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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.5

                                February 8, 2000

Gary Tidd
6603 Ripley Lane North
Renton, WA  98056

     Re:  Employment Offer Letter

Dear Mr. Tidd:

     Captura Software Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its
subsidiaries, "Captura" or the "Company"), is pleased to offer you employment
with the Company.  By this Employment Offer Letter, Captura extends its written
offer of employment to you subject to the provisions specified below.  Execution
of this Employment Offer Letter by you indicates your agreement to accept
employment at Captura subject to these same provisions.

Position:                          EVP, North American Sales

Start Date:                        No later than March 1, 2000.

Duties and Responsibilities:       You shall perform, on behalf of Captura,
                                   those services which are customary for the
                                   position and job description to which you are
                                   appointed. In addition, your duties and
                                   responsibilities may include other services
                                   and tasks as directed by your manager from
                                   time to time. You shall be required to
                                   execute and honor the provisions of the
                                   Employee Invention and Confidentiality
                                   Agreement and confirm that you are not bound
                                   by any non-compete or confidentiality
                                   agreements which would prevent you from
                                   performing your job responsibilities at
                                   Captura.

Annual Salary:                     Your annual base salary shall be $150,000 per
                                   annum.

Incentive Compensation:            You will be eligible to participate in a
                                   sales commission plan with agreed upon
                                   objectives and goals to be established by
                                   Captura's Chief Executive Officer within the
                                   first thirty (30) days of employment.

Signing Bonus:                     You will receive a signing bonus of $15,000
                                   payable during the first regularly scheduled
                                   payroll run after your start date.
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Gary Tidd
February 8, 2000
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Severance:          In the event of the termination by the Company of your
                    employment, for reasons other than cause, the Company will
                    continue your annual base salary for a period of one year
                    after date of termination at your then current base rate. In
                    addition, in the event of the termination of your employment
                    by the Company for reasons other than cause, the stock
                    option grant discussed below will continue to vest for a
                    period of one year after date of termination. For purposes
                    of this letter, "cause" shall mean (i) any act of personal
                    dishonesty taken by the Employee in connection with his/her
                    responsibilities as an employee and intended to result in
                    substantial personal enrichment of the Employee, (ii) the
                    Employee's commission or a felony or an act of fraud against
                    the Company or its affiliates, (iii) a willful act by the
                    Employee that constitutes gross misconduct and that is
                    injurious to the Company, and (iv) continued significant
                    failure by the Employee to perform his/her duties
                    commensurate with the position, after there has been
                    delivered to the Employee a written demand for performance
                    from the Company that describes the basis for the Company's
                    belief that the Employee has not substantially performed
                    his/her duties.

Vacation:           Vacation shall be accrued at the rate of 20 days per year.

Benefits Plan:      You shall be eligible to receive the same benefits package
                    as is generally offered to full time employees of Captura;
                    provided, however, that Captura reserves the right to modify
                    or update its benefits package from time-to-time.

Stock Option:       On your first official day of employment with the Company,
                    you will begin eligibility for a grant of an option to
                    purchase 200,000 shares of Captura Common Stock. This option
                    will vest over 4 years, assuming continued employment with
                    Captura. The Company intends to grant this option in
                    accordance with the rules of the Captura Stock Option Plan,
                    and the option will be evidenced by a separate stock option
                    agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

     Captura is an "at will" employer, and this Employment Offer Letter shall
not be interpreted or construed to constitute an employment contract for any
specific term or include any provision not specifically set forth above.  This
Employment Offer Letter represents the entire agreement between you and the
Company concerning the terms and conditions of your
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Gary Tidd
February 8, 2000
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employment by the Company and supersedes all prior agreements, whether oral or
written, with respect to this matter.

     Our offer to hire you is contingent upon your submission of satisfactory
proof of your identity and your legal authorization to work in the United
States.  If you fail to submit this proof, federal law prohibits us from hiring
you.

     If you agree with and accept the terms of this offer of employment, please
sign below and return this letter to our office, attention Corkey Christensen.
We are confident your employment with Captura will prove mutually beneficial,
and we look forward to having you join us.

