Year: 2002

OmniGraffle Adds Maps, Periodic Table Palettes for Diagramming

For Immediate Release

Mac OS X Developers The Omni Group Increase OmniGraffle Diagramming Capability

Maps, Periodic Table Palettes Added to OmniGraffle

Seattle, Washington — May 28, 2002 — The Omni Group, developers of Mac OS
X applications OmniWeb, OmniOutliner, and OmniGraffle, announce new
diagramming palettes available for OmniGraffle 2.0. OmniGraffle is a
conceptual drawing tool designed to help business, technical and consumer
users organize ideas and data.

Now available to OmniGraffle users are the Periodic Table and Maps
palettes.

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