Business Planning Software Available Exclusively
For Novell's Quattro Pro Spreadsheet
CEO*Plan Offers Advanced Level of Financial Planning
August 15, 1995
Novell, Inc. today announced the availability of financial and business planning software
developed exclusively for Quattro Pro 6.0 for Windows, the
award-winning spreadsheet. Created by CEO Software Limited in
Toronto, CEO*Plan for Windows is a powerful add-on tool which helps
Quattro Pro 6.0 for Windows users easily predict and plan the financial
future of businesses of any size.
CEO*Plan offers users the versatility to handle budgets, forecasts
and cash flow analyses, as well as the flexibility to support both
comprehensive models and simple situations. An advanced version,
CEO*Plan Plus, offers all of the benefits of CEO*Plan as well as the ability
to do consolidations of companies, divisions, departments and projects,
including eliminations and foreign exchange adjustments.
"We learned through many years of user research that
accountants, CFOs and CPAs know their businesses and do not need
someone else's theory to plan their future," said John Lash, president,
CEO Software Limited. "Instead, CEO*Plan makes it easy for these users
to develop a plan based on knowledge of their own circumstances and
customers."
CEO*Plan Automates Tasks
CEO*Plan utilizes the power of Quattro Pro 6.0 for Windows and
enhances it by helping users spend less time developing calculation
rules, defining account relationships, formatting reports or defining input
lines. It automates many of the time-consuming and complex design tasks
facing users including incorporating man-power, material flow, capital
expenditures, services and their related costs.
CEO*Plan automates the creation of common documents with 32
integrated CEO*Reports including Balance Sheet, Income Statement,
Cash Flow Statement, Sales, Expense, Assets, Liabilities, Income Tax
and corresponding back-up reports. Users can also create custom
documents and view them in a convenient annual, monthly or weekly
format. CEO*Plan is flexible enough for users to add or change formulas
or even the chart of accounts at any time.
"Our users continuously request quality third-party products to
enhance Quattro Pro's already powerful capabilities," said Dorothy Wise,
director of marketing and development for Novell's Quattro Pro. "Users
should benefit from CEO*Plan's tremendous flexibility and ability to
automate tasks, saving both time and money."
"We began developing CEO*Plan for Excel and received no
support from Microsoft," said Lash. "We quickly turned our attention to
Quattro Pro, which is a feature-rich product with powerful development
tools. We have had a terrific relationship with Novell. Together, we
provide a technology that permits users to place a value on their
activities and to communicate the results to those who need to know."
Financial Planning Made Easy
CEO*Plan is designed to be especially easy to use. For example,
CEO*Speedbar contains custom-designed icons for faster access to all
operations. These icons simplify the process of finding and applying the
correct accounting procedures. Intuitive prompts simplify the planning
process by guiding the user through all aspects of a plan, prompting for
additional information as needed. CEO*Chart of Accounts allows the user
to customize, define and interrelate accounts while visually illustrating
accounting connections.
Time Savings Add Up
CEO*Plan offers a wide range of accounting options, selected
with "point and click" ease, saving time and reducing error. CEO*Smart
Accounts intelligently generates "associated accounts," which contain
information necessary to support the original account. With CEO*Print,
users can quickly preview or print any report, group of reports, data
tables or financial analysis reports. Another time-saving feature is
CEO*Data Tables, which allow speedy access to data and formulas
located in other pages or spreadsheets.
Other Benefits
CEO*Plan ensures a plan's integrity on many levels. Users may
change the data they enter, but the software does all the re-calculations.
And because the underlying spreadsheet is always available, users can
access custom formulas at all times. CEO*Plan also reads data from
Microsoft Excel and Lotus 1-2-3.
Pricing and Availability
CEO*Plan for Windows is available for a suggested retail price of
$295 (US) by calling CEO Software Limited at (416) 921-4690. CEO*Plan
Plus is available for $595 (US) at the same number. For more information,
customers can access CEO Software Limited's Home Page on the
Internet at http://www.the-wire.com/usr/ceo/or contact the company via
e-mail at
ceo@the-wire.com.
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