Evermore Integrated Office begins long march
to liberate computer users in US, Japan, China
from Microsoft Office monoculture

Chinese software developer introduces
innovative,integrated Office suite
that runs under Windows, Linux

BEIJING, May 17, 2004 – Evermore Software LLC, www.evermoresw.com, China’s leading developer of Office software, today introduced Evermore Integrated Office (EIOffice) 2004 for computer users in the United States and China.

Evermore also struck a deal to jointly develop a Japanese-language edition of EIOffice with Japan's Internet Telephone Co. Ltd., www.internettel.co.jp, which will also sell the software in Japan.

The innovative suite of desktop software is the “First Real Office,” designed and priced to liberate enterprise, small business and individual computer users from the Microsoft® Office monoculture.

EIOffice 2004 is written in Java and runs under Windows® and Linux, making it ideal for users moving back and forth between open-source and proprietary operating systems. It integrates into one program, with one unified user interface, spreadsheet, word processor and business graphics functions that conventional Office suites force users to launch and run as separate applications. And it includes an array of productivity tools for working with and migrating from worksheets, documents and presentations produced with conventional Office suites that monopolize the desktop.

This approach to integration replaces multiple file formats with one file format -- .eio – that stores all text, worksheets, graphics, audio, video and slides – and one “EIOffice binder” that stores up to 255 related spreadsheets, 64 text documents and 64 presentations.

To organize all related data, EIOffice 2004 uses the Data Object Oriented Repository System (DOORS). This patent-pending technology developed by Evermore also powers the new “Paste Link” command, which makes synchronizing an entire project as easy as cut and paste, without the complex hyperlinking and embedding needed to link data in other Office suites.

For example, as a user changes quarterly financial results in a spreadsheet, the Paste Link command automatically applies that update to all other memos, reports, presentations, worksheets, text and graphics with the same source data.

No extra training is needed when users make the switch to EIOffice 2004. The software imports and exports Microsoft Office xls, doc and ppt files, including graphics, slides, charts and tables. Users may even insert Word documents directly into active EIOffice text documents – and copy, rename and delete paragraph and document styles from and to Word’s “Normal” template. In addition, users may save EIOffice 2004 documents in pdf, rtf and txt formats – and automatically compress files. Floating-point, font-resolution, text-wrapping, layout and other technologies ensure that converted documents resemble the original as closely as possible.

Other EIOffice 2004 innovations include:

- A Science Editor, complete with a navigation pane to find and select from more than 1,000 math, physics and chemistry symbols and diagrams. All symbols are dynamic, permitting users to edit and adjust size, position and styles for sub- and superscript formulas and equations. The Science Editor gives users the power to depict experiments, prepare lesson plans and teaching guides, and display and edit complex formulae in worksheets, text documents and presentations.

- A Menu Manager that enables users to customize and rename all menus, toolbars, functions and shortcuts for specific projects and business requirements.

- A Meeting Minder to record minutes and action items during a presentation, then export those minutes to a text document.

- Worksheet Scenarios for “what-if analysis.” Users may create and save alternate worksheet values, then switch to any of these new scenarios to view and forecast different results.

- A macro editor to automate tasks and create custom applications, read document tags and generate forms.

- The ability to embed EIOffice 2004 functions and commands in a Web page, and to call or talk to selected C and C++ applications, for compatibility with conventional Office suites.

The English, Chinese and Japanese-language editions of EIOffice 2004 are available immediately.

EIOffice 2004 is priced at $398 with five years of free upgrades and unlimited support. Alternatively, EIOffice is priced at $149 for one year of free upgrades and support – and users may extend this shorter license for $99 for each additional year. Corporate, educational, senior citizen, family and other licensing terms are also available. Evermore also offers special competitive conversion pricing terms.

About Evermore:

Evermore Software LLC, www.evermoresw.com, is China’s leading developer of Office software. The company is a privately-held joint venture with the Wuxi New District Economic Development Corporation. Evermore was founded in 2000 and employs over 200 software engineers. Evermore is committed to working with and seeks worldwide distribution, reseller and OEM agreements, corporate and educational site licenses.

US offices:

Evermore Software LLC
1101 Northridge Place
Monterey Park, CA. 91754
323-264-0737
fax: 323-267-1266
www.evermoresw.com

Contacts:

Gus Tsao
President
Evermore Software LLC
tsao@evermoresw.com

US PR contact:

Steve Leon
President
Technopolis® Communications Inc.
512-288-0950
sl@technopolis.com