Cambridge, UK; February 9, 2004 -- Global Graphics Software, a subsidiary of Global Graphics SA and a leading developer and supplier of high performance solutions for document creation, management and printing, today launches Jaws PDF Partner, which unites the successful Jaws PDF Creator and Jaws PDF Editor software packages into one downloadable or off-the-shelf boxed product for the first time. The result is an affordable application for the business and small or home office user to create, view, search, manipulate, merge, mark-up and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files on Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000 and XP platforms. Jaws PDF Partner is the ideal, cost-effective PDF file solution for electronic document exchange and represents real value for money for small business or corporations, which require comprehensive PDF document creation and manipulation without the overhead of specialized features. “This builds on and extends the outstanding success of Global Graphics’ Jaws PDF Creator and Jaws PDF Editor,” says Global Graphics’ PDF Sales Director in Europe, James Bidewell; “We have responded to the strong demand from the market and distribution channel with a single product combining PDF creation functionality together with the most popular document editing and mark-up tools within one familiar office document environment.” By bringing Jaws PDF Creator and Jaws PDF Editor together into one product, Global Graphics brings to Jaws PDF Partner the same benefits that those proven applications offer, namely: - Ease of use - a familiar Microsoft office-like interface offers a reduced user learning curve - Cost-effectiveness - customers pay only for functionality they need - Robustness - proven, reliable technology combined into one convenient package Jaws PDF Partner allows users to: • Easily create PDF files from any Microsoft Windows application • Retain document structures such as bookmarks and hyperlinks from Microsoft Word and PowerPoint files • View, navigate and search text in PDF files • Add, import and export PDF comments • Insert, extract, and rotate PDF pages • Merge multiple PDF files together • Insert, format and edit PDF bookmarks • Secure PDF files with 40 and 128 bit encryption • Optimize PDF for faster display over the web • Print PDF files In addition to combining the functionality of Jaws PDF Creator and Jaws PDF Editor software, Jaws PDF Partner is available at a reduced bundle price. Jaws PDF Partner v1.0 is priced at a highly competitive $95 / €95 / £63.33 (10% less than the cost of buying standalone versions of Jaws PDF Creator and Jaws PDF Editor). Government and education sites qualify for larger discounts. Multi-user license pricing is also available for organizations that require larger-scale installations. Compatible with PDF 1.4 and PDF 1.3 specifications, Jaws PDF Partner v1.0 is available in English, French and German language versions. Jaws PDF Partner is available immediately for purchase and direct download from http://www.jawspdf.com or can be purchased as a boxed product via the Jaws PDF Technology distributor and reseller web sites of Global Graphics Software’s worldwide network.