Captura Software, Inc.             Employee:

/s/ Dan Vetras                     /s/ Gary Tidd
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Dan Vetras                         Gary Tidd
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6

The following Option Acceleration Agreement was entered into by and between the
registrant and the following executive officers on the dates set forth next to
their names below:

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Name                                             Date of Agreement
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Jim O'Farrell                                    May 31, 2000
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Corey Mandell                                    September 18, 2000
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                                    FORM OF

                            CAPTURA SOFTWARE, INC.
                         OPTION ACCELERATION AGREEMENT

     This Option Acceleration Agreement is made as of the date set forth below
by and between Captura Software, Inc. (the "Company") and the undersigned
employee of the Company (the "Employee").

     1.   Option Acceleration Upon a Change of Control. In the event of a Change
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of Control on or following the first anniversary of the Grant Date, the vesting
and exercisability of the option to purchase shares of Company common stock
granted to the Employee by the Company's Board of Directors on March 8, 2000
(the "Option" and the date of such grant, the "Grant Date") shall be
automatically accelerated as to 50% of the shares subject thereto that are
unvested at the time of the Change of Control.

     2.   Option Acceleration.  If the Employee's employment with the Company
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terminates as a result of an Involuntary Termination at any time within twelve
(12) months after a Change of Control, then the vesting and exercisability of
the Option shall be automatically accelerated in full.

     3.   Definition of Terms. The following terms referred to in this Agreement
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shall have the following meanings:

          (a)  Cause. "Cause" shall mean (i) any act of personal dishonesty
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taken by the Employee in connection with his/her responsibilities as an employee
and intended to result in substantial personal enrichment of the Employee, (ii)
the Employee's commission of a felony or an act of fraud against the Company or
its affiliates, (iii) a willful act by the Employee that constitutes gross
misconduct and that is injurious to the Company, and (iv) continued failure by
the Employee to perform his/her duties commensurate with the Employee's
position, after there has been delivered to the Employee a written demand for
performance from the Company that describes the basis for the Company's belief
that the Employee has not substantially performed his/her duties.

          (b)  Change of Control. "Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence
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of any of the following events, (i) Any "person" (as such term is used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act),
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent
(50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Company's then
outstanding voting securities; (ii) A merger or consolidation of the Company
with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation that would
result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior
thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being
converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than fifty
percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of
the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger
or consolidation; (iii) The approval by the shareholders of the Company of a
plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or
disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets;
or (iv) A change in

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the composition of the Board, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the
directors are Incumbent Directors. "Incumbent Directors" shall mean directors
who either (A) are directors of the Company as of the date hereof, or (B) are
elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of
at least a majority of those directors whose election or nomination was not in
connection with any transaction described in subsections (i), (ii) or (iii) or
in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the
election of directors of the Company.

          (c)  Involuntary Termination. "Involuntary Termination" shall mean (i)
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without the Employee's express written consent, the assignment to the Employee
of any duties or the significant reduction of the Employee's duties, either of
which is inconsistent with the Employee's position with the Company and his/her
responsibilities in effect immediately prior to such assignment, or the removal
of the Employee from such position and responsibilities; (ii) without the
Employee's express written consent, a substantial reduction, without good
business reasons, of the facilities and perquisites (including office space and
location) available to the Employee immediately prior to such reduction; (iii) a
reduction by the Company in the base salary of the Employee as in effect
immediately prior to such reduction; (iv) a material reduction by the Company in
the kind or level of employee benefits to which the Employee is entitled
immediately prior to such reduction, with the result that the Employee's overall
benefits package is significantly reduced; (v) the relocation of the Employee to
a facility or a location more than 30 miles from the Employee's then present
location, without the Employee's express written consent; (vi) any purported
termination of the Employee by the Company that is not effected for Disability
or for Cause, or any purported termination for which the grounds relied upon are
not valid; or (vii) the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption of this
Agreement by any successors contemplated in Section 9 below; provided, however,
that no Involuntary Termination shall be deemed to have occurred if any such
successor substitutes an agreement for this Agreement providing comparable
severance benefits to those provided for in this Agreement.

          (d)  Disability. "Disability" shall mean total and permanent
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disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.

     4.   Other.  This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of
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Washington, excluding its choice of law provisions.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
_______ day of _____________, 2000.

Captura Software, Inc.

By:_______________________________

Its:______________________________

EMPLOYEE

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