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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Circus Ponies NoteBook 1.1 Ships on Mac OS X with over 30 New Features and Enhancements Free Upgrades for Current Customers and User Group Programs Also Announced SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 16, 2003 - Circus Ponies Software, Inc. today announced the availability of NoteBook 1.1, an enhanced version of its acclaimed outlining, clipping, and free-form database product for Mac OS X. The update is free to all registered users and can be downloaded directly from the company's web site. A 30-day free trial version of the full product is also available. "NoteBook 1.1 integrates hundreds of user suggestions and recommendations based on the thousands of downloads and user requests we've gotten since we first launched NoteBook two months ago," said Jayson Adams, co-founder and VP of Technology at Circus Ponies. "We've been thrilled by the partnership our customers have forged with us. Between the new features we've thought up together and the legacy outlining features they've helped us to understand, we think NoteBook is better positioned than ever to bridge the gap between working styles in the digital hub. And that can only make Mac users love OS X even more." What's New in NoteBook 1.1 The new version of NoteBook provides over 30 new features, enhancements, and improvements, concentrated in four areas: (1) power outlining and annotation features; (2) advanced clipping, import/export, and media management services; (3) advanced search and navigation; and (4) user interface enhancements. The release also includes performance and printing improvements, a comprehensive new online help system, along with various bug fixes and minor enhancements. Highlights of the new NoteBook 1.1 release are as follows: New Power Outlining and Annotation Features NEW - Power outlining commands, including Hoist/Unhoist, Move Up, Move Down, Move Right,Move Left, all with keyboard equivalents NEW - New List Mode for quickly entering lists with a single Return to end editing and add a new item NEW - Checkboxes for Action Item tracking NEW- Voice annotation NEW- New 'Cell Date' attribute for assigning your own dates to items NEW - Sticker and Keyword 'Favorites' lists NEW - Contextual menus for quickly assigning or replacing Stickers and Keywords NEW - 'Assign as Keyword' feature for current selection NEW- Automatic 'Clipping Source' Keyword to identify the source app of each clipping NEW - Insert Cell Break command NEW - Cell Selection commands (i.e., Next/Previous Sibling) IMPROVED - Formatting and indexing of Japanese text ENHANCED - Paragraph Mode Indicator ENHANCED - Greater range of scalability of attachments within Media Frames ENHANCED - Adjustable opacity levels for your highlighters Exclusive New Clipping, Import/Export, and Media Management Services NEW - 'Super-Clipping' Service, featuring access through NoteBook's new contextual menu plug-in NEW - 'Clip and Annotate' feature to edit a selection before clipping it (via Super-Clipping) NEW - Automatic URL clipping from Safari (via Super-Clipping) NEW - Clip as Plain Text feature (either as global/page preference or on a per-clipping basis) NEW - Scale Movies within Media Frames (.mpeg, .mov) NEW - Audio playback within Media Frames (.wav, .mpeg, .aiff) NEW -Specify which page of a PDF file to display in a Media Frame NEW - Importing Preferences, including drag-to-copy/drag-to-link and default settings for Media Frames IMPROVED - Clipping Service tracking and management IMPROVED - Media file type recognition IMPROVED - Export to RTFD ENHANCED - NoteBook OPML Import now compensates for the incorrectly-generated OPML files exported by certain OS X apps ENHANCED - Greater range of scalability of attachments within Media Frames Advanced Search and Navigation NEW -"Super-Tab" Navigation that lets you Control-Click on Section Tabs to navigate directly to their contained pages NEW - Emacs-style Navigation NEW - Page Zoom (to change the percentage view on screen) NEW - Use selection for Super-Find ENHANCED - Super-Find interface, including clear buttons for search field and lists User Interface Enhancements NEW - Support for the Graphite interface style NEW - NoteBook page customization options (show/hide page names, page numbers, page curl, punch holes, inspector button, plus option to use 2-D cell controls) ENHANCED - Preferences, including the ability to enable/disable Tool Tips Printing Services Enhancements NEW - Fixed paper size printing added ENHANCED - Divider Page printing About Circus Ponies NoteBook Circus Ponies NoteBook is a combination outliner and free-form database that lets OS X users clip, organize, and share unstructured information from any source in any way they like. The program uses an easy-to-understand notebook interface to provide state-of-the-art media capture, multi-dimensional indexing, and inter-application clipping services. Circus Ponies NoteBook is already being used and praised in the Education, SciTech, and Small Business markets worldwide. System Requirements Circus Ponies NoteBook 1.1 runs on Mac OS X version 10.1 or higher. Pricing and Availability NoteBook 1.1 is available now directly from the Circus Ponies online store for a list price of $49.95 per user. The Circus Ponies online store also offers a direct, discounted educational price of $29.95 to students, faculty, staff, and administration of qualifying educational institutions. See the company's General FAQ and online store for information. Upgrade and Demo Programs Current owners of Circus Ponies NoteBook can upgrade to the new version at no charge by downloading and installing the new version from the Downloads page of the company's web site. In addition, the company's demo program offers Mac users the opportunity to evaluate a full version NoteBook free for 30 days. See the web site for more information. Other Company Announcements Circus Ponies Joins Adobe, Audible.com, and Microsoft as a Platinum Co-Sponsor of the User Group Leadership Conference Circus Ponies is pleased to join Apple, Adobe, Audible.com, and Microsoft as a Platinum Co-Sponsor of the User Group Leadership Conference (UGLC) in New York City on July 15, 2003, one day before the Macworld CreativePro Conference & Expo. The UGLC will be this year's only nationally focused Apple User Group Leadership event and will include workshops, panel discussions, and a closing pizza party and networking session. Information on the UGLC and Circus Ponies' participation can be found on the MUG Center web site at http://www.mugcenter.com as well as in an upcoming interview on The User Group Report audio series with Chuck Joiner, available at http://www.mugcenter.com/ugr/ugr.html. Circus Ponies User Group Program Now Available for Qualified MUGs Circus Ponies also announced the launch of its formal User Group Program, including special promotions for qualified MUGs. "User Groups are the soul of the Macintosh community and they've been been nothing short of spectacular in welcoming us," said Elizabeth Statmore, co-founder and VP of Marketing and Sales at Circus Ponies. "Our new User Group Program and User Group Promotions are our way of saying thank you to the User Group community for making it so worthwhile to be a vendor in this market." Information on the Circus Ponies User Group Program and other Vendor Programs for MUGs can be found at http://www.mugcenter.com/vendor/vendorprograms.html. Details of the Circus Ponies User Group Special Offer are included in the June edition of the Apple User Group Bulletin and are available exclusively to qualified User Group members. Contact your user group leader for details. About Circus Ponies Circus Ponies Software was founded in 2003 by Jayson Adams and Elizabeth Statmore as an artisan software house to create best-of-breed apps that surprise and delight users with their beauty and usefulness. To that end, the company produces software exclusively for Mac OS X. 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