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Chartsmith Becomes First LinkBack Enabled Application

Reston, Virginia — April 1, 2005 — Blacksmith announced today, that Chartsmith v1.2.8 is the first shipping application to support LinkBack, the new technology that brings embedded objects to Mac OS X. With LinkBack, users can paste charts from Chartsmith into LinkBack-enabled applications and then edit the chart at any time with just a double-click. Users can take advantage of the new functionality right away using a plugin that adds LinkBack support to Apple's Keynote. Chartsmith will also be usable with future versions of Nisus Writer Express, OmniGraffle, Omni Outliner, Stone Create and several other applications that will also include LinkBack support.

For more information on LinkBack and other applications that implement this technology see www.linkbackproject.org.

For more information about Chartsmith or to download a free demonstration copy goto http://www.blacksmith.com. Fully enabled copies of Chartsmith are priced at $129US. Educational discounts are provided for faculty at $99US and students at $65US. Chartsmith v1.2.8 is provided as a free upgrade.

Blacksmith Technologies delivers enterprise-class, commercial software and custom development services for Mac OS X and WebObjects. Blacksmith's first software product for Mac OS X is Chartsmith. Chartsmith represents the first of many commercial software products that Blacksmith plans for the Mac OS X and Web Object markets.

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Blacksmith
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trennier@blacksmith.com


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