SEATTLE, June 26, 1992--Raosoft SURVEY for Campaigns is a full featured DOS-based political campaign software package. It is designed with intuitive screens that are easy for computer novices to use. The package contains both advanced polling capacity and database management capability. The package price of $499 is inexpensive so that even low budget local campaigns can afford to have its computer capacity. The shipping date is June 26, 1992. Price: $499 for the package that consists of (1) Raosoft SURVEY, Version 2.0 (list price $495), (2) Raosoft SURVEY-Tools (list price $99), and (3) Raosoft EZREPORT (list price $149). The three programs purchased separately would cost $743. The campaign software provides for polling, volunteer and contribution database management, and report writing There are ready to use repots, surveys, and database forms that can also serve as templates for a campaign manager to adapt. Sample mail merge and mailing label templates are included also. The software is directly compatible with dBASE files, and imports ASCII and WKl-type files. The only limit to the database size the program will work with is the computer system capacity. No expensive computer equipment needs to be purchased because Raosoft SURVEY for Campaigns will run on single or multiple floppy or hard disk drives and needs only 512K memory, DOS 2.0 or higher. It is networkable and can run under the Windows environment. The data management tasks needed for campaign management are performed with the Raosoft SURVEY program, with assistance from the utilities of SURVEY-Tools. The Tools program includes the Match & Replace utility for updating files that have been edited on another computer and the Delete Duplicate & Restore utility for merging edited records and removing duplicates of the same records. The Raosoft SURVEY program supports the complete polling process, from design of the form, through data entry and analysis, to preparation of presentations graphics and reports. Data entry is on forms-based screens, using either mouse support or push button. Comments are typed in. A Hot-key is included for moving between programs in order to fill in a survey form. The statistics are single-stroke and the most common commands sit permanently on the upper tool bar for instant access. The program EZREPORT is designed for ease of use. It provides for detailed customized reports, and lets data be extracted for use in contributions report generation. It uses an Intuitive Command Structure (ICS) developed by Raosoft that makes it easy to write reports without prior training. Raosoft, Inc. also offers additional programs for added polling and data entry capacity. . The UFILL program is a Run-time version that is inexpensive at $50 each, and lets volunteers enter or edit data on separate terminals. The disks of UFlLL can be used as a library, with each disk storing a database of a given geographic area. . The SURVEY-Entry program provides for form writing, data entry and editing, and has the Hot key for program switching. SURVEY-Entry's price is $249. These data entry programs are not included in the basic $499 price but are available as add-ons. Raosoft, Inc., 6645 NE Windermere Rd, Seattle, Wa. 98115 (206) 525-4025 Fax (206) 525-4947 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America Online New Product Information Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed with OmniPage Professional OCR | | software (from Caere Corp) & a Canon IX-30 scanner from data | | provided by the above mentioned company. For additional info, | | contact the company at the address or phone# indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+