 2.0 Web Publishing Software for Windows and
Macintosh

Mountain View, Calif., (April 22, 1996) (Nasdaq: ADBE) -- Adobe Systems
Incorporated today announced Adobe PageMill 2.0 Web publishing software
for Windows 95, Windows NT and Macintosh. Featuring the same easy-to-use
feature set of Adobe PageMill 1.0, version 2.0 adds professional-level
editing, layout and HTML coding capabilities, making PageMill one of the
industry's most intuitive tools for Web publishing. The Windows and
Macintosh versions of Adobe PageMill 2.0 are expected to be available in
July 1996 at an estimated street price of $99.00.

Adobe PageMill 2.0 offers a comprehensive and easy-to-use Web publishing
application that will enable mainstream business customers to quickly
create and enhance content for the Web. Through Adobe PageMill's advanced
editing, linking and page layout capabilities, a broad range of computer
users can develop content for corporate Intranets as easily as typing,
dragging and dropping.

"Adobe PageMill 1.0 established a new category of personal Web
communication tools by allowing average desktop computer users to easily
make content for the Internet," said Kevin Wandryk, director of business
development, Internet products group, Adobe Systems. "PageMill 2.0
continues this revolution by adding even more powerful features in the
same user-friendly environment that has made Adobe PageMill one of the
most successful Internet software products on the market."

PageMill 2.0 New Features

Adobe PageMill 2.0 software combines all the easy-to-use features of
PageMill 1.0 with enhancements most requested by both mainstream business
customers and experienced Webmasters. These powerful new features include
WYSIWYG table creation and editing, integrated viewing and editing of HTML
source code, inline support for multimedia data types, and enhanced layout
and editing features.For Immediate Release For more information Please
contact: Rick Brown 415 962.6060 ribrown@adobe.com

 Support for Windows 95, Windows NT and Macintosh

Adobe PageMill 2.0 Web authoring software will be simultaneously available
on the industry's most popular business computing platforms, providing a
cross-platform Web authoring solution for the broadest number of
customers.

 WYSIWYG Table Creation

Adobe PageMill 2.0 software provides an intuitive interface for creating
HTML tables, including nested tables, with extensive layout and design
options.

 Integrated viewing and editing of source HTML

With the click of a mouse, PageMill 2.0 switches into HTML source viewing
and editing mode with industry-standard color coding support.

 Inline support of multimedia data types

Customers can easily create and preview pages that incorporate popular
multimedia data types used on the Web, including Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) files and QuickTime videos.

 Support for popular HTML extensions

Customers can easily use popular HTML extensions within PageMill 2.0,
including wraparound text, right alignment, "hidden" fields, and the embed
tag.

 Powerful Search and Replace capabilities

PageMill 2.0 provides Search and Replace features designed specifically for
Web page creation and editing, including the ability to find and replace
text in pop-up menus and tables. In addition, customers can drag and drop
elements from a Web page, such as a graphic, into the PageMill 2.0 Search
and Replace dialog box and replace it with other elements on a Web page,
such as another graphic, a link, text, etc.

 Import capabilities from popular business software packages

PageMill 2.0 provides a full range of filters that enable customers to
import information from a wide variety of industry standard software
applications, such as word processors, spreadsheets and page layout tools,
directly into a PageMill page.

Ease-of-Use

Adobe PageMill software sets the standard for easy-to-use, WYSIWYG Web page
creation. Customers familiar with the word processing metaphor can use
Adobe PageMill 2.0 to create content without having to learn the
complexities of HTML. In addition, Adobe PageMill 2.0 offers an intuitive
interface that allows customers to create links, insert images and develop
forms with simple drag-and-drop functions or pull down menus. Adobe
PageMill software also provides powerful graphics capabilities: users can
edit images, and create image maps, background images and transparencies
with a simple click of a button. The result is a powerful package that
lets a wide range of customers create rich pages for the Web.

Price and Availability

Adobe PageMill 2.0 software is expected to be available in July 1996 at an
estimated street price of $99.00. In addition to Adobe authorized dealers
and mail-order catalogs, Adobe PageMill 2.0 software will be available for
purchase on the Adobe World Wide Web server (http://www.adobe.com) and
will include electronic versions of all documentation. All registered
customers that purchase Adobe PageMill 1.0 after April 22, 1996 are
eligible to receive a free upgrade to Adobe PageMill 2.0. Upgrade pricing
for all other registered PageMill customers will be announced when Adobe
PageMill 2.0 ships.

Based in Mountain View, Calif., Adobe Systems Incorporated develops and
supports products to help people express and use information in more
imaginative and meaningful ways, across all print and electronic media.
Founded in 1982, Adobe helped launch the desktop publishing revolution.
Today, the company offers a market-leading line of application software
and type products for creating and distributing visually rich
communication materials; licenses its industry-standard technologies to
major hardware manufacturers, software developers, and service providers;
and offers integrated software solutions to businesses of all sizes. For
more information, see Adobe's home page at http:// www.adobe.com on the
World Wide Web.
 
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