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PDF Annotator 2: A mature software solution for the hot new Tablet PC! For Immediate Release Contact: Oliver Grahl, +49 871 966 58 13, info AT GRAHL-software.com PDF Annotator 2: A mature software solution for the hot new Tablet PC! Everyone agrees on one point: 2010 will be the year of the Tablet PC. Many companies, from Microsoft to Apple, are already preparing to hatch their brand-new products. Even before the new hardware becomes available, Windows PDF Annotator 2 will be waiting at the door. This solution for editing and annotating PDF files has long been optimized for Tablet PCs and has mastered the possibilities of multi-touch operation.
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PDF files are the uncontested choice when it comes to sharing data between different persons, computers, and operating systems. PDFs have even crossed into the mobile domain, and can increasingly be found on cell phones, smart phones, and iPhones. You can be absolutely sure that they will also find their place on the new Tablet PCs that are sure to be Topic Number 1 in 2010. The advantages of PDFs is that they preserve the content and appearance of a document, presentation or graphic image. The disadvantage: there is no easy way to modify them. This is where PDF Annotator 2 comes in: software that lets you open and edit any PDF file on your screen. This makes it possible to add comments, corrections, drawings, signatures, remarks and highlighting to the original file and to save them there. As Oliver Grahl of GRAHL software design puts it: "PDF Annotator 2 is a powerful program that makes it simple and easy to edit books and correct contracts, or any type of document, on the screen. On the classic desktop system, it is already easy to use, but it's only on a touchscreen machine that its full creative capabilities come to life. That's why we're looking forward to the new Tablet PCs: it's as if the matching hardware for our program had just been developed."
PDF Annotator 2: Multi-Touch Motion on a Tablet PC Now, the new Tablet PCs will improve on the process even more. In the Tablet PC environment, users can use their finger as a highlighter, circle errors in a document and add supplementary text in the margin. This makes it much simpler to process any kind of text since it builds on the classic method using pen and paper. Oliver Grahl: "The inroads that Microsoft and Apple are making in this area show how larger companies are making the Tablet PC the number one hardware gadget of 2010. We are ready for them, and expect PDF Annotator 2 to be the first Windows application that is completely suited for this environment."
PDF Annotator 2: Free 30-day trial available
Homepage: http://www.GRAHL-software.com For more information, contact GRAHL software design, Seligenthaler Str. 54, 84034 Landshut, Germany. Email: info AT GRAHL-software.com Internet: http://www.GRAHL-software.com Phone: +49 871 966 58 13 Fax: +49 871 966 58 18. Evaluation Copy Available on Request About GRAHL software design: Since 1996, GRAHL software design has been developing and marketing Windows productivity tools for business and home users. In addition to PDF Annotator, the company also offers SnippetCenter, an information manager that archives text documents, files, code snippets, Internet addresses, comments and notes. |
Jan 27, 2010 |
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PDF Annotator Weekend Sale: Save $20 Working with PDFs? PDF Annotator is such a versatile application. We all receive PDFs all the time and sometimes we want to mark them up, right? Got a new computer for school? Only with PDF Annotator are you able to take your notes on all the PDFs you get in class. Want to boost your productivity in 2010? PDF Annotator will help you work through the loads of electronic documents in 2010. PDF Annotator will be on sale this weekend! Save $20 directly at checkout. This offer is valid for all online purchases of PDF Annotator Regular License (not Student License) between Jan 15 (Friday) and Jan 17, 2010 (Sunday). |
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Important Security Update for PDF Annotator Earlier this week, we received word from a supplier, whose rendering technology we use in PDF Annotator 2, about the potential for malicious code to be executed to compromise users' systems via PDF files, using a very specific means. Though no such exploitation is known to have occurred to date, we felt we should act with some urgency to protect our clients. All PDF Annotator versions prior to release 2.0.0.263 should be updated to a later release. Please update to PDF Annotator 2.0.0.264 or later using the built-in Upgrade Wizard (Select Help, Version Check from the PDF Annotator menu) or download and install the latest version manually. |
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Our Year's End Discount: Save $20 on PDF Annotator Need a last-minute gift? PDF Annotator is such a versatile application. We all receive PDFs all the time and sometimes we want to mark them up, right? Got a new computer for school? Only with PDF Annotator you'll be able to take your notes on all the PDFs you get in class. Still have some small IT budget left? PDF Annotator will help you working through the loads of electronic documents in 2010. PDF Annotator will be on sale for the rest of this year! Save $20 directly at checkout. This offer is valid for all online purchases of PDF Annotator Regular License (not Student License) until Dec 31, 2009. |
Dec 18, 2009 |
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PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Working with the Toolbox In this Feature Spotlight issue, we'll have a look at some PDF Annotator toolbox basics. If you don't already make use of the toolbox, you might find it a hidden gem in PDF Annotator. |
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Netbook Winner Announced GRAHL software design announces the winner of their Win a Netbook with PDF Annotator contest. As part of our Back-to-School promotion, our visitors and users had the chance to win a slick Samsung NC10 Netbook in your color of choice. This prize was drawn on October 1st, and made it into its new owner's hands last week. Millie, our contest winner, is librarian at a Massachusetts college. She plans to use PDF Annotator to teach college students how to use scholarly articles for their research. Here's what she said: "I received the netbook and it is wonderful. I am very excited to use PDF Annotator. I will be using your software to make comments on my students' essays." |
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Win a Netbook with PDF Annotator Also part of our Back-to-School promotion, we get you the chance to win a slick Samsung NC10 Netbook in your color of choice! You may want to distinguish yourself from all the others, schlepping around heavy and darn ugly laptops at school. So we don't only get you a state-of-the-art netbook, we even give you the choice to get it in pink or in blue! Now, that was what you were looking for, right? Be the first to enter for our Netbook, it will be given away by October 1st. |
