Harvard Graphics
6 (5.25")floppy disk set of Harvard Graphics version 2.10
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| Developer(s) | Software Publishing Corporation (SPC) |
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| Initial release | 1986 |
| Operating system | DOS, Microsoft Windows |
| Type | presentation program |
Harvard Graphics is a graphics and presentation program for personal computers. It was a pioneering program of the personal computer revolution – the first version, titled Harvard Presentation Graphics was released for DOS in 1986 by Harvard Graphics, Inc. and achieved a high market share in the days before Microsoft Windows supplanted DOS.
Harvard Graphics was one of the first desktop business application software programs that allowed users to incorporate text, information graphics, and charts into custom slideshow presentations. The original version could import data from Lotus 1-2-3 or Lotus Symphony, charts created in Symphony or PFS Graph, and ASCII text. It could export text and graphics to Computer Graphics Metafile and to pfs:Write, also manufactured by SPC. Its use of vector graphics produced mixed results on the CGA and EGA displays common at the time, but output was usually sent to a slide printer or a color plotter.
"Presentation" was dropped from the name for the second release, which came in 1987, developed by Mario Chaves, Carl Hu, Lenore Kirvay, and Dana Tom. Harvard Graphics 2.0 added the ability to import the latest Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet data before generating graphics, as well as drawing and annotations for graphs. Version 3.0 was not released until 1991, offering improved editing functions, but its graphics and export capabilities were being outperformed by competitors like Aldus Persuasion and Lotus Freelance.
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