Corel Previews Corel(r) Grafigo(tm) for the Tablet PC at Seybold SF 2002

The concept design for Corel Grafigo was first introduced as a prototype at TECHX in New York on June 25, 2002 and has since developed into a fully-functional beta application that will be available to preview for the first time at Seybold. Corel Grafigo is a state-of-the-art software application designed specifically for Microsoft(r) Windows(r) XP Professional Tablet PC Edition. Corel is a Microsoft Tablet PC ISV and will deliver a Tablet PC application simultaneously with the release of Microsoft's Tablet PC operating system.

"Microsoft's new operating system is delivering on the promise of mobile computing. The Tablet PC offers customers a new environment for creativity and collaboration," said Ian LeGrow, executive vice-president of product strategy for Corel. "Drawing upon 15 years of graphics software experience and a solid history of supporting Microsoft in the launches of its new operating systems, we are pleased to be introducing Corel Grafigo; an entirely new application engineered from the start to take advantage of the unique benefits of the Tablet PC."

Corel Grafigo brings together tools for graphics and collaboration into an easy-to-use, common interface. The application is designed specifically for knowledge workers in an enterprise setting who conduct most of their day-to-day functions away from their desktops. Corel Grafigo enables mobile knowledge workers to quickly collaborate and communicate their ideas with colleagues through the use of sketching and annotation tools, symbol libraries, shape recognition and hand writing technologies. Built for pen-based computing, this application delivers a user interface that is easy to navigate without the use of a mouse or keyboard.

"As an early adopter of this new Tablet PC form factor, Corel's innovations will help pave the way for customer adoption of the Tablet PC and the freedom and functionality it provides," said Alexandra Loeb, vice-president of the Tablet PC division at Microsoft. "Corel Grafigo truly displays the company's capabilities as a world-class ISV."

Designed to support and encourage the adoption of the Tablet PC, Corel Grafigo is a flexible and extendable application written completely in the C# language using Microsoft(r) Visual Studio(r) .NET. This new application is the result of Corel's strategy to capture the graphical workflows of mobile knowledge workers - future emphasis will be placed on creating tools for customers in key vertical markets.

Corel Corporation
Corel Corporation biedt haar klanten de creatieve tools die zij nodig hebben om hun verbeelding vorm te geven. Met een geschiedenis van software-innovatie en vele loyale klanten wereldwijd heeft Corel internationaal een reputatie verworven als ontwikkelaar van bekroonde grafische en zakelijke applicaties voor Windows-, Macintosh-, Linux- en UNIX-platforms. Corel blijft de ondersteuning van het web uitbreiden door de veelzijdigheid van Internet op te nemen in webgebaseerde applicaties, content en diensten. Corel zal ook applicaties ontwikkelen voor het Microsoft .NET-platform, als onderdeel van het streven om klanten een volledige reeks applicaties en diensten via Internet te bieden. Het hoofdkantoor van Corel is gevestigd in Ottawa, Canada. Corel is genoteerd aan de NASDAQ Stock Market en de Toronto Stock Exchange. Voor meer informatie: www.corel.com.

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