SmartDraw Wins "Top People's Choice" Award!

Popular drawing software adds the ultimate trophy to its long history of awards.

San Diego, Calif. — September 10, 2001 - SmartDraw, the popular business drawing program published by SmartDraw.com, has been awarded the "People's Choice Award" for 2001 by the Shareware Industry Awards Foundation.

Between May 1 and May 31, 2001, the public voted for their favorite programs in fourteen different categories. SmartDraw emerged as the overall winner, collecting the largest total number of votes on the industry-leading CNET sites where votes were cast.

"This is the greatest honor we could hope for," said Paul Stannard, CEO of SmartDraw.com and creator of the SmartDraw program. "In the past, we have won awards in particular categories, such as Best Business Program or Best Graphics Program. But this is the big one. We feel like we just won the Academy Award for Best Picture."

"It's extremely gratifying," said Philip Steele, Vice President of Content and Marketing for SmartDraw.com. "What this seems to tell us is that when people think 'great software' they think 'SmartDraw.' We couldn't ask for anything more."

About the SmartDraw Program
SmartDraw offers thousands of ready-made symbols and drawing templates to help users with no drawing skill Draw Anything Easily®. SmartDraw is preferred by project planners, students, network administrators, and other busy professionals who need to create quality presentations quickly and easily, without having to learn a complex program. PC magazine described SmartDraw as "an exceptionally well-furnished and transparently simple diagramming program." Anyone can download a free trial version of SmartDraw from the SmartDraw site at http://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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