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Source: Rollin White (Rollin@sundialsystems.com)
Moderator: Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
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Sundial Systems Makes It Official:  Version 2.2 of Mesa 2 Is Here!

Seal Beach, CA, September 22, 1998 -- Sundial Systems today is taking
advantage of the 22nd of the month to announce Version 2.2 of Mesa 2,
the best spreadsheet available on OS/2.  Demonstration copies of the
software are currently available for downloading and product
shipments will begin by September 28th.

"The theme of this new version is customizability and ease of use,"
noted J. Daniel Kulp, architect for Version 2.2.  "Now, the toolbars,
menus, and shortcut keys can be customized with over 300 distinct
commands.  The on-screen views of each sheet may be zoomed to
virtually any size and the 'always missing from Mesa' title locking
feature has finally been added."

In addition, over 30 new formula functions and 50 new scripting
functions have also been added.  Numerous other improvements have been
made throughout the product and even spreadsheet capacity has been
increased to allow up to over 700 layers, 18,000 columns, and 99,000
rows per workbook!

"This is a landmark release that's so full of new features and
functions that we really should have called it 3.0" remarked Randell
S. Flint, president of Sundial Systems.  "Not only have we added the
things people have been asking us for, but we've also added innovative
new features like our SmartFormulas and custom OS/2 palettes."

The SmartFormula feature not only allows you to type a word like
"Total" and have the correct value appear under columns of nearby
values, it also lets you define your own such "smart words" for your
own formulas and use them at will.

The custom OS/2 palettes include four new Workplace Shell palette
objects that can be used to set line styles, line widths, background
patterns, and graph markers in the same way that the standard OS/2
color and font palettes can be used.

Also particularly significant in Version 2.2 is the ability of Mesa 2
to import or export Excel 97 workbooks (up to 7MB in size) -- a true
rarity among non-Windows products.  This greatly increases the
versatility of Mesa 2 in mixed-platform environments.

In conjunction with the announcement, the suggested list price of 
Mesa 2 is being reduced to $129 (from $179) making it an incredible
value for a spreadsheet of such power and flexibility.  And for the
next 98 days (approximately until the end of 1998), Sundial and many
of its resellers will be offering Version 2.2 at the promotional price
of just $98.

Because Sundial believes in supporting its customers, there is also an
economical upgrade path for owners of earlier Mesa 2 versions.  Most
license holders can upgrade for just $39 with proof-of-license.

Further details on Mesa 2 Version 2.2, as well as the promotional and
upgrade offers, are available on the Sundial Systems web site,
http://www.sundialsystems.com.


Disclaimers:  Mesa is a trademark of Athena Design, Inc, and used by
Sundial Systems under license.  SmartFormula is a trademark of Sundial
Systems Corporation.  All other product names remain the property of 
their respective companies.

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