CLARIS TO LAUNCH OFFICE SUITE
By Adnews Staff
Claris Corp. of Santa Clara, California will introduce its office software suite to the North American market in September. Called ClarisWorks Office, the suite consists of ClarisWorks 5.0, a new version of its word processing, spreadsheet, database, graphics and presentations programs. It also has Internet capabilities and lets users combine words, graphs, tables, photo images and video on a single page. JIAN BusinessBasics includes over 60 business documents, agreements, worksheets and checklists covering sales, marketing, finance, accounting, management and operations. In addition, there are 175 customizable documents including newsletter layouts, financial worksheets, databases, presentations and Web page templates. There is also Internet connection software and an authoring tool that allows users to set up Web pages. In Canada, ClarisWorks Office will be promoted using PR done by Atkins & Ellis of Toronto. Claris' U.S. agency is Woolward & Partners of San Francisco.