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Back-to-School with PDF Annotator: $8 off To help you getting started, we will have PDF Annotator Student Licenses on sale for only $21.90 until September 30. That's $8 off! |
Aug 24, 2009 |
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GottaBeMobile.com and Notebooks.com giveaway contest winners announced Our congratulations go to Tami Brass (she posted a comment on the GottaBeMobile.com article), Kerry P Kavanaugh (who commented the Notebooks.com article) and David Daugherty (who participated by tweeting #PDFAnnotator). All three have received their licenses, and we also added our 2 Years Upgrade Assurance for them, so they'll get all upgrades in the coming 24 months for free. |
May 18, 2009 |
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Win One of Three PDF Annotator Licenses with GottaBeMobile.com and Notebooks.com GottaBeMobile.com will run a PDF Annotator promotion later this week, with the chance for you to win one of three PDF Annotator licenses. GottaBeMobile is our premier source for mobile computing news and product tests of devices like Tablet PCs and Netbooks. Even if you already own a PDF Annotator license, maybe you want to tell a friend to go for it. Watch out for this announcement on GottaBeMobile.com from Wednesday through Friday, with all details and instructions on how to win! |
Apr 22, 2009 |
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PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Text Search Text search has been one of the most requested features in earlier PDF Annotator releases. So, in PDF Annotator 2, we introduced the Search toolbar, which implements incremental search, as you know it from current web browsers. In this issue, we'll have a quick look at its capabilities. |
Apr 21, 2009 |
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PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Page Management (Part 3) In the second part, we took a first look at PDF Annotator 2's Page Manager, which provides both page- and document-oriented functions. After examining some of the page functions in Parts 1 and 2, we would now like to draw your attention to some of the document functions. |
Mar 23, 2009 |
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PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 2 is now available for download. |
Mar 06, 2009 |
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PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Page Management (Part 2) In this issue of our Feature Spotlight series, we look at the page management features in PDF Annotator 2, especially moving, rotating and cloning (duplicating) pages. |
Feb 24, 2009 |
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PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Page Management (Part 1) In this issue of our Feature Spotlight series, we give an overview of some of the functionality that has been added to the Page Manager in PDF Annotator 2. |
Jan 26, 2009 |
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PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Snapshot Tool In this issue of our Feature Spotlight series, we have a closer look at the new Snapshot tool introduced in PDF Annotator 2. |
Sep 25, 2008 |
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New Snapshot Tool and Enhanced Full Screen Mode Settings with PDF Annotator A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 2 is now available for download. This version also adds a couple of new features, like a Snapshot tool, and new Full Screen Mode options. |
Aug 28, 2008 |
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PDF Annotator 2 optimizes the classroom experience: Live finalization of PDF presentations! For Immediate Release Contact: Oliver Grahl, +49 871 966 58 13, info AT GRAHL-software.com PDF Annotator 2 optimizes the classroom experience: Live finalization of PDF presentations! PDF Annotator 2 takes classroom presentations to a new level: teachers and professors can now capture the substance of a presentation as a PDF document and project them on the wall. Then PDF Annotator takes over, as the instructor adds remarks and drawings, making possible a new kind of lecture. At the end, the PDF document can be saved in its new form and loaded to a server where it can be downloaded. This is the shape of instruction in the new millennium. PDF Annotator 2 makes PDF documents editable on the screen, instead of just on paper, as in the past. So, for example, important passages can be highlighted, and drawings, strikeouts, or arrows can be added to a page. You can even add comments--either on the keyboard, or by hand. PDF Annotator 's new Version 2 now also lets you add images with a rubber stamp tool. At the end, the result can be printed or saved as a new PDF document. As Oliver Grahl of GRAHL software design puts it: "The numbers of instructors using the full version of our software is steadily increasing because it is so well-suited to classroom use. PDF Annotator 2 really shows off its capabilities when it comes to editing electronic presentations."
PDF Annotator 2: Live PDF presentations in full-screen mode
Now, PDF Annotator 2 can open one of these files during a lecture and display it in full-screen mode. This view eliminates the menus and margins and shows only the pages themselves with narrow toolbars along the edge of the screen. The toolbars can be expanded in seconds when necessary by holding the mouse over them. This represents a brand-new approach and an intriguing solution that saves all available space for the content, while removing unneeded trimmings. In addition, the optional "continuous view" allows the text to be scrolled into view line by line. This is a significant improvement over past practices, where the presenter would slide a piece of paper downwards to progressively expose new bullet points. Fortunately, this antique methodology can now be become a historical curiosity. Presenters can now modify the material while it is being shown. Sketches can be drawn, passages underlined, numbers updated by hand, and arrows drawn to related material. Instructors can also prepare a text with portions left blank that can be filled in during the lecture. Another possible use would be to formulate a mathematical solution to a problem with the help of the audience. Oliver Grahl: "This represents a new way of livening up instruction--in effect, the entire notes are being written during the lecture itself--and with the direct participation of the students. A lot of instructors who have tried this method say that they would never want to give it up." The best way to work on PDF materials is using a Tablet PC, which makes it easy to write or draw on the display with a stylus. It can also be used on any laptop, but most universities already have a good supply of Tablet PC's. Moreover, PDF Annotator 2 also lends itself to distance learning with the help of desktop-sharing software available through outside vendors. A few universities are already using PDF Annotator for this purpose.
PDF Annotator 2: Saves all changes in a new PDF file!
Oliver Grahl: "In this way, it is an easy matter to put together a collection of lecture or classroom notes that can be used to review the material or that can be quickly downloaded by a student who has missed a lecture."
