FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TEXT CLEANER 1.6 UPGRADE ADDS XPRESS LINK

TAKOMA PARK, MD September 13, 1999--Studio 405, Inc. announced the
immediate availability of Text Cleaner 1.6, an upgrade to the popular text
utility for the Macintosh. New features include the cleaning of QuarkXpress
documents directly within QuarkXpress with Text Cleaner Xpress Link, a
speed increase, improved cleaning sequences and the option to remove PC
line feeds. The upgrade is free for all registered users.

Text Cleaner was designed to eliminate the need for common
search-and-replace routines to prepare text for print or World-Wide Web
publication. Correct typesetting marks and input error correction in
handled in one pass and is compatible with any application that allows text
manipulation.

Text Cleaner feature highlights:

Removes multiple spaces, returns and tabs
Creates curly or straight quotes
Corrects foot and inch measurement marks
Corrects apostrophes for year abbreviations
Creates or removes en and em dashes
Removes spaces before and after tabs, returns, hyphens and em dashes
Creates or removes ligatures and ellipses
Removes PC line feeds
Removes email quote symbols
Converts line breaks to wrapped text
Performs all cleaning operations in the best possible sequence
Works with copy and paste, text files, Xpress Tags files or directly
within QuarkXpress
Drag and drop cleaning in the Finder
Preserves style information when cleaning QuarkXpress documents or
Xpress Tags files
User presets save snapshots of settings for instant recall
All operations are optional

Text Cleaner was given the Spiffy Award by MacAddict, 5 out of 5 cows by
Tucows, and called "indispensable" by the Kleper Report on Digital
Publishing.

Text Cleaner can be ordered on the web at
(http://www.studio405.com/textcleaner/) or by calling 301-270-8445. Pricing
is set at $79. Updates from any previous version are free. A 30 day trial
version is also available.

System requirements: Mac OS compatible computer with 4 megabytes of free
hard disk space and operating system 7.0 or higher with 5,000k of free RAM.
Mac OS 7.5 or higher is required for drag and drop cleaning and Text
Cleaner Xpress Link. Text Cleaner is Mac OS 8.6 compatible and Y2K
compliant.

Studio 405, Inc. is a graphic design and computer consulting firm, offering
solutions since 1991. Additional information on Text Cleaner is available
at (http://www.studio405.com/textcleaner/).
Studio 405, Inc.
6930 Carroll Ave
Suite 710
Takoma Park, MD 20912

Contact: Glenn Kowalski
Phone: 301-270-8445 Ext. 26.
Fax: 301-270-8446
Email: 405ware@studio405.com