Quadrant SoftwareReleases V5.1 of Formtastic Fusion5 for Forms, Checks, and Bar Code Labels

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Speeds the Design and Management of Complex Multi-Layer and Multi-Object Forms, Reduces User Error.

TAUNTON, MA (November 7, 2002) -- Quadrant Software, the leader in Electronic Document Distribution (EDD) solutions for the iSeries enterprise, announces the immediate availability of Formtastic Fusion5 V5.1. This new release dramatically enhances the five core technologies within the company’s premier solution for digitally creating, populating, and managing electronic forms, bar code labels, and MICR checks.

Formtastic Fusion5 allows for the easy modification and delivery of iSeries 400 spool files and database members without programmer intervention, and completely transforms the process of creating and printing mission-critical documents using plain paper printers to streamline workflow and eliminate expensive pre-printed forms.

The new 5.1 release makes Formtastic Fusion5’s core components even more user-friendly while providing powerful tools for quicker implementation of complex form designs and reduced troubleshooting. Changes to Formtastic Fusion5’s central technologies include:

DesignerPRO™

This advanced, client-based design tool allows design elements and spool text to be precisely placed. Using a dual-window view, designers drag-and-drop spool data to a professional design window incorporating images, graphics, typographical fonts, and number-to-bar code conversions. New features include:

• Greater Control Over Multi-Layer and Multi-Object Selections
  Using the right-click button, users view and arrange a list of underlying objects within a form design. This new tool prevents the accidental movement of a form element, disruption of underlying objects, and ensures accurate updating of multi-layers of objects.



• Modify Object Print Order for Increased Print Accuracy and Efficiency
  Adjust the print order of all objects for greater control. Easily view and manipulate object parameters, including attributes and conditioning, enabling rapid change of multiple items.



• Improved Object Alignment and Font Manipulation for Clear, Crisp Documents
  Provides options for centering text within a box and aligning multiple text and/or graphics for greater design flexibility in fewer steps.



• New Spin Control Buttons Provide Fine-Tuning
  Enables micro-movements to precisely place and move objects for rapid fine tuning to single or multiple objects.

VersionManager™

This change management feature provides easy check-in and check-out control when managing multiple form design versions. Electronically manage document changes ranging from address updates to form redesigns while reducing the risk of human error and cutting production steps out of the design process. New features include:

• Greater Flexibility with Templates
  Upload a documents without checking it in to enable rapid testing of changes while work is in progress.

SmartMAP™

An efficient data-mapping tool for on-screen WYSIWYG renderings of spool text based on the printer destination. Test documents online and eliminate guesswork and the time consuming processes associated with testing printed output to multiple printer types. SmartMAP’s on-screen rendering tool displays the printed output as it appears on each printer destination. New features include:

• Increased User Awareness of Varying Printer Capabilities
  This tool now includes warning messages occurring when users attempt to place objects outside the printable area. Warnings also inform the user of differences in printer capabilities and eliminate trial-and-error in forms design.

IntelliDOC™

Turn static data from any spool file into intelligent information that logically creates and reformats documents based on easily installed conditional commands. IntelliDOC adds programming logic to automatically determine which documents to print, fax, or email, or how a document appears, all without costly modifications to programs that generate the spool file. New features include:

• Modify a Range of Lines for Easy, Accurate Conditioning
  Add conditioning to a range of lines, rather than just a single line, for sophisticated form handling with a single command. Speed design implementation by reducing repetitive work.

Synchronizer™

This connectivity tool seamlessly manages documents, images, and fonts between the iSeries 400 and connected clients when designing forms, checks, and labels. Eliminate the need to manually update clients with iSeries 400 document changes and vice versa. Synchronizer ensures that the document’s most current version is in the right place and in the right hands. New features include:

• Improved Startup Performance and Connectivity to iSeries 400
  Streamlined startup procedure determines connectivity status and eliminates the need for user interaction. Faster loading of data and system information from disk improves the speed at which users begin working with new or existing documents.

The new Formtastic Fusion5 upgrade also includes these new features:

Formtastic Processing Engine Includes New Output Enhancements:

• Improved Complex-Criteria Output Management
  Support for forms sets allow designers to specify a printer source drawer for each form in the set, encompassing complex output criteria including a variety of paper stock and color. By combining form sets, distribution lists, and the merge command, users have a variety of ways to produce complex document sets.



• Enhanced Collation Function
  Designers can now collate forms based on distribution lists. This new feature functions as part of the merge or distribution list to allow multi-copy form output to collate in reference to the proper spool-file page number.



• Support for AFP Output from DDS File Merges
  Enables production of documents from database files as well as spool files.

Tighter Formtastic Integration with FastFax and eDocMail:

• Supports Advanced Destination Conditioning
  Formtastic now supports sending multi-part forms to multiple fax and email destinations, routing specific copies to intended recipients.



• Multi-Recipient Support Added
  Broadcast completed forms to multiple recipients using enhancement that identify multiple recipients within a spool file and matching those recipients to the FastFax PhoneBooks.



• Support for All FastFax API Commands
  Formtastic supports all FastFax API commands, giving users significantly greater flexibility in distributing and controlling the document electronically.



• More Flexible Document and Coversheet Formatting
  Control variable cover sheet information data within the Formtastic template setup either as a static entry or through the extraction of data from the spool file. Create cover sheet notes from data residing in the spool data or leave static according to the user profile.



• Bringing It All Together
  Combined into a single, integrated solution, Formtastic Fusion5 offers iSeries 400 customers the power to create and deliver professional documents to inexpensive in-house printers and avoid the costly hassle of reprogramming applications, maintaining costly impact printers, ordering pre-printed forms, and time-consuming edits to existing forms, checks, and labels.

In addition, this solution integrates with all major application vendors including PeopleSoft, Infor, SSA Global (BPCS and PRMS), daly.commerce, Friedman, Lawson and many more.

Take complete control of the design and management of your mission-critical forms, checks, and bar code labels. Pricing for Formtastic Fusion5 V5.1starts at $8,400 (USD).