PDF Annotator 2: Free 30-day trial available
For more information, contact GRAHL software design, Seligenthaler Str. 54, 84034 Landshut, Germany. Email: info AT GRAHL-software.com Internet: http://www.GRAHL-software.com Phone: +49 871 966 58 13 Fax: +49 871 966 58 18. Evaluation Copy Available on Request About GRAHL software design: Since 1996, GRAHL software design has been developing and marketing Windows productivity tools for business and home users. In addition to PDF Annotator, the company also offers SnippetCenter, an information manager that archives text documents, files, code snippets, Internet addresses, comments and notes. |
Jul 23, 2008 |
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PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Auto Smooth In this issue of our Feature Spotlight series, we have a closer look at the new Auto-Smooth feature introduced in PDF Annotator 2. |
Jul 04, 2008 |
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PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 2 is now available for download. |
Jul 03, 2008 |
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PDF Annotator 2 facilitates adding comments to PDF documents: Now with Page Manager, Stamps and Toolbox For Immediate Release Contact: Oliver Grahl, +49 871 966 58 13, info AT GRAHL-software.com PDF Annotator 2 facilitates adding comments to PDF documents: Now with Page Manager, Stamps and Toolbox How's this for creativity: PDF Annotator can open PDF documents for markup with electronic ink - turning the revision of an existing document into child's play. Version 2.0 makes the process even more efficient, with new functionality including a Page Manager, a completely customizable Toolbox, Stamps, a Bookmark Manager, and a facility for straightening out handwritten lines. PDF files are a great invention. Documents written and formatted on any personal computer can easily be exchanged between users - no matter how they were created, or what operating system the author or reader are using. PDF documents can be opened, viewed and printed. Unfortunately, they cannot be edited. Or can they? This is where PDF Annotator 2 saves the day. The software lends itself to creating, commenting or revising PDF documents of any kind. In short, PDF Annotator makes it possible to work with a single copy of a text as one would if no computer were available: multiple users can highlight passages with a marker, circle individual words, add handwritten or keyed comments next to existing text, or draw a quick sketch to show how a graphic could be improved. At last, even readers of digital books can add remarks directly on the page. All these annotations can be easily be made on a Tablet PC or graphics tablet, or even with a mouse and keyboard on a regular desktop PC. A key point is that all comments are saved directly in the original PDF file. Oliver Grahl of GRAHL software design puts it this way: "More and more enterprises and creative teams are using PDF Annotator to pass a file from one person to another and gather comments. At the end, all observations and corrections are incorporated into the original. The result is a final version on which everyone has had a chance to comment and contribute - whether it be a manual, a small newspaper, or a company profile."
PDF Annotator 2: Now with virtual stamps! Page Manager: the Page Manager, prominently displayed in the new sidebar, contains thumbnails of all pages in the PDF document. These thumbnails can be used to move, copy or rotate pages - even several pages at once. It is now easy to insert new documents into an existing PDF file, as all of PDF Annotator's tools can be applied to the new file's pages, as well. Page Manager maintains a history of previously visited pages, and can automatically find the next page in the document with annotations. Toolbox: The new Toolbox makes it simple to select the most appropriate tool for the task at hand. This could be a pen, marker, text tool, or stamp. The contents of the Toolbox can be arranged to the user's liking, and the most commonly used tools made quickly accessible through a favorites collection on its own tab. The Toolbox's flexibility gives each individual a quick and easy way to increase productivity. Stamps: The Stamps tab on the sidebar makes it easy to apply designated images to a PDF page, even many times in succession, just as with a rubber stamp. Almost any image file can be used as a stamp. Certain common symbols like check marks and arrows are delivered as part of the software. Just by using the green check mark and the red X, a checklist can be set up in record time. Bold arrows can alert a reader to changes that might otherwise not be immediately apparent. New stamps can be made out of any of a user's image files, or from user-specified text. Bookmark Manager: The new Bookmark Manager lets users create, modify and delete bookmarks in a document. Bookmarks can then be accessed from their own sidebar tab. Another helpful innovation is PDF Annotator's ability to remember which page was open when a document was closed and to automatically return to it the next time that the document is opened. Auto-Smooth: To give the finished document, with all of its changes and comments, a professional appearance, Auto-Smooth can be turned on wherever needed. It straightens any manually drawn line or marker stroke, and even makes drawings look more professional. Version 2 also sports improvements to the full-screen mode and text search functions, and now permits a continuous view of the entire document. The menus and toolbars have likewise been optimized and given a new look and feel. When composing text, users can now choose from among different background colors and borders. A new super-fast rendering engine optimizes clarity and readability, even when small fonts are used.
