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faddenSoft CiderPress v1.2.2 is now available, with some minor enhancements.

++ AppleWorks 3.0 spreadsheet conversion. ASP files can now be converted
to CSV (Comma Separated Value) format, which can be opened by most modern spreadsheets. Formulas and labels are output without modification, so
it's up to your spreadsheet application to interpret them. Microsoft's
Excel 2000 does a pretty good job with most formulas, but expect to do
some tweaking.

(Side note: as of this release, CiderPress handles all types of AppleWorks documents.)

++ MacPaint image conversion. The original MacPaint format is 576x720
pixels in black and white only. (That's 8x10 inches at 72dpi.) While not really an Apple II format, MacPaint images were often found on BBSs during
the years when Apple IIs were most popular. *.mac files are now converted
to monochrome bitmaps for display or extraction.

++ CiderPress now allows you to specify file extensions that should be
viewed in an external viewer. For example, if you specify .GIF and .JPG, CiderPress will display your GIFs and JPEGs using whatever program would
be launched if you had double-clicked on the image in Windows (usually a
web browser). This provides a convenient way to examine collections of
GIFs and JPEGs without having to manually extract them first.

++ CP/M disk image support has been improved. File lengths are determined
more accurately, the read-only flag is recognized, and sparse files are
handled correctly.


For anyone not familiar with the product: CiderPress is like a "ShrinkIt
for Windows" on steroids. It offers full access to ShrinkIt archives,
and allows you to view and extract files directly out of disk images, as
well as create ProDOS disk images. File converters translate programs, documents, and graphics files into formats easily accessible under Windows
and other systems. Disk images can be converted between several different formats.

CiderPress is shareware, with a $19.95 registration cost. After 30 days
it must be registered.

Visit http://www.faddensoft.com/ for a full feature list and screen shots.
The download comes with MDC (Multi-Disk Catalog), a free utility (no registration required) for generating searchable file listings from a
large set of disk images.

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