SAN DIEGO - June 1, 1992 - Power!Search 1.1, the newly-released
text-retrieval software program upgrade from Horizons Technology,
Inc.(HTI), features a number of enhancements that will increase the
product's user appeal for a wide range of businesses. The revised program
includes such features as terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) capabilities,
the ability to copy and paste between files, a proximity search function,
an advanced features menu, and increased word processing package
compatibility. Power!Search's price has been lowered by about 67% compared
to earlier versions.

Power Search 1.1 Makes Accessing Lost Files Easy 

The upgraded Power!Search 1.1 is an easy-to-use, practical tool for
searching large databases for lost files. When entering any word or phrase
known to be in the file into Power!Search, users can control how close a
match they're seeking by dialing in the level of match required to find a
lost file. This is accomplished via HTI's Fuzzy Search Engine, around
which Power!Search is built. For example, an attorney might be seeking a
file that was entered six months prior from a client whose name he can't
remember how to spell. By entering the name as clearly as he can recall
it, and then dialing in the "Fuzzy Search" degree desired, the attorney
can call up all the files that contain the client's name. By adding more
specific parameters, such as dates (i.e. files entered during a specific
three-month period), the range of files can be narrowed and specified yet
further.

Fuzzy Search Engine Allows For Approximate Matches 

HTI's proprietary Fuzzy Search Engine lets users literally dial in the
degree of exactness they're looking for in a match when seeking lost
files. Misspelled names, words that have been altered following optical
character recognition (OCR) entry or words that the user is simply unsure
about, can still call up correct documents using the Fuzzy Search
capabilities. By dialing the degree of exact match desired (from 100 down
to 50 percent), Power!Search 1.1 will call up all files that fit within
the requested match range.

TSR Function Increases User Friendliness 

The optional TSR function added to Power!Search 1.1 lets users keep the
program stored and ready for use while working in another application.
Simply by pressing a hot-key sequence, the text retrieval function will be
available to users at any time, while remaining transparent when not in
use. The TSR capability brings in maximum utility while taking up minimal
memory on the hard disk. Power!Search 1.1 will also be shipped with a
non-TSR version included.

Copy and Paste Function Added 

Added to the Power!Search TSR program is a copy-and-paste function that
allows users, while conducting a search, to find and take copy from one
document and paste it into another document they may be working on. This
convenient utility lets users easily and quickly transport information
from one document to another, even between different file types.

Advanced Features Menu Gives Users More Search and View Control

The program's new Advanced Features Menu allows users to precisely control
which files they search and how they view them. For example, if you are
looking for a particular document, you can have the computer run an entire
search and then display the results, or search and display file by file as
it looks for the desired document.

Additional capabilities of the Advanced Features Menu include the ability
to set date thresholds while searching for files (i.e. search only for
documents entered between June and October 1991), and the ability to
conduct proximity searches for files with words at a given distance apart
(i.e. search for all examples of the words "Doctor" and "Patient" falling
within 3 words of each other).

Increased Software Package Compatibility

Power!Search 1.1 has special viewers for an increasing number of word
processing software packages, including Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Word
Star, Display Write, MultiMate, Lotus 123, Enable and dBase, in their
native formats with no conversions required. However, any file using pure
ASCII or EBCDIC text can be searched as well.

Wide Variety of Applications

Like its predecessor, Power!Search 1.1 will have applicability to a wide
variety of fields, including law, software engineering or programming,
library science, archive management, the medical profession and any
business that uses large databases to store files. In fact, Power!Search
will be a useful and welcome tool for any end user who's spent hours
searching fruitlessly for a file written months before. The program's
ability to define and set clear parameters for searches will save users
time and help them zero in quickly on the exact document section they're
seeking.

Available now, Power!Search 1.1 sells for $99 for the single-user version,
$495 for the six user version on a network, and $995 for an unlimited-use
version on a single server. Upgrades for current Power!Search users are
available for $34.95 for the single-user version, $149 for the six-user
edition, and $295 for the unlimited-use version. For further product
information, contact Phil Morettini, marketing manager, at (619) 292-8320

Horizons Technology, 3990 Ruffin Rd, San Diego, CA 92123
619-292-8320

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