PDF Annotator 2: Free 30-day trial available For more information, contact GRAHL software design, Seligenthaler Str. 54, 84034 Landshut, Germany. Email: info AT GRAHL-software.com Internet: http://www.GRAHL-software.com Phone: +49 871 966 58 13 Fax: +49 871 966 58 18. Evaluation Copy Available on Request About GRAHL software design: Since 1996, GRAHL software design has been developing and marketing Windows productivity tools for business and home users. In addition to PDF Annotator, the company also offers SnippetCenter, an information manager that archives text documents, files, code snippets, Internet addresses, comments and notes. |
Jun 30, 2008 |
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PDF Annotator 2 Now Available PDF Annotator 2 adds many new features and improvements, just to list some of them:
Screenshots and Description of New Features in PDF Annotator 2 |
Jun 10, 2008 |
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PDF Annotator Nominated for SIA Awards 2008 PDF Annotator has been nominated for the Shareware Industry Awards 2008, which will be announced at the Software Industry Conference in Boston, MA in July. The nomination is in the Best Vertical Market Program category. Last year's award in this category went to VMware Workstation by VMware Inc. Other last year's winners were PaintShop Pro by Corel Corporation, Microsoft Office 2007 by Microsoft Corporation, Google Earth by Google Inc., Skype by Skype Limited and Mozilla Firefox by Mozilla Foundation--so you see we're in pretty good company! It is a great honour for us to read our product's name between those other famous software products, so we're looking forward to the ceremonies at SIC in Boston. See you there! |
May 27, 2008 |
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PDF Annotator 2: Third Beta Available PDF Annotator 2 adds many new features and improvements, just to list some of them:
Screenshots and Description of New Features in PDF Annotator 2 |
May 02, 2008 |
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PDF Annotator 2: Second Beta Available PDF Annotator 2 adds many new features and improvements, just to list some of them:
Screenshots and Description of New Features in PDF Annotator 2 |
Apr 14, 2008 |
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PDF Annotator 2 going into BETA PDF Annotator 2 adds many new features and improvements, just to list some of them:
Screenshots and Description of New Features in PDF Annotator 2 |
Mar 20, 2008 |
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PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download. |
Mar 07, 2008 |
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PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download. |
Jan 04, 2008 |
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PDF Annotator awarded Second Place at the 2007 Epsilon Awards! For Immediate Release Contact: Oliver Grahl, +49 871 966 58 13, info AT GRAHL-software.com PDF Annotator awarded Second Place at the 2007 Epsilon Awards At the annual presentation of the Epsilon Awards this year, GRAHL Software Design’s PDF Annotator was awarded second place. This now award-winning software can be used to mark up an existing PDF file with comments, corrections, and drawings. This makes editing any kind of PDF document child’s play. The European Software Conference (ESWC) has been presenting the Epsilon Awards since 2006. These are presented to software developers who have created a standalone application for the Windows, MacOS, or Linux platforms and who have made it through a qualifying round to distinguish themselves from the competition in open voting. Last year’s winner was the British company Alcohol Soft’s program Alcohol 120%. The winner of this year’s competition was xplorer2. Runner-up was Germany’s PDF Annotator, and third place was awarded to the well-known compression tool WinRAR. After the qualifying round (July - September) and the voting phase (September - October), these three applications trounced the remaining competition. Results of the voting were announced at the November 4 session of the European Software Conference in Cologne. Oliver Grahl of GRAHL software design states: "We are proud of PDF Annotator’s success in the face of strong competition from all over Europe. We see ourselves in a strengthened position from having made available a truly innovative piece of software that fills a real gap in today’s marketplace." The award was presented by Hubert Gey, chairman of the Economic Committee of the City of Cologne, in the name of the Lord Mayor of Cologne, Fritz Schramma, and under the auspices of the European Software Conference.
PDF Annotator 1.5: Mark Up PDF Files! Originally developed for Tablet PC’s and graphic tablets to let users add comments to PDF files with a stylus, the new Version 1.5 makes PDF Annotator available on ordinary desktop PC’s. According to Oliver Grahl: "It’s unbelievable how PDF Annotator makes life easier in the office or in school. Proofreading, annotating and editing of PDF files now become child’s play." PDF Annotator 1.5 software (8.5 MB) runs on Windows XP, 2000 und Vista, as well as Tablet PCs. A free 30-day evaluation download is available from the website. The software sells for $ 49.95. Special discounts are available for students, schools, and universities. Corporate purchasers can take advantage of economical Corporate Packs. For more information, contact GRAHL software design, Seligenthaler Str. 54, 84034 Landshut, Germany. Email: info AT GRAHL-software.com Internet: http://www.GRAHL-software.com Phone: +49 871 966 58 13 Fax: +49 871 966 58 18. Evaluation Copy Available on Request About GRAHL software design: Since 1996, GRAHL software design has been developing and marketing Windows productivity tools for business and home users. In addition to PDF Annotator, the company also offers SnippetCenter, an information manager that archives text documents, files, code snippets, Internet addresses, comments and notes. |
Nov 13, 2007 |
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PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download. |
Oct 24, 2007 |
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PDF Annotator Nominated for Epsilon Award For the first time, PDF Annotator has been nominated for the Epsilon Award 2007, which will be announced at the European Software Conference in early November. It is a great honour for us to read our product's name between those other famous nominated software products. So, if you like PDF Annotator, and want to support us, please give your vote on the website below: Vote for PDF Annotator! |
Sep 17, 2007 |
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PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download. |
Aug 07, 2007 |
