Norpath's new multimedia and learning authoring software delivers professional features at an affordable price.

Toronto, Ontario - April 18, 2005 - Norpath Inc., today announced the immediate availability of Norpath Elements Designer, a new addition to our family of authoring products for rapidly creating interactive multimedia, learning, and information applications. Norpath Elements Designer is an affordable solution that allows budget conscious designers to create a wide range of interactive applications without having to write code or learn a scripting language.

Norpath Elements Designer utilizes the same technology and next generation graphical authoring environment as our industry recognized Norpath Elements Studio making it one of the most advanced interactive authoring tools for non-programmers at its price. Norpath Elements Designer includes a complete suite of design tools for creating interactive graphics, animation, and multimedia; a full set of knowledge elements for creating learning, testing, survey, and other information exchange solutions; and a wealth of pre-built GUI, interaction, logic, and data elements that allow non-technical users to easily incorporate sophisticated features into their application.

Norpath Elements Designer ships with a comprehensive set of templates that provide users with a foundation to quickly create interactive multimedia solutions, educational & training software, testing & quiz software, e-books, simulations, surveys, interactive displays, and presentations. Designers can enhance the look, feel, and functionality of their application with pre-built runtime features including custom themes, menus, toolbars, navigation explorer, help, splash/about screen, bookmarks, and screen layouts.

Norpath Elements Designer's application builder makes it easy for non-technical users to quickly create standalone applications with custom installers. Norpath Elements Designer can also publish standalone documents making it convenient to distribute additional materials for your solution. Using web-based documents, designers can provide updated or new content that can be automatically accessed and displayed within the application.

Pricing and Availability
Norpath Elements Designer is now available for download at www.norpath.com/downloads.html for both Windows and Mac OS X. Norpath Elements Designer is priced at U.S. $249 and can be ordered online at www.norpath.com.

About Norpath Inc.
Founded in 1999, Norpath Inc. (www.norpath.com) is an industry recognized developer of a new generation of interactive authoring systems. Headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, our products and services help organizations accelerate the creation and deployment of a wide range of interactive applications and content.

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