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Source: Rollin White (Rollin@sundialsystems.com)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (editor@os2ezine.com)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The PreRelease of Mesa 2 Version 2.2 Is Publicly Available
This Spreadsheet Really Shines

Seal Beach, CA, Nov. 4, 1997 - Sundial Systems is proud to make the
version 2.2 PreRelease of the Mesa 2 spreadsheet available to the
public.  The product has already been through a very intense period
of beta testing and is now ready for the gamma "shake down."

The list of new features is long and impressive.  Here's some of
what's new in version 2.2:

- Customizable and movable toolbars.
- Customizable menus.
- Customizable accelerators.
- Smart Freeze for row and column locking.  It's title locking plus
more.
- New smaller and more capable file format.  
- Printing enhancements including fit-to-page, centering on page,
printing just a graph, printing the entire workbook, and preventing
printing of graphics.
- Enhanced graphs.
- Cell notes/attachments.
- Page comments.
- Numerous REXX Enhancements.
- Over 30 new MScript functions.
- Microsoft Excel XLS version 5.0, 95, and 97 file import for files
up to 7 megabytes in size.
- Autoformat ranges.
- Image support.  Metafiles can be used as an image frame, a
background image for a layer, or as an image for pictogram bars on
bar/column graphs.
- New functions including AVEDEV, DEVSQ, MEDIAN, INTERCEPT, and
TREND.
- Drag and Drop printing from the workbook system menu and layer
selector.
- Increased spreadsheet size with layers up to 99,999 rows.
- File templates.
- Expanded export options for a range including to an HTML table,
Rich
- Text Format, delimited text file, bitmap, or OS/2 Metafile.
- Seamless file compression.
- File type Extended Attributes to remove all dependencies on the
file extension.

Mesa 2 is definitely a full featured spreadsheet.  It conforms to
traditional spreadsheets in terms of general layout, available
features, and fundamental behavior.  But, Mesa 2 is better because it
makes the most of OS/2's advanced capabilities.  Unique tools for
performing tasks such as drag-and-drop ranges, SmartFill, Formula
Inheritance, and REXX scripts make Mesa 2 stand out.

The Mesa 2 PreRelease of version 2.2 can be downloaded from the
Sundial Systems Web site at www.sundialsystems.com and feedback on
the PreRelease is appreciated.  The gamma cycle for version 2.2 is
expected to last for 6 to 8 weeks.  Information about pricing and
upgrade options is not yet available.

Sundial Systems Corporation has been providing quality applications
to the OS/2 community since 1988.  For more information, contact
Carla Hanzlik, Vice President at 562-596-5121 or
Carla@sundialsystems.com.  On the Web, visit Sundial at
www.sundialsystems.com.

Sundial Systems Corporation, 909 Electric Avenue, Suite 204, Seal
Beach, California 90740 USA;
Phone: 562-596-5121

Mesa, Formula Inheritance, and SmartFill are trademarks of Athena
Design, Inc., and used by Sundial Systems Corporation under license. 
OS/2 and REXX are trademarks or registered trademarks of
International Business Machines Corporation.  All other trademarks
remain the property of their respective owners.


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