Software redacts full pages and page ranges.

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Designed to meet needs of professionals complying with Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts, Redax v4.0 plug-in for Adobe Acrobat® permanently deletes marked-up content from PDF data stream. Searching features include pattern matching to locate common numeric patterns like Social Security numbers, ZIP codes, and telephone numbers. In addition to bitmapped images and text from PDF documents, program also redacts vector graphics.



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Appligent's Redax 4.0 Adds New Features to Provide Faster and Easier Redaction Workflow



Plug-in now redacts full pages and page ranges and supports sophisticated automated mark-up techniques like searching and pattern matching

WASHINGTON, March 6 / -- FOSE 2006, Booth # 714 -- Appligent, Inc. (http://www.appligent.com/), the leader in third-party Portable Document Format (PDF) processing tools, today announces the release of Redax 4.0 the latest version of the company's industry-leading solution for redacting (removing) sensitive text and images from PDF documents. Redax 4.0 includes many new and improved features including easy full-page and multi-page redaction, vector image redaction and automated text mark-up and redact features.

Redax 4.0 is designed to meet the needs of professionals complying with the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts. Other potential users include attorneys protecting confidential information, federal, state and local governments, courts and anyone who must remove sensitive content from documents prior to their distribution. Redax 4.0 is a powerful plug-in for Adobe Acrobat(R) that permanently deletes marked-up content from the PDF data stream. Deleting content is the approach recommended by security experts over methods that merely hide information behind black bars that can be compromised by hackers.

Redax's new enhanced searching features include pattern matching to quickly locate common numeric patterns like Social Security numbers, ZIP codes and telephone numbers. In addition the process of creating lists for automated mark-up and redaction has been integrated into the application. Full-page redaction has been streamlined and multi-page redaction added to accommodate more complex workflows. Redax 4.0 also now redacts vector graphics in addition to bitmapped images and text from PDF documents.

"Redax 4.0 is the most significant release of the Redax plug-in," says Virginia Gavin, president of Appligent. "We've added features like full-page and multi-page mark-up and completely redesigned the user interface to make it even easier for our users to permanently delete sensitive information from their documents."

Redax 4.0 requires Adobe Acrobat Standard and Professional versions 6 or 7 on Microsoft Windows NT and above. The Macintosh OS X version requires Acrobat 7.

Appligent's release of Redax 4.0 is concurrent with the 30th annual FOSE government IT trade show, taking place this week at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. Appligent is demonstrating Redax 4.0 in booth #714.

Redax 4.0 is be available for purchase now on www.appligent.com/ and customers with support and maintenance agreements should contact Appligent Sales for information on how to get their free downloads. For more information on Appligent's products or for possible discounts on multiple product purchases or OEM agreements, please contact Appligent's sales team at 610-284-4006 or sales@appligent.com.

ABOUT APPLIGENT
Appligent, Inc. (http://www.appligent.com/) is the leading provider of server-based tools, plug-ins and standalone desktop applications for the on- demand customization, manipulation, redaction, and delivery of dynamically generated electronic documents. Based in the Philadelphia region, Appligent has provided PDF-related software applications globally since 1993. The company's products are used in various industries, including financial services, government, and insurance, banking, manufacturing, legal and pharmaceutical. Appligent is a member of the Adobe Solutions Network, and is a partner of Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, IBM, and Apple.

For more information about Appligent, please contact Victor Votsch at (610) 284-4006 or vvotsch@appligent.com.

CONTACT: Victor Votsch, Appligent, Inc., +1-610-284-4006 or vvotsch@appligent.com

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