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Providing detailed plan review capabilities, Business Plan Pro 2007 and Business Plan Pro 2007 PREMIER helps users produce professional business plans. Both versions offer interactive instructions with definitions, tutorials, and on-line training sessions. Along with Help Wizard as well as menus and icons that facilitate use, software gives users control over business plan formatting. PREMIER offers additional collaboration and consolidation capabilities.



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Palo Alto Software Introduces the All New Business Plan Pro 2007



Number one selling business planning software is easier than ever to use and features more control for a plan that reflects your business's unique needs.

EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 5 -- Palo Alto Software today announced the release of the newest version of its flagship business planning software, Business Plan Pro 2007 and Business Plan Pro 2007 PREMIER. Several new features for 2007 were based on customer feedback and offer state-of-the-art functionalities including detailed plan review, plan setup with a more powerful Help Wizard as well as new menus and improved icons for ease of use.

Once again this year, Palo Alto Software is including in Business Plan Pro (BPP) a copy of the best-selling book by author, venture capitalist and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki. "The Art of the Start" - the time-tested, battle- hardened guide for anyone starting anything, is made available to help entrepreneurs cut to the chase and begin building their dream business.

"Every year we work hard to make the latest version of Business Plan Pro the best ever, but this year, we worked especially hard. Palo Alto lives and breathes business planning - it's what we do," said Tim Berry, president and CEO of Palo Alto Software. "Business Plan Pro 2007 offers more control over output and is full of new features to make even the very first experience of putting a business plan together, easy, fun and most importantly, useful. We spent a lot of time tweaking the look and feel of BPP 2007 and the result is help at every turn and the best Business Plan Pro we've ever presented."

Additional new features of Business Plan Pro 2007 include a redesigned home page with easy to access resources, interactive instructions with definitions at the click of a button, more tutorials and free, on-line training sessions to help customers take advantage of all the functionalities BPP has to offer. BPP users will also have more control than ever before over color palettes, headers, footers and the overall formatting and font of their business plan, improving the control they have over the final format of the plan.

"The Wizards walked me through what was involved in starting a new business. I needed a sense of direction - the software really, really helped me," - David M. Woods, Transport Agent, D&H Logistics.

For the entrepreneur or small-business owner who is starting a new company, launching new products or seeking funding or partners, Business Plan Pro 2007 Standard Edition produces professional business plans quickly and easily. Business Plan Pro 2007 PREMIER is the most advanced business planning software available. PREMIER offers advanced collaboration and consolidation with the flexibility to create an impressive and professional business plan.

Business Plan Pro 2007 is available immediately at www.paloalto.com.

About Palo Alto Software, Inc.

Palo Alto Software, Inc., founded in 1988, develops, publishes and markets software products for use with personal computers. BUSINESS PLAN PRO is the best-selling business planning software in the U.S. retail market, according to NPD Intelect (formerly PC Data). Palo Alto Software's other products include, BUSINESS PLAN PRO Social Enterprise Edition, MARKETING PLAN PRO(R) and ADVERTISING PLAN PRO(R). Palo Alto Software's product line offers "know how" solutions that have made it the market leader in its category. Palo Alto Software's award-winning site, www.bplans.com, continues to be one of the highest trafficked sites in the small business arena, offering numerous business planning resources. Palo Alto Software is a privately owned corporation based in Eugene, Oregon. More information about Palo Alto Software products is available on the company website, www.paloalto.com. To access high-resolution images of Business Plan Pro 2007, go to www.paloalto.com/pr and select images from the navigation bar.

Contact: Sabrina Parsons
1-800-229-7526, ext. 124
sabrina@paloalto.com

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