Adobe pictures October upgrades

Photoshop 4.0 will support integral Web design tools and include more precise zooming and panning capabilities, the company said. Upgrades will list for £125 + VAT.

The PageMaker 6.5 revision will allow users to place objects on different layers in a document, enabling quicker production of altered documents. HTML authoring support has also been improved. The upgrade will cost £99 + VAT.

Persuasion 4.0 retains the features of the previous version but boasts a redesigned user interface and supports the creation of multimedia Web presentations through a template approach. A handy feature is that URLs can be dragged into presentation slides as hot links. Upgrades cost from £120 + VAT.

Full package pricing for the new products will shortly be announced.

Adobe can be contacted by telephone on 0181-606 4000.