Melle, Germany – October 31, