FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TEXT CLEANER PUBLIC BETA PROGRAM--FIND A BUG, GET A FREE COPY

Takoma Park, MD February 5, 2001--Studio 405, Inc. announced the "Find a
Bug, Get a Free Copy" public beta program for Text Cleaner 2, which is in
final stages of development.

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 are
handled in one pass. Text Cleaner can clean text directly within
QuarkXpress and is compatible with any application that allows copy and
paste.

New features in Text Cleaner 2 include:

* Up to five simultaneous user text strings can be entered to create custom
cleaning operations.

* Cleaning operations have been accelerated up to 300%.

* Unlimited user-defined presets can be set and are sorted alphabetically
in a pop-up menu.

* Presets can be imported and exported, allowing configuration sharing and
easier standardization for multiple Macs.

* The DropClean application can be set to use any preset by copying and
renaming it in the Finder to match a preset name.

* Routines for cleaning QuarkXpress have been re-written for accuracy and
cleaning of QuarkXpress stories of any size.

System requirements: PowerMacintosh computer with 8 megabytes of free hard
disk space and operating system 8.1 to 9.1 with 7 megabytes of free RAM.

To find out more about Text Cleaner and the beta program, see
(http://www.studio405.com/textcleaner/). 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.

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/).

Webmasters, please link to (http://www.studio405.com/textcleaner/). Current
beta version is 2.0b3.