SmartDraw™ 7.5 Update Delivers Improved PowerPoint^® Integration, Metric Templates, and Much More

San Diego, Calif. — January 10, 2006 - SmartDraw.com, the leading provider of easy-to-use graphics software, announced today the release of SmartDraw 7.5, a free update for current customers. SmartDraw 7.5 includes a new sales and marketing template category, new and enhanced org chart, flowchart, and floor plan templates, metric symbols and templates in floor plans, improved PowerPoint^® integration, improved table functionality, and much more.

With SmartDraw 7.5, users gain access to dozens of new flowchart templates for easy customization, including cause and effect templates (otherwise known as "Fishbone Diagrams.") In addition, in response to popular user-demand, the 7.5 build includes a new selection of metric symbols and templates found the Floor Plan section of the product.

Additionally, users creating presentation graphics will enjoy improved PowerPoint^® integration. With the previous update (7.4), a new one-click button was introduced to ensure quick and easy transfer of SmartDraw graphics into PowerPoint^®. With this latest update, imported SmartDraw graphics are given transparent backgrounds, which seamlessly integrates them into a given presentation.

SmartDraw also now offers users a new sales and marketing template category, packed with dozens of professionally created charts and diagrams. Business professionals will now enjoy more fluid access to templates for sales charts, sales maps, marketing diagrams, product life-cycle charts, PERT charts, feature-comparison charts, quality and decision matrices, and much more.

As always, SmartDraw helps users create professional flowcharts, org charts, Gantt charts, mechanical and software diagrams, floor plans, calendars—and virtually any other drawing or diagram—in just a few minutes. By accessing symbols and dragging and dropping them onto templates, even first-timers can enjoy eye-catching, effective, and expert results. And SmartDraw's specialized wizards walk users through selecting a template, editing text and fields, adding more graphics and color, printing, and even adding photos.

SmartDraw works hand-in-hand with Microsoft Office^® and many other programs and products people use every day. The major commands and functions within programs such as Word^®, Excel^®, and PowerPoint^® also work in virtually the same way in SmartDraw: copy and paste, drag and drop, and more.

SmartDraw.com continues to offer free, live, 24-hour tech support. SmartDraw software is available online for a free trial download at www.smartdraw.com.

About SmartDraw.com
Founded in 1994, SmartDraw.com is the creator of SmartDraw, the world's most popular business graphics software. SmartDraw allows anyone to create professional-quality business graphics in minutes - no experience or training required. The Company is the leader in the emerging "Personal Productivity Graphics" market. This market is made up of ordinary computer users who want to create attractive and effective business graphics, but don't have the expertise to use software designed for graphics professionals. In mid 2006, SmartDraw.com surpassed the ten millionth download of SmartDraw. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, SmartDraw.com is privately-held and counts more than half the Fortune 500 among its customers. To download a free trial of SmartDraw, please visit: www.smartdraw.com.

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