Contact: Valery Ryazanov, info@conceptdraw.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CS-ODESSA ANNOUNCES CONCEPTDRAW 1.52

Version 1.52 features a new drawing tool, better data exchange with MS Word
and other applications, and various other improvements.

Odessa, Ukraine – August 15th, 2000 – Computer Systems Odessa Corp., today
announced ConceptDraw v1.52 for MacOS and Windows is shipping at the price
of $125. The update is free to registered users of ConceptDraw v1.5 or
earlier. A free demo version is available from ConceptDraw’s web site:
http://www.conceptdraw.com/

ConceptDraw v1.52 adds the following new features and enhancements:

– Make Same Style tool: Allows you to copy the style attributes of an object
(line color, thickness, text styles, fills and patterns, etc) and apply them
to one or many other objects.
– Optimized data exchange with MS Word and other applications.
– Improved connectors.
– Two new samples.

Also this update fixes a number of issues reported by users, adds new
keyboard shortcuts and various enhancements for more convenient work.

Specific fixes are listed in the release notes and on the site.

ConceptDraw is the powerful and easy-to-use application, which enables
users at all levels to quickly produce professional-looking flowcharts,
business diagrams, research layouts, organization schemes, plans and more.
It’s cross-platform, so all documents, libraries and templates open
seamlessly between the Windows and Macintosh platforms.

The program has a rich set of versatile drawing tools, which allow the user
to create elementary segements, apply patterns, fills and shadows to
objects, reshape, rotate and resize objects on page in all possible ways.
More complex drawings can be created with the help of pre-drawn library
objects (over 1700), organized in industry-specific libraries. Each object
may contain text, which can be edited with the built-in text processor.

ConceptDraw allows for customly programmed objects, described by formulas
and mathematic functions, can process hyperlinks assigned to objects and
text, supports most popular graphic formats and HTML export.

Computer Systems Odessa is a Ukraine-based company with the headquarters in
Odessa. It’s in software business since 1993. President of the company is
Gregory Zhukov. For more information visit the corporate site at
www.cs-odessa.com.ua

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
A ConceptDraw v1.52 update is available as a free download to current
ConceptDraw customers from the program’s site www.conceptdraw.com. Demo
versions of ConceptDraw v1.52 for Windows and MacOS are available for
download now from ConceptDraw’s web site at www.conceptdraw.com The full
version price starts from $125. It can be purchased online from the the
ConceptDraw site or through local distributors. Volume and academic
discounts are available.

Detailed information on the purchase options, discounts and availability
can be found here:
http://www.conceptdraw.com/purchase/purchase.html

Currently, ConceptDraw is available in English and Italian.

All questions and suggestions about ordering the program, cooperation and
other please direct to sales@conceptdraw.com

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
ConceptDraw requires:
The PC version: Pentium processor; Windows 95/98/NT 4.0; 16 MB RAM; cd-rom
(for installation); SVGA-monitor with 256 colors (16-bit color
recommended). The Macintosh version: PowerMac or better; MacOS 8.0 +; 32 MB
RAM (64 MB recommended); cd-rom (for installation); monitor with resolution
of 800 x 600 and 256 colors (16-bit color recommended).