Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 1996--MathSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ<http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/NASDAQ>AQ>: MATH) today announced Axum 5.0, a major new release of their powerful technical graphics and data analysis software. New enhancements and features include panel plots for revealing hidden patterns in data, the ability to customize Axum's toolbars and menus, and a unique link that lets users create PowerPoint presentations automatically. Axum 5.0 is the first point-and-click graphing package to offer panel plots, modeled after TRELLIS<http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Trellis> graphics pioneered by Bill Cleveland at Bell Labs and Rick Becker at AT&T Labs. Panel plots allow users to condition data on multiple variables and to examine different relationships in the data.