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PDF Annotator 1.5: Just type right in a PDF document! For Immediate Release Contact: Oliver Grahl, ++49 871 966 58 13, info AT GRAHL-software.com PDF Annotator 1.5: Just type right in a PDF document! PDF Annotator revolutionizes the way users in business, educational, or home settings deal with their PDF documents. Now it's possible to insert comments on PDF documents from any PC. Text boxes, highlighting, drawings and images--all are easy to add to any PDF document with PDF Annotator. The whole world is becoming digital. Documents are no longer distributed on paper, but sent on their way electronically. To eliminate compatibility issues between the sender and the recipient, the PDF format was devised. Any type of file that uses this format can be opened, read or printed from any computer, but cannot modified. This is where PDF Annotator comes in, to put an end to a forced passivity where dealing with PDF files is concerned. In the words of developer Oliver Grahl: "Users can process PDF’s as if they were documents lying on a table in front of them. They can use any white space to insert comments, and they can point out important sections by underlining or highlighting them or correct mistakes by crossing words out." Whenever a document is presented in PDF form, PDF Annotator is the tool of choice when it comes to searching text, collaboration, or editing. The software was first made available to users of Tablet PC’s and graphics tablets in order to let them make corrections in place using a stylus. PDF Annotator Version 1.5 has just been released. This means that PDF Annotator can now run on any desktop PC--a request made by many users who wanted to be able to use this clever program on their office PC. PDF Annotator 1.5: Just start typingNow you can just type in corrections anywhere using your keyboard. This makes it possible to thoroughly comment a document without having to do it by hand. Just click any spot, and start typing. The text that you enter becomes part of the document, but you can also use PDF Annotator at a later time to change what you’ve added. Once you’ve made all your changes, you can integrate all of your comments into the document with a single click. But that’s not all: the new version contains many interesting new features. For example, you’ll find that Version 1.5 lets you add images and photos to a PDF. Text and images can be brought into a PDF through the clipboard. You can also add any number of drawings to a PDF and mark up text. Version 1.5 gives users a palette of customizable drawing tools. Of course, PDF Annotator 1.5 is ready for Vista. According to Oliver Grahl: "The most notable enhancement in PDF Annotator 1.5 is clearly the ability to enter text through the keyboard. This makes PDF Annotator available for use on any desktop PC. Our customers are always telling us that PDF Annotator is one of the few essential tools that they use every day." Try PDF Annotator free for 30 daysPDF Annotator 1.5 (6.5 MB) can be used with Windows XP, 2000, and Vista, and also with Tablet PC’s. You can download PDF Annotator for a free 30-day evaluation from the website. A manual (0.7 MB) is available as a separate download. The software retails for $49.95(US). In addition, there are attractive discounts available for students, entire schools and institutes of higher education. Business users can take advantage of reduced-price Corporate Packs. For more information, contact GRAHL software design, Seligenthaler Str. 54, 84034 Landshut, Germany. Email: info AT GRAHL-software.com Internet: http://www.GRAHL-software.com Phone: ++49 871 966 58 13 Fax: ++49 871 966 58 18. Evaluation Copy Available on Request About GRAHL software design: Since 1996, GRAHL software design has been developing and marketing Windows productivity tools for business and home users. In addition to PDF Annotator, the company also offers SnippetCenter, an information manager that archives text documents, files, code snippets, Internet addresses, comments and notes. |
Jul 20, 2007 |
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PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download. |
Jul 04, 2007 |
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PDF Annotator 1.5 published The new PDF Annotator 1.5 release is now available from the download area. The new release includes the long awaited keyboard annotation (text boxes) feature, insert images command, custom pens and lots of minor improvements. |
May 07, 2007 |
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PDF Annotator 1.5 RC1 The new PDF Annotator 1.5 BETA release is now available from the download area. |
Mar 27, 2007 |
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PDF Annotator Single Student License Price Reduced to $29.90! All students among our users will like to hear that we decreased the price for the single student license to now only USD 29.90! |
Mar 25, 2007 |
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New: Select PayPal Payment Method You may now also select PayPal as your preferred payment method in our online shop. |
Mar 24, 2007 |
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PDF Annotator 1.5 BETA The new PDF Annotator 1.5 BETA release is now available from the download area. |
Mar 21, 2007 |
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New: French Version of PDF Annotator PDF Annotator is now also available in French! |
Mar 15, 2007 |
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PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download. |
Feb 07, 2007 |
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PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download. |
Jan 31, 2007 |
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PDF Annotator "Corporate Packs" promotion extended We have just extended our Corporate Packs promotion for an additional month: Only until end of February, GRAHL software design offers PDF Annotator Corporate Packs at significantly discounted prices. Packs are available for 25, 50 and 100 seats. |
Jan 31, 2007 |
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SnippetCenter Maintenance Release Available A minor maintenance release of SnippetCenter is now available for download. |
Nov 30, 2006 |
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PDF Annotator "Corporate Packs" on sale now For a limited time, GRAHL software design offers PDF Annotator Corporate Packs at significantly discounted prices. Packs are available for 25, 50 and 100 seats. |
Oct 31, 2006 |
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PDF Annotator 1.3.0.71 Available The new PDF Annotator release is now available for download. |
Oct 04, 2006 |
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SnippetCenter 2.1.0.57 Available The new SnippetCenter release is now available for download. |
Oct 04, 2006 |
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PDF Annotator 1.3 with numerous improvements We have just finished a maintenance release for PDF Annotator, but this release also contains numerous improvements and new features that have been requested by our users. Just to name a few:
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Aug 22, 2006 |
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NEW: Organize Your PDFs with SnippetCenter Professional Starting with version 2.0.0.51, which has been released today, SnippetCenter Professional also supports PDF Snippets to store PDF documents right in SnippetCenter. Organize your documents in sections and folders in SnippetCenter, and find you files documents with the integrated full text search. Open and edit files from within SnippetCenter with any software, and - thanks to our special support for this - open them in our PDF Annotator software with just one click. |
Aug 22, 2006 |
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PDF Annotator 1.3 RC1 The new PDF Annotator 1.3 BETA release is now available from the download area. |
Aug 18, 2006 |
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PDF Annotator 1.3 BETA The new PDF Annotator 1.3 BETA release is now available from the download area. |
Aug 04, 2006 |
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Norton Antivirus resolves false alarm on AB-Clock Since their virus definition update from July 8, 2006, Norton Antivirus reported a false positive, saying the goMsg.dll component, which is part of our AB-Clock product, would be a malware called Spyware.SniperSpy. The vendor Symantec was informed about the problem, has confirmed and resolved it with their latest virus signature update. Norton Antivirus users should update to the latest definitions, if not yet automatically done. |
