South-Western Educational Publishing's MicroType Pro receives national recognition for excellence

Business Wire, March 18, 1997

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 1997--

Innovative Keyboarding Software Selected As One of Industry's Best

South-Western Educational Publishing (SWEP), an International Thomson Company, announced today that its innovative high school keyboarding software has won national acclaim. MicroType Pro, a multifunctional software program, has been selected for feature recognition in Media & Methods magazine's prestigious 1997 Awards Portfolio issue. The Awards Portfolio issue, to be released in May, recognizes and features outstanding instructional materials, resources, equipment and systems for the K-12 market. The issue honors the commitment and creativity of publishers, producers and distributors who make a significant contribution to excellence in education nationwide, and is highly respected in the educational community.

MicroType Pro is an all-in-one alphabetic, numeric, skill-building, and keypad program, designed for teaching "touch typing" skills. Featuring a built in word processor with timer, the program is available in both Windows and Macintosh versions. The software's enhanced graphics, color, on-screen photos, animation, and use of a character named "Typo," makes learning exciting and fun for students. The software can be used as a standalone, or in conjunction with South-Western's popular Century 21 Keyboarding texts. South-Western also offers a postsecondary equivalent: Keyboarding Pro.

South-Western Educational Publishing is a commanding force in mixed media publishing, specializing in instructional materials for Business Education, Mathematics, Science, School-to-Work and Applied Communication within the high school and postsecondary core curriculums. For more than seventy-five years, SWEP has been the market leader in quality, innovative keyboarding instruction, with Century 21 Keyboarding and Information Processing, and its earlier editions.

For more information on MicroType Pro, please contact Tim Gleim via E-mail (tgleim@swpco.com). For inquiries regarding South-Western's complete line of innovative products, please call 800/824-5179, or visit us on-line at www.swpco.com .

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CONTACT: South-Western Educational Publishing

800/824-5179