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Adobe Persuasion

Adobe Persuasion (formerly Aldus Persuasion) was a presentation program developed for the Mac platform by Aldus Corporation. After it was acquired by Adobe Systems in 1994, when the two companies merged, a Microsoft Windows version was released. Adobe discontinued production from September 1997.

= Versions History=

Aldus Persuasion 1. For Mac only.

Aldus Persuasion 2.0

Aldus Persuasion 2.x

Adobe Persuasion 3.0 had both Mac and Windows versions, and was released in 1995. It was bundled with the Persuasion Player.

Adobe Persuasion 4.0 was released in 1996. The Mac and Windows versions shipped together, with a simultaneous end-user license for each platform. It was bundled with Adobe Acrobat Distiller 3.0, Adobe Acrobat 3.0, Persuasion Player, Adobe Type Manager, and a collection of clip art, movies, sounds, and 20 fonts. It included a utility to directly convert Microsoft PowerPoint files. Powerpoint being Persuasion s primary competitor on the popular Windows platform, compatibility was an important feature.

= External links =

ATPM e-zine [http://www.atpm.com/3.01/page10.shtml review of Persuasion 4.0] from January 1997.

[http://www.admin.mtu.edu/admin/prov/presenta/jan97bud.pdf An example of a presentation] (.pdf, 401KB) made using Persuasion, from the Administration Department at Michigan Technological University. Includes line and bar graphs.