[announce] Adobe Announces New Version of FrameMaker

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Adobe Announces New Version of FrameMaker

 FrameMaker 7.0 Makes XML Approachable to Corporate Users New Server
Version Also Introduced

SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 8, 2002 (NASDAQ: ADBE) — Adobe Systems
Incorporated, the leader in network publishing, today announced a new
version of FrameMaker®, its powerful enterprise authoring and publishing
solution. By making Extensible Markup Language (XML) easier to use,
FrameMaker version 7.0 software allows corporations to take advantage of
XML’s ability to search, share and repurpose content across the
enterprise. The new XML capabilities provide a comprehensive network
publishing platform, allowing content creators to distribute information
to multiple channels, including print, the Web and PDAs. Also announced
today is the new Adobe FrameMaker Server, which gives companies the
ability to produce personalized, data-driven content for output to print
or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).

In the past, FrameMaker offered powerful word-processing functionality
for long documents, and FrameMaker +SGML included a full set of tools
for structured authoring of valid SGML applications. Corporate users can
now benefit from the simplicity of FrameMaker and the power of
FrameMaker+SGML combined into one product. Users can choose to work in
the structured environment to address single-source information
publishing needs and create valid XML files, or choose a simpler
interface to create well-formed XML files for general word-processing
usage.

XML Authoring and Publishing Simplified

FrameMaker gives corporate users the ability to easily create, edit and
import valid XML content in full WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
mode with real-time validation and context-sensitive guided authoring.
Once valid, the XML content can be searched, shared and repurposed
across the enterprise, integrating disparate systems and processes. For
users new to XML, FrameMaker provides a variety of starter templates
that enables them to work with industry-standard xDocBook and xHTML DTDs
(Document Type Descriptions) and map XML elements to tables, graphics,
footnotes, cross-references and index markers.

"FrameMaker 7.0 supports us as we move in the direction of XML and
consider WebDAV integration," said Evan Olson, Online Products Developer
at Fujitsu Network Communications. "The new features combine traditional
FrameMaker benefits — advanced book-building capabilities and easy
output of files to formats such as Adobe PDF and HTML — with the
flexibility of XML for sharing and reusing information company-wide."

Cross-Media Publishing

Through the use of templates, FrameMaker 7.0 enables efficient
publishing of a single source document to multiple channels, including
print, Adobe PDF, the Web, eBooks, PDAs and more. The included WebWorks®
Publisher Standard Edition 7.0 software from Quadralay provides features
for publishing to HTML, Palm Reader and other handheld formats. Support
for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) allows the integration of high
quality and interactive vector graphics for Web publishing. FrameMaker
also supports Adobe’s XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) and WebDav
(World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning), which streamlines
document collaboration and content sharing. XMP gives Adobe applications
a common framework that standardizes the exchange of metadata across
publishing workflows.

Adobe PDF Integration

Unlike other XML-based solutions, FrameMaker 7.0 enables users to easily
publish documents in XML format to PDF and print. FrameMaker also
outputs tagged Adobe PDF which means documents created with the
application can be viewed on mobile devices like PDAs. Tagged Adobe PDF
files are also accessible to people with visual disabilities because
they can be read appropriately by leading screen reader software
applications, which synthesize text to speech.

New Server Version Ideal for Enterprises

Adobe's new FrameMaker Server software gives companies the ability to
extract existing content housed in databases, document management
systems and XML repositories to be manipulated in FrameMaker. The Frame
Development Kit (FDK) provides a comprehensive way to integrate
FrameMaker with server-based systems ranging from Web applications to
legacy mainframes. FrameMaker Server is incredibly flexible, handling
text and graphics in a variety of formats with multi-language support.

Pricing and Availability

Adobe FrameMaker 7.0 and Adobe FrameMaker Server 7.0 will be available
in the second (calendar) quarter of 2002 to customers in the United
States, Europe and Canada through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the
Adobe Store at www.adobe.com. Estimated street price for FrameMaker 7.0
desktop version will be US$799 for the full product with a special
90-day post ship upgrade offer (Mac and Windows® only) of US$209 (US$349
thereafter). Estimated street price for FrameMaker Server 7.0 will be
US$7,999. For more detailed information about new features and upgrade
policies for Adobe FrameMaker, please visit:
www.adobe.com/products/framemaker.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Incorporated (www.adobe.com) builds
award-winning software solutions for network publishing, including Web,
ePaper, print, video, wireless and broadband applications. Its graphic
design, imaging, dynamic media and authoring tools enable customers to
create, manage and deliver visually-rich, reliable content.
Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Adobe is the second-largest PC
software company in the U.S., with annual revenues exceeding $1.2
billion.

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