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Create!form(R) v2.3, for IBM(R) OS/400 and Microsoft(R) Windows(R) server platforms, provides complete, end-to-end solution for document formatting and delivery, from design to routing and distribution, via both print and electronic formats, including fax, e-mail, archive and internet. Enhancements include formatting and delivery of high volume transactional business documents. Products is available as complete suite or as individual modules.



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Create!form International Unveils Updated Products for e-Formatting and Delivery of Business Documents


Latest version offers new features, enhanced performance, and add-on capabilities

Waltham, MA-January 21, 2002 - Create!form International, a leading global provider of software products that streamline and e-enable output formatting and delivery of business documents, today unveiled the Create!form Version 2.3 suite of products designed for the IBM® OS/400 and Microsoft® Windows® server platforms. This release includes Create!form®, and its output modules Create!stream(TM), Create!fax®, Create!email(TM), and Create!archive(TM). New features have been added to the modules to deliver enhanced control capabilities for formatting and delivery of high volume transactional business documents. Create!form products were developed to help medium to large-sized companies in areas such as manufacturing, distribution, banking/insurance, and healthcare streamline their processes and reduce their dependence on paper forms.

Create!form products provide a complete, end-to-end solution for document formatting and delivery, from design to routing and distribution via both print and electronic formats, including fax, e-mail, archive and the Internet. Create!form 2.3 enables organizations to fully customize application output to produce professional quality documents, incorporating variable data, graphics, bar codes, MICR check printing support and more, from their existing business applications. Create!form products are available as a complete suite, or as modules that can be selected based on the specific delivery needs of an organization. The modular product suite offers a flexible, cost effective, enterprise-wide document solution that integrates seamlessly with existing business systems, and requires no application modifications.

Rhonda Gallogy, AS/400 systems manager for Claims Management Group Ltd. said, "Having used an earlier version of the Create!form International software at a previous company, I was delighted with the improvements in the new 2.3 version of the product suite. It is extremely easy to use, and I created two forms projects from scratch within the first two days." Kurt Mueffelmann, president and CEO of Createfform International said, "Create!form's updated product suite was developed to maximize user options and increase control over the creation, management and delivery of business communications. The new enhancements will ensure maximum efficiency, flexibility and savings for our clients." Create!form is a GUI-based design program that enables users to create custom e-forms on a PC and merge them with output from existing applications for printing on demand or delivery with the Createfform output modules: Create!stream, Create!fax, Create!email and Create!archive. Create!form 2.3 provides many new features and enhancements, including:

* Option to define entry and exit conditions to dynamically determine form projects at print time, based on data within the spool file

* Variable form projects and form resources identification within a form project, to automatically download associated forms and projects

* "Dynamic Fit" feature automatically adjusts page orientation to fit the format of the spool file for overlay projects

Create!stream is an advanced document routing and distribution module that automatically copies, splits, extracts, and binds documents generated with Createform and automates delivery to the appropriate queues for printing, faxing, e-mailing, web delivery and archiving. Version 2.3 incorporates new document distribution capabilities, including extract and bind for greater control over document delivery. The extract functionality allows Create!stream to strip out specific data from an output file and place it in a designated summary template file for importing into a wide variety of third-party applications such as daily invoice summaries, positive pay and advanced label printing. The optional bind feature allows users to bind documents from different data streams and group them together for delivery. For example, statement and invoice runs can be bound together and sorted by client for delivery in the same envelope, to reduce supply and postal costs. Create!stream 2.3 allows users to improve fulfillment logistics, and convert manual burst and bind process into fast and efficient digital processes.

Create!email and Create!fax enable users to send documents electronically using automated e-mail and fax. The enhancements and new features for Create!email include SMTP support, WebLink, and Secure PDF functionality. Create!email sends a document to a designated e-mail address as text or a PDF attachment. With the new WebLink feature, the recipient receives a text hyperlink to the document that has been automatically converted to PDF and stored in a Web-accessible directory. With the Secure PDF function, users have the option to send a password-protected PDF, ensuring the privacy of sensitive information. The Create!fax product features enhanced performance for more streamlined use.

Create!archive's advanced archiving options automatically archive and index exact copies of documents to hard disk, making them available for retrieval from authorized Microsoft Windows workstations on a local area network or, optionally, over the Internet using a standard browser. In addition to archiving documents created with Create!form, users can now scan hard copy documents into Create!archive using Hewlett Packard's HP Digital Sender. Create!archive also provides support for high-volume, third-party database, and repository solutions, including Oracle®, Microsoft SQL and Access, Gauss' SpyVision® and IMR's Alchemy®.

About Create!form International
Founded in 1987, Create!form International develops and markets a full suite of transactional output enhancement software that provides powerful output and delivery capabilities for businesses ranging from small desktop accounting packages to large scale ERP applications. This software enables companies to streamline their document management processes and reduce their reliance on pre-printed paper forms. Create!form's solutions can be implemented quickly, without the need to reengineer existing systems. With headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA; and regional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific; the company boasts an extensive partner network that supports customers in a variety of markets including manufacturing, distribution, health, government, finance, insurance, and education. Createfform has over 3,000 customers worldwide including Hallmark Cards, Farmers Insurance, Baxter Healthcare, Dow Chemical and Harley Davidson. For more information, visit www.createform.com.

Create!form, Create!archive, Create!fax, Create!email and Create!stream are trademarks of Create!form International, Inc. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand/product names are trademarks of their respective holders.

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