Jul 21, 2006 |
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Norton Antivirus reports false alarm on AB-Clock Since last weekend's virus definition update, Norton Antivirus reports a false positive, saying the goMsg.dll component, which is part of our AB-Clock product, would be a malware called Spyware.SniperSpy. The vendor Symantec has been informed about the problem and they are already working on resolving it. Until then, you can help yourself, depending on your configuration, by moving the goMsg.dll file out of the quarantine, or by telling Norton to ignore detections on this file. If Norton has silently deleted the file, you will have to reinstall AB-Clock to get it back. You will find step by step instructions here. |
Jul 10, 2006 |
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SnippetCenter 2 - The Portal to Your Knowledge - Now Available! Welcome to this completely revised SnippetCenter release. Organize everything in one place: text, files, contacts, internet addresses, diagrams and code snippets. The new release introduces an additional level of organization in colored sections, extended import and export, optional 128-bit encryption of your data, write protection and much more! |
Jul 02, 2006 |
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Educational Pricing for PDF Annotator Extended During our "Spring Promotion", that has now been extended by a month, we offer PDF Annotator with very reasonable discounts. The single student license is 34.90 USD instead of 49.95 USD. With a "Buddy Pack" of 5 or 10 student licenses it goes down to 22.90 USD per license. Complete schools or universities may license PDF Annotator using the "School Packs", for example for 1000 students the price is less than 2.00 USD per license. See our Educational Pricing for details. |
Jun 20, 2006 |
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PDF Annotator "School Pack": PDF's are Appearing Everywhere in the Academic and Research Worlds For Immediate Release Contact: Oliver Grahl, ++49 871 966 58 13, info AT GRAHL-software.com PDF Annotator "School Pack": PDF's are Appearing Everywhere in the Academic and Research Worlds. PDF Annotator makes it easy to write and draw directly on PDF documents. Right now, PDF Annotator is finding more and more uses in instructional settings-by both teachers and students. Seizing on this, the producer has now decided to make the software available as an economically-priced "School Pack." Any document, spreadsheet or presentation can be saved in PDF format. And anyone can view any of these files with the free Acrobat Reader. So it doesn't matter what application was originally used to create the PDF. Meanwhile PDF (Portable Document Format) documents are spreading like wildlife and popping up everywhere. A PDF revolution is taking place on the average home computer. Formerly, PDF documents could only be viewed and printed-unless one had expensive additional software, they could not be edited. Now, PDF Annotator makes it easy and cost-efficient to add notes to PDF documents. Comments can be added in longhand. Anyone can now circle entire paragraphs, draw arrows to point out areas of special interest, or underline text. In the past, PDF Annotator could be found mainly in businesses, where with either a Tablet PC or a Windows 2000/XP desktop, documents or charts could be edited and commented on the spot. Now, this versatile tool has now made its way into the realm of teaching and research. Creative Instruction-Using PDF AnnotatorPDF Annotator is finding more and more uses in schools and universities. For example, in private schools where many students have laptops or Tablet PC's, they can can fill in answers to worksheets directly on the screen. The teacher can then collect the saved PDF's and grade them. Says developer Oliver Grahl, "In some schools, technological progress is not just a talking point, but reality. We are glad to see PDF Annotator helping to make this possible." PDF Annotator can also be found in ever more settings at the university level. No longer is it necessary to install clunky overhead projectors-instead, instructors can simply connect a PC projector to a Tablet PC. Instructors can write directly on a pen-equipped computer while lecturing, in the same way they used to write on a transparency or chalkboard. Results are displayed directly on the screen, and the subject matter becomes alive and immediate. And that's not all: According to Oliver Grahl, "When the lecture is over, the entire script can simply be loaded to a server as a PDF and subsequently downloaded. Students can dispense with taking notes and really concentrate on the lecture." That is just the first of many possibilities involving PDF Annotator. Instructors can also use it to scan exams, distribute articles with added comments, or add observations to theses. Now available: the "School Pack" at an especially attractive priceStudents may now obtain PDF Annotator at a special "Spring Savings" price of US$34.90 instead of $49.95. For those students who want to save both their friends and themselves money, there is also the "Buddy Pack": a package of 5 licenses that brings down the cost of one license to $25.80. For a group of 10, the per-license prices drops to $22.90. When PDF Annotator is purchased for an entire school or university, an even greater discount is applied: The price drops to $9.98 (100 Pack), $2.80 (500 Pack), or $2.00 per license (1000 pack). "PDF Annotator 1.2" (3.4 MB) can be downloaded and used on a trial basis for 30 days. A User Guide in PDF format is available as a separate 1.1 MB PDF file. The program runs on a Tablet PC or a Windows 2000/XP desktop. For more information, contact GRAHL software design, Seligenthaler Str. 54, 84034 Landshut, Germany. Email: info AT GRAHL-software.com Internet: http://www.GRAHL-software.com Phone: ++49 871 966 58 13 Fax: ++49 871 966 58 18. Evaluation Copy Available on Request About GRAHL software design: Since 1996, GRAHL software design has been developing and marketing Windows productivity tools for business and home users. In addition to PDF Annotator, the company also offers SnippetCenter, an information manager that archives text documents, files, code snippets, Internet addresses, comments and notes; AB-Clock, a world time clock, calendar, alarm, and system monitor; AB-Edit, a no-cost, multiple-document text editor; AB-Euro, a free desktop currency calculator that converts between the Euro and 28 major currencies; and MessageBlocker, an Outlook Express add-on that enhances privacy and safety by blocking unwanted messages. |
May 05, 2006 |
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Educational Pricing for PDF Annotator Available for a Limited Time During our "Spring Promotion", we offer PDF Annotator with very reasonable discounts. The single student license is 34.90 USD instead of 49.95 USD. With a "Buddy Pack" of 5 or 10 student licenses it goes down to 22.90 USD per license. Complete schools or universities may license PDF Annotator using the "School Packs", for example for 1000 students the price is less than 2.00 USD per license. See our Educational Pricing for details. |
Apr 20, 2006 |
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NEW: Free Currency Calculator for Tablet PCs GRAHL software design announces TPCurrency, a free currency calculator for conversion between 36 international currencies. TPCurrency is a customized edition of our well known AB-Euro currency converter, that has been developed especially for the use on Tablet PCs. |
