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New Delhi, Jan 31, 2000
Centre for Development
of Advanced Computing (C-DAC),
the pioneers in Indian language computing technology,
announces the release of its new and advanced version
of Indian language office automation software named LEAP
OFFICE 2000 on the occasion of ELITEX- 2000 organized
by the Department of Information Technology (DIT) here
today.
LEAP OFFICE 2000, the
simple most compared to other software in the category,
the latest among the LEAP series of Indian language
office automation software produced by C-DAC, is powered
with plenty of efficient and user friendly tools while
supporting the latest technologies. One of the salient
features of this product is that it allows users to
exchange eMail/ Fax in Indian languages in a much simpler
way than the previous versions of LEAP. The built-in
software interface facilitates exchange eMail/ Fax in
Indian languages in a much simpler way than the previous
versions of LEAP. Another special feature of the product
is that it has the HTML native format. This facility
helps in opening and saving LEAP files as HTML files
and hence helps user to create web pages much more easily.
The facility of Hyperlink also helps in linking eMail
address, web pages and web sites in a LEAP document.
In addition to the facility of online keyboard, it supports Inscript,
Phonetic typewriter and configurable keyboards. It also
has Indian language synonym dictionaries, templates
for office work, Indian language spell checker and dictionary
based words and phrase translation from English to Indian
Languages. An efficient tool added in this version of
the product is the search /replace and auto correction
facility.
LEAP OFFICE 2000 facilitates
the computer users to create Spread Sheets or PowerPoint
presentations in Indian language using interface tools
and import it into LEAP File. LEAP Office 2000 works
on Assamese, Bengali, Devnagiri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada,
Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tamil
and Telugu. Using this, one can also work with MS Office,
CorelDraw, PageMaker, Lotus Smart Suite etc. on the
platforms like Windows 95/98, NT and Novell NetWare.
LEAP OFFICE 2000 also works on Windows2000. Above all,
LEAP Office 2000 has an important advantage of having
all the Indian Languages available with tools, inter-operability
with various versions of Windows, data migration between
various platforms and various tools suitable for office
environment.
The software comes
ready with all aesthetic fonts and more than 1000 Indianized
cliparts in a CD media with user guide supporting thirteen
Indian languages.
LEAP OFFICE 2000 has
the built-in independent word processor and provides
a complete solution for Office functions which supports
multiple documents at a given time. The proliferation
of Indian Languages on Internet has made it necessary
to provide the common platform of fonts. LEAP OFFICE
2000 supports multiple standards such as ISCII, UNICODE,
TamilNet and other customized formats like Winky (Shabdaratna),
Akshar, Akruti, ShreeLipi etc. to enhance the usage
on Internet by means of bringing the use of different
font codes on the common platform.
On this occasion Shri.
R.K. Arora, Executive Director, C-DAC stated that, this
latest offering from C-DAC is a significant contribution
towards supporting Indian languages on computers with
emphasis on usage of more efficient tools and user friendly
features. These, apart from providing functionality
for office functions, also provides for Internet applications
on various operating platforms due to its versatile
design.
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