<s>
Harvard	B-Protocol
Graphics	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
graphics	O
and	O
presentation	B-Application
program	I-Application
for	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
,	O
titled	O
Harvard	B-Protocol
Presentation	I-Protocol
Graphics	I-Protocol
was	O
released	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1986	O
by	O
Software	O
Publishing	O
Corporation	O
(	O
SPC	O
)	O
and	O
achieved	O
a	O
high	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harvard	B-Protocol
Graphics	I-Protocol
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
desktop	O
business	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
programs	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
incorporate	O
text	O
,	O
information	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
charts	O
into	O
custom	O
slideshow	O
presentations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
version	O
could	O
import	O
data	O
from	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
or	O
Lotus	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
,	O
charts	O
created	O
in	O
Symphony	O
or	O
PFS	O
Graph	O
,	O
and	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
text	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
export	O
text	O
and	O
graphics	O
to	O
Computer	O
Graphics	O
Metafile	O
and	O
to	O
pfs:Write	B-Application
,	O
also	O
manufactured	O
by	O
SPC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
use	O
of	O
vector	O
graphics	O
produced	O
mixed	O
results	O
on	O
the	O
CGA	B-Device
and	O
EGA	B-Device
displays	O
common	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
output	O
was	O
usually	O
sent	O
to	O
a	O
slide	O
printer	O
or	O
a	O
color	O
plotter	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harvard	B-Protocol
Graphics	I-Protocol
2.0	O
added	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
import	O
the	O
latest	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
spreadsheet	O
data	O
before	O
generating	O
graphics	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
drawing	O
and	O
annotations	O
for	O
graphs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.0	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
until	O
1991	O
,	O
offering	O
improved	O
editing	O
functions	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
graphics	O
and	O
export	O
capabilities	O
were	O
being	O
outperformed	O
by	O
competitors	O
like	O
Aldus	B-Protocol
Persuasion	I-Protocol
and	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Freelance	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harvard	B-Protocol
Graphics	I-Protocol
was	O
used	O
as	O
bonus	O
product	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
by	O
Australian	O
Retailer	O
Harvey	O
Norman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
market	O
leader	O
through	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
,	O
Harvard	B-Protocol
Graphics	I-Protocol
struggled	O
as	O
the	O
market	O
shifted	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SPC	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
3.0	I-Application
in	O
1991	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
market	O
share	O
never	O
approached	O
the	O
70%	O
it	O
had	O
previously	O
commanded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
market	O
came	O
to	O
be	O
dominated	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
PowerPoint	I-Application
and	O
then	O
the	O
bundle	O
of	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
into	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Serif	O
purchased	O
exclusive	O
marketing	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
product	O
line	O
of	O
Harvard	B-Protocol
Graphics	I-Protocol
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
and	O
assumed	O
product	O
support	O
responsibilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Serif	O
continued	O
to	O
market	O
Harvard	B-Protocol
Graphics	I-Protocol
98	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
other	O
software	O
under	O
the	O
Harvard	B-Protocol
Graphics	I-Protocol
brand	O
until	O
mid-year	O
2017	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
taken	O
off	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
