Press room

Asharq Al Awsat underlines Tasmeem 5 as a solution that helps designers compose professional Arabic typography.

Read the article on Tasmeem (in Arabic).

St Martin-le-Vinoux (Grenoble) France- 29 June, 2010 - Today WinSoft International announced the release of ScribeDOOR, which adds the ability to edit and treat text in 21 complex languages to two of Adobe's powerful design and desktop publishing applications.

Read the ScribeDOOR press release.

LesPMEexportent has written an article on WinSoft International, its characteristics and history.

Read the article on WinSoft by LesPMEexportent (in French)

Shufflegazine has interviewed Kamel Gaddas, WinSoft International CEO, and Hadi Shaheen, Regional Manager on WinSoft International stategy and Arabic Typography contest.

Listen to the WinSoft interview by Shufflegazine

St Martin-le-Vinoux (Grenoble) France- 14 June, 2010 - WinSoft International is delighted to announce the release of Tasmeem 5, offering the richness of advanced Arabic typography to users of Middle Eastern versions of InDesign CS5.

Read the Tasmeem press release.

Pierre Blangero, WinSoft co-founder, has shared his experience of international development during a meeting organized by The Grilog (Grenoble Software association).
Read the article (in French)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates– 8 May, 2010 – WinSoft International is delighted to announce the ten winning designs in the WinSoft Arabic Typography Contest. The results were announced by Kamel Gaddas, WinSoft International CEO in a ceremony held at the Adobe Beach Bash today in Dubai.

Read the Award Ceremony press release.

GRENOBLE, France - 10 May, 2010 - FileMaker, Inc and WinSoft International have announced the immediate availability of the new FileMaker Pro 11 database product line for Middle Eastern, North African, Indian and Central European users.

Read the FileMaker 11 press release.

St Martin-le-Vinoux (Grenoble) France- 8 May, 2010 - Adobe and WinSoft International announced today the immediate availability of the new Creative Suite 5 product line in Middle Eastern, North African and Greek versions, with all the tools of the standard versions plus advanced features to help users fully handle documents in Arabic, Hebrew and Greek. 

Read the Adobe CS5 press release.

31 March, 2010-- Grenoble, France -- Celebrating 25 years of international software publishing, today the French company formerly known as WinSoft announced a name change to "WinSoft International" as well as an update to its corporate logo. The name and logo changes are part of a strategic move reinforcing WinSoft International's position as a proactive worldwide software publisher with a multicultural customer base.
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Grenoble (France) 12 January, 2010 WinSoft announced today an important step towards the continued development of the company as part of the business development plan being pursued by WinSoft's Board of Directors, with its purchase of a majority stake in Algoba Systems. As part of its strategic development strategy defined and developed by WinSoft founders Pierre Blangero (President) and Kamel Gaddas (CEO), the purchase of 85% of Algoba Systems represents a pivotal moment in the 24 year old company's five year plan for growth and development and an important step in the history of the company.
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Grenoble, France - October 28, 2009 - International software developer and distributor WinSoft announced the release today of its newest products: ScribeDOOR for Illustrator CS4 and ScribeDOOR for InDesign CS4. ScribeDOOR adds the ability to edit and treat text in 22 complex languages, including Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi as well as many Indic and South-East Asian languages, to two of Adobe's powerful design and desktop publishing programs: Illustrator and InDesign.
Read the press release.

Celebrating Arabic Typography and UNESCO's Year for Rapprochement of Cultures
Multi-lingual software developer WinSoft is launching the Arabic Typography Design Contest, with ten prizes worth more than $16,500, in celebration of UNESCO's International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures, 2010.
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Grenoble - 20 October 2009 - WinSoft and FileMaker have announced the immediate availability of the Russian version of the FileMaker 10 database product line, the award-winning desktop database software for Windows and Mac OS.
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Grenoble , France - October 14, 2007 - inSoft and its Board of Directors recently approved the nomination of Kamel Gaddas as WinSoft CEO. Gaddas' nomination as CEO is part of WinSoft's strategic reorganization towards further growth and development.

WinSoft, a specialist in complex scripts and advanced typography is known in two arenas: as both an editor of its own software programs and as a re-editor of international software applications.

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates - April, 2009 - As a Key partner of Adobe for the Middle East and Africa, WinSoft presented Adobe InDesign and Photoshop CS4, Middle Eastern (ME) versions and the new Tasmeem 4, at Adobe Design Conference (Dday) in Dubai, on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April.
Read the DDay press release.

GRENOBLE, FRANCE – March, 23 2009 – FileMaker and WinSoft have jointly announced the immediate availability of the new FileMaker Pro 10 database product line for Central European, Middle Eastern, North African and Indian users.
Read FileMaker 10 press release.