Mar 10, 2006 |
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AB-Euro 2.2 with 7 additional currencies AB-Euro 2.2.0.20 now supports 36 currencies. These currencies have been added: Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY, Croatian Kuna HRK, Indonesian Rupiah IDR, Malaysian Ringgit MYR, Philippine Peso PHP, Russian Rouble RUB, Thai Baht THB. |
Mar 09, 2006 |
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PDF Annotator 1.2 PDF Annotator 1.2 now contains a completely new, very effective rendering engine to display PDF documents. Other enhancements and the much requested full screen mode have also been added. PDF Annotator can now also be ordered on CD-ROM. |
Oct 04, 2005 |
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PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA 3 Another PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA release is now available from the download area. |
Oct 02, 2005 |
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PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA 2 Another PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA release is now available from the download area. |
Sep 28, 2005 |
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PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA The new PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA release is now available from the download area. |
Sep 08, 2005 |
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AB-Clock 2.0.0.20 available The new AB-Clock release is now available for download. |
Aug 30, 2005 |
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AB-Euro supports New Romanian Leu AB-Euro 2.1.0.18 supports the converted Romanian currency RON. |
Aug 30, 2005 |
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AB-Euro 2.1 published Version 2.1 of AB-Euro offers 28 additional foreign currencies (now including the New Turkish Lira TRY)with daily updated rates via the internet. |
Aug 19, 2005 |
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GRAHL software design sponsors European Software Conference This year, GRAHL software design sponsors the yearly European Software Conference ESWC. |
Aug 17, 2005 |
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PDF Annotator passes Microsoft Tablet PC Verification PDF Annotator has successfully passed the Microsoft Windows Tablet PC Verification Test and is now also available on the Microsoft Tablet PC Application Catalog. |
Aug 16, 2005 |
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PDF Annotator 1.1.0.41 available The new PDF Annotator release is now available for download. |
Aug 11, 2005 |
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PDF Annotator 1.1.0.40 available The new PDF Annotator release is now available for download. |
Aug 02, 2005 |
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PDF Annotator 1.1.0.35 available The new PDF Annotator release is now available for download. |
Jun 17, 2005 |
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PDF Annotator 1.1.0.31 available The new PDF Annotator release is now available for download. |
Jun 15, 2005 |
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Easily Add Comments to PDF Files For Immediate Release Contact: Oliver Grahl, ++49 871 966 58 13, info AT GRAHL-software.com Easily Add Comments to PDF Files GRAHL software design has released PDF Annotator(tm), a Tablet PC program that lets you open any PDF file, add comments using the Tablet PC pen, and save the annotated documents in PDF format. Using PDF Annotator, you can highlight text, circle or cross out items, write your comments in the margins, and provide all sorts of written feedback that your business colleagues, customers, prospects, and students can read or print. On December 1, 2004, Microsoft announced the winners of their Tablet PC Developer Application Contest, and PDF Annotator was among the 12 applications that won an award. For more information, please see Microsoft's press release on http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/dec04/12-01TabletPCWinnerPR.asp Before PDF Annotator, proofreading and commenting on a PDF file was a complex process. All of the people on the project had to have multiple software products, and spend a lot of time wrestling with files. Alternatively, they could print PDF files, annotate them manually, and pass paper to the various team members. PDF Annotator lets you add comments naturally, using a pen. All files remain in standard PDF format, and all of the work takes place in a single step. The resulting PDF files can be easily emailed to business colleagues around the world. It's simple to insert blank pages and add extensive comments. You can even use PDF Annotator for note taking by creating a new, blank PDF document. Filling in forms is a natural application for PDF Annotator. People can enter information and distribute it to colleagues, without having to learn to use a new computer program. Whether you're a business manager who is responsible for coordinating work with people around the globe, a project manager who needs to get quick feedback from team members, a business owner who needs an easy way for customers to fill in forms and sign documents, an educator who wants an efficient way to provide feedback to students, or a creative writer who needs to gather feedback from people who lack complex technical skills, PDF Annotator has the tools that you need. PDF Annotator runs on the Tablet PC and similar devices, costs $29.90(US) or 24.90 Euros for a single-user license, and may be purchased securely online from http://www.GRAHL-software.com/. Multi-user licenses are available. You can download a 30-day trial version from the same web address. For more information, contact GRAHL software design, Seligenthaler Str. 54, 84034 Landshut, Germany. Email: info AT GRAHL-software.com Internet: http://www.GRAHL-software.com Phone: ++49 871 966 58 13 Fax: ++49 871 966 58 18. Evaluation Copy Available on Request About GRAHL software design: Since 1996, GRAHL software design has been developing and marketing Windows productivity tools for business and home users. In addition to PDF Annotator, the company also offers SnippetCenter, an information manager that archives text documents, files, code snippets, Internet addresses, comments and notes; AB-Clock, a world time clock, calendar, alarm, and system monitor; AB-Edit, a no-cost, multiple-document text editor; AB-Euro, a free desktop currency calculator that converts between the Euro and 28 major currencies; and MessageBlocker, an Outlook Express add-on that enhances privacy and safety by blocking unwanted messages. |
Jun 14, 2005 |
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PDF Annotator 1.1.0.30 available The new PDF Annotator release is now available for download. |
Jun 14, 2005 |
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PDF Annotator 1.0.0.23 available The new pre-release of PDF Annotator is now available for download. |
Jan 26, 2005 |
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PDF Annotator 1.0.0.20 available Finally, the first pre-release of PDF Annotator is now publicly available. |
Jan 14, 2005 |
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AB-Clock 2.0.0.18 available The new version offers a completely revised user interface, several improvements and new features. |
Dec 15, 2004 |
