(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 .
- Aldus Persuasion 1. For Mac only. Created by Peter Polash .
- 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, Acrobat Reader 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.