Grenoble, France – February 19, 2009 – WinSoft, multilingual software publisher, unveils Tasmeem 4, the new version of Tasmeem, set of plug-ins and fonts for Adobe InDesign CS4, Middle Eastern version, dedicated to Arabic users.
Read Tasmeem press release.

DUBAI, UAE. - January 26, 2009 - Adobe and WinSoft announced today the availability of Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Middle East/Africa versions, allowing designers and developers who rely on the industry-leading design and development software to work in their native language. The product is available in Arabic, English (Middle Eastern), French (North African), Greek and Hebrew.

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Winsoft offers sneak preview of new Arabic fonts at GITEX 2008.
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WinSoft experiences 25% year on year demand for Middle Eastern software versions.
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Grenoble, France — August 5, 2008 — Global IT giant, Adobe Systems Incorporated, and multilingual software publisher, WinSoft, have jointly released today the Middle Eastern versions of Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Standard and Professional. These releases represent a significant upgrade that transforms the process of creating and sharing electronic documents for the Middle Eastern users.
Read the Acrobat 9 press release.

Dubaï, United Arab Emirates, April 24, 2008 - The inaugural of Adobe Systems Incorporated's 'D-Day', a premier design conference which organized for the first time in the Middle East, recently held in Dubai, received a tremendous response from the creative industry attracting over 350 participants from the design and advertising industry.
Read the Adobe D-Day press release.

Grenoble , France - January 2008 - Global IT giant, Adobe Systems Incorporated, and multilingual software publisher, WinSoft, have jointly released the Arabic versions of Creative Suite 3 Design Standard & Premium and Web Premium - the industry's most comprehensive localised collection of integrated design and development software tools.
Read the Adobe in Creative Suite 3 Arabic Edition Debut press release.

Grenoble , France - December 21, 2007 - FileMaker, Inc. and WinSoft announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 9 and FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced in Asian English (Windows versions only) the most dramatic new offering in years with over 30 ease-of-use breakthroughs, according to the company.
Read the FileMaker 9 available for Indian Users press release.

Grenoble , France - December 21, 2007 - FileMaker and WinSoft announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 9 and FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced for Middle Eastern users.
Read the FileMaker 9 available for Middle Eastern Users press release.

Grenoble , France - November 28, 2007 - WinSoft, a leading multilingual software publisher and FileMaker, maker of FileMaker Pro, the best selling desktop database, have announced plans to market FileMaker Pro to the India market before the end of this year.
Read the WinSoft and FileMaker Plan to Market FileMaker in India press release.

Grenoble , France - November 14, 2007 - The aim of WinSoft, multilingual software publisher, ranked among the 50 fastest-growing high-technology company in France: remain leader in terms of organisation, management and market.
Read the WinSoft's innovation strategy press release.

Grenoble , France - November 8, 2007 - FileMaker and WinSoft announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 9 and FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced for Central European users, a major new version of the most award-winning desktop database for Windows and Mac OS.
Read the FileMaker available for Central European Users press release.

Grenoble, France - September 8, 2007 - Leading multilingual software publisher, WinSoft reveale its award-winning Tasmeem family today at Gitex 2007.
Read the launch of Tasmeem at GITEX 2007 press release.

Grenoble, France - August 1, 2007 - Visitors of the Gitex 2007 will be able to see the latest releases of FileMaker products dedicated to Middle Eastern users. Users can now enter and display text in Arabic language with a click.
Read the FileMaker products ready to please Middle Eastern users press release.

Grenoble, France - August 1, 2007 - Leading multilingual software publisher, WinSoft, will release a new version of its Tasmeem family - the most comprehensive Arabic typesetting and design tool, and the latest version of its number-one selling and easy-to-use localised database software - FileMaker - at GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK, the region's single largest event for technology.
Read the Gitex press release.

Grenoble, France - June 1, 2007 - FileMaker Pro 8.5 and FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced, are now available for Middle Eastern & North African users, it is jointly announced by FileMaker and WinSoft today.
Read the FileMaker available for Arabic and Hebrew users press release.

Grenoble, France - February 19, 2007 - WinSoft, multilingual software publisher, was acknowledged innovative company by Oséo-ANVAR on the 12th of December 2006 for Tasmeem®, Arabic publishing software.
Read the OSEO Anvar label press release.

Grenoble, France - February 2, 2007 - FileMaker Pro 8.5 and FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced, are now available in Turkish version, it was jointly announced by FileMaker and WinSoft today.
Read the FileMaker available for Turkish users press release.

Grenoble, France - January 4, 2007 - FileMaker Pro 8.5 and FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced, are now available in Czech, Polish and Extended English versions, it was jointly announced by FileMaker and WinSoft today.
Read the FileMaker available for Central European users press release.