It's been three years since the last full version upgrade, and SPSS has ambitious plans for the latest version of the product.
Flowcharts are an integral part of documentation.
Version 4.0 has a redesigned user interface that's compatible with Windows 95, and a more customizable work environment. Its Outliner feature has a tree-like structure that allows for multilevel charts, to which users can add notes, data, and hyperlinks to each box of the outline. AllClear 4.0 also lets users import Visio and Micrografx files, and it supports Microsoft's OLE object technology, which means u sers can open an application within a diagram. It's much easier to take a look at a process in a picture and the way it flows instead of reading it in text. Tester John Adams, a programmer analyst at investment firm Invesco Retirement Plan Services in Atlanta, uses AllClear to show interdepartmental workflow of software programs and other projects.