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PDF Annotator wins at Microsoft Tablet PC Contest PDF Annotator for annotating PDF files on the Tablet PC, wins at the Microsoft "Does Your Application Think in Ink?" Tablet PC Contest together with eleven other programs. After a pre-judging out of 260 participating applications, the finalists, including GRAHL software design with their PDF Annotator product, presented their applications to a well-known judge of computer journalists and analysts, hosted at Ziff Davis Media in San Francisco, CA. The judge awarded two products with the first (ArtRage, Ambient Design) and second (GoBinder, Agilix) prize and then awarded prizes to ten more finalists of the contest totaling $165,000. See also: |
Dec 01, 2004 |
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Coming soon: PDF Annotator for the Tablet PC PDF Annotator enables the user to open any PDF file and add annotations, using the TabletPC pen, directly on the PDF file's pages. The annotated documents can be saved back directly to PDF. This way, everybody is able to read or print the annotated PDF documents. Annotated documents can also be attached to emails easily. PDF Annotator will be released in December 2004. |
Nov 30, 2004 |
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News now on RSS feed You may now subscribe to our RSS news feed. |
Nov 11, 2004 |
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MessageBlocker and Windows XP SP2 - Compatibility Because of the changes made by Microsoft in Windows XP ServicePack 2 regarding Outlook Express, MessageBlocker cannot be used under SP2. |
Sep 01, 2004 |
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20% Discount - share-it! Customer Survey 2004 Our partner share-it! runs a customer survey regarding habits on buying software until July, 9 2004. As a thank you for your participation, you will get a 20% rebate voucher for any downloadable product from the element 5 e-store at http://store.element5.de. |
Jun 17, 2004 |
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Maintenance Work on DeuPAD FactSheets Because of a migration to higher-capacity server hardware, the DeuPAD FactSheet service might be unavailable during this day. Other parts of the website will not be affected. |
Jan 29, 2004 |
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MessageBlocker 1.0.1 available The service releases fixes a problem with special mail formats. |
Jan 30, 2003 |
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SnippetCenter Professional 1.0.3 available The update fixes some problems of the previous version. |
Jan 29, 2003 |
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SnippetCenter Professional 1.0.2 available The update offers a new backup feature and minor fixes. |
Nov 14, 2002 |
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AB-Edit 1.2.1 available New version with minor changes and fixes. |
Nov 07, 2002 |
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AB-Clock 1.5.1 available This version fixes some problems with Windows NT4 and Windows XP with Service Pack 1. |
Nov 06, 2002 |
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MessageBlocker 1.0.0 available The initial version of our new product MessageBlocker is available for download now. |
Oct 30, 2002 |
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New Website open Our completely revised website has been published today. |
Oct 28, 2002 |
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AB-Edit 1.2.0 available New version with minor changes and fixes. |
Oct 14, 2002 |
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SnippetCenter Professional 1.0.1 available The update fixes a problem with JPEG images in contact snippets. |
Oct 01, 2002 |
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MessageBlocker 0.9.1 available This preview version fixes a problem with printing messages. |
Sep 25, 2002 |
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SnippetCenter Professional 1.0.0 available The initial version of our new product SnippetCenter Professional is available for download now. |
Sep 25, 2002 |
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AB-Clock 1.5.0.2 available This version fixes a rare problem on Windows shutdown. |
Sep 25, 2002 |
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MessageBlocker 0.9.0 available First public preview version of our new product MessageBlocker. |
Sep 18, 2002 |
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Test and Win! We will give away five free licenses among all beta testers of our new product MessageBlocker. |
Sep 18, 2002 |
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Flood Donation We have decided to donate half of the income from our shareware product line of one month from 08/20/2002 to 09/20/2002 to Caritas campaign "Flood Victims in Middle Europe". |
Aug 20, 2002 |
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AB-Euro 2.0.0.0 available The new version 2.0 of AB-Euro now offers 28 additional foreign currencies with daily updated rates via the internet. |
Jul 23, 2002 |
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AB-Clock 1.5.0.1 available This version fixes a problem with invoking the online help. |
Jul 04, 2002 |
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AB-Edit 1.1.0 available New version with some changes and fixes. |
Jun 28, 2002 |
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AB-Clock 1.5.0.0 available AB-Clock 1.5 with improved installation and some fixed problems. |
Jun 25, 2002 |
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Vote and Win: Isidor Awards Once again, our products AB-Clock and PhoneWatch have been nominated for the Isidor Awards for Shareware. Vote for your favourite product and win prices, like a notebook or a digital camera. |
May 17, 2002 |
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SnippetCenter Professional 0.9.0 available First public preview version of our new product SnippetCenter. |
May 16, 2002 |
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Test and Win! We will give away ten free licenses among all beta testers of our new product SnippetCenter. |
May 16, 2002 |
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DeuPAD Ressources: PAD Form Demo The PAD Form Demo in Perl demonstrates an easy implementation path to integration PAD within existing submit forms for software archives. |
Mar 08, 2002 |
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AB-Edit 1.0.3 available This version fixes a startup problem on Windows 9x/Me. |
Mar 05, 2002 |
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AB-Edit 1.0.2 available This version contains minor fixes. |
Mar 02, 2002 |
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Tip of the Day at Shareware.de AB-Clock has been recommended as Tip of the Day by the editorial staff of Shareware.de . |
Feb 24, 2002 |
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AB-Edit 1.0.1 available This version contains minor fixes. |
Feb 11, 2002 |
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AB-Edit 1.0.0 available The first official version is available now. |
Jan 02, 2002 |
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"It is really a great aid to instructors. I have my students turn in papers in PDF and then I grade them on my tablet. It saves me from carrying around hundreds of pages of printed material. I would strongly recommend your program to college instructors." Fred Terry, University of Michigan Michigan "I love your PDF Annotator. It is an awesome piece of software. Saves me a bunch of steps when signing documents and returning them electronically. My TabletPC just became about 10 times more useful because of it." Steve Martin smart-technology.biz More PDF Annotator Testimonials... |
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