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From: daugher@ksrcnxt3.tamu.edu (Walter C. Daugherity)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Free beta version of PowerStep!
Keywords: PowerStep, Ashton-Tate, third-party NeXT software
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Date: 1 Dec 90 23:03:56 GMT
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Ashton-Tate is distributing a beta version of their new NeXT spreadsheet,
PowerStep, free!  Call (800)2ASHTON for a "PowerStep Be a Beta" test
agreement, or write

	Ashton-Tate
	Attn: Customer Service/PowerStep Be a Beta
	P. O. Box 2833
	Torrance, California 90509-9972.

When you mail back the signed agreement and an optical disk, Ashton-Tate
will send you PowerStep and documentation, and a certificate for $50 off
the final version when released during the first quarter of 1991 (list 
price $695).

According to Ashton-Tate, PowerStep features include:
	classic NeXT ease of use
	extraordinary graphics (with live 3D chart rotation)
	integrated voice recording and playback (spreadsheets that talk!)
	spreadsheet publishing features for high-quality reporting and
		presentation
	WILMA macro language (can be used for including voice and written
		instructions)
	Lotus 1-2-3 file compatibility (except macros)
	link multiple spreadsheets by point-and-click
	virtually unlimited number of concurrent spreadsheets, each up to
		16K by 16K cells

I have no connection with Ashton-Tate, but I know a good deal when I see one!

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Walter C. Daugherity			Internet, NeXTmail: daugher@cs.tamu.edu
Texas A & M University			uucp: uunet!cs.tamu.edu!daugher
College Station, TX 77843-3112		BITNET: DAUGHER@TAMVENUS
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