INTEX SOLUTIONS LEADS THE WAY WITH LOTUS 1-2-3 RELEASE 4.0 ENHANCEMENTS 

Sixteen Enhancements Now Shipping, More to Follow 

August 6, 1993 -- Needham. MA: As thousands of Lotus users migrate to Lotus
1-2-3 Release 4.0, Intex Solutions is ready with a broad range of
enhancement products designed to be fully compatible with Lotus' newest
release. Intex, the leading publisher and reseller of spreadsheet
enhancements, today announced that sixteen of its popular spreadsheet
enhancements are compatible with Lotus 1-2-3 Release 4.0 and are now
shipping.

Intex, known for its many spreadsheet add-ins, templates, and
file-compatible applications, offers more high-quality spreadsheet
enhancements than any other vendor. Over the years, Intex products have
substantially extended the capabilities of Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS and
Windows, as well as other spreadsheets, and can now provide this same kind
of flexibility to Lotus' new release for Windows.

Enhancements Evolve Continuously with Lotus

"Product development for our enhancements is a continuous process of action
and reaction," said Marjorie Smith, Product Manager at Intex Solutions.
"In our view, each time Lotus Development brings out a new release, new
opportunities for enhancements arise. For example, CompressMate, one of
our newest programs, can compress spreadsheet files -- including 1-2-3
Release 4.0 files -- an average of 90 percent and can actually help to
speed up spreadsheet save and retrieve operations. These days, with
spreadsheet users building large, complex Windows applications, and using
software that can take up megabytes of disk space just to load.

CompressMate fills an obvious need for almost any spreadsheet user. Before
Windows-based spreadsheets, this need would not have been so obvious."

Smith added that no matter how many features are built into the core
spreadsheet, size and speed constraints will always dictate that many
features are best addressed by third-party aftermarket products. In
particular, application-oriented programs, which make up the bulk of
Intex's product line, are rarely incorporated into the core spreadsheet, a
fact that continues to fuel Intex's robust and successful aftermarket
business.

Lotus 1-2-3 Release 4.0 Enhancements Available Exclusively from Intex
Solutions

The following enhancements have been thoroughly tested for 1-2-3 Release
4.0. The list features both new and established products that take
advantage of the Windows and WYSIWYG environments, such as Tax Solver, a
tax package including over 147 WYSIWYG-style, IRS-approved tax forms, and
Forecast!, an award-winning spreadsheet forecasting add-on.

* Capacity Analyst -- Performs "rough-cut" capacity planning analysis for
production purposes. $495

* CFO Spreadsheet Applications -- 24 powerful financial templates
originally featured in CFO Magazine. $299.95.

* Clip Artist -- A library of over 800 unique black and white and color
clip art images. $159.95

* CompressMate -- Spreadsheet-specific "on the fly" compression utility.
$99

* Forecast! -- Highly-acclaimed spreadsheet forecasting add-on. $165

* Forms-To-Go! -- 50 ready-to-use spreadsheet-published forms on disk.
$129.95

* Intex Bond Calculations -- Specialized bond functions for spreadsheet
users. $495/$795/$995

* Intex Mortgage-Backed Calculations -- Specialized MBS functions for
spreadsheet users. $495/$795/$995

* Inventory Analyst Professional -- Complete master planning program for
spreadsheet users. $495

* Operations Manager -- 35 powerful applications for operations
professionals. $495

* Ready to Run Accounting -- Turns 1-2-3 into an integrated accounting
system. $199.95

* Spreadsheet MRP -- A fast, easy way to optimize materials purchasing and
production plans. $495

* Spreadsheet Scheduler -- Manages a wide variety of projects and
scheduling problems. $199

* Tax Solver -- A complete tax preparation program. $79.95

* TRANS -- ASCII-to-spreadsheet data integration utility. $125

* Verbose -- The first add-in thesaurus. $95

Intex plans to update several other programs in its line, including Rescue
Plus -- the best file recovery tool for Lotus users -- to work under 1-2-3
Release 4.0 in the near future. The Intex suite of products consists of
more than 35 exclusive enhancement titles. In addition, the company
distributes many 1-2-3 for Windows-compatible products for other vendors
in its catalog of enhancement products.

Intex Solutions, Inc. is a privately-owned software company located in
Needham, MA. Founded in 1985, Intex has established a reputation as the
leading provider of templates, add-ins and other complimentary products
for Lotus 1-2-3 and other popular spreadsheet programs. Intex develops,
publishes, or distributes over 50 enhancement products addressing business
needs from budgeting and forecasting to spell checking and file recovery,
as well as specialized fixed-income security analysis. Spreadsheet users
world-wide look to Intex Solutions as their "One Stop Shop" for
enhancements for every spreadsheet application.

Intex Solutions, 35 Highland Circle, Needham, MA 02194
617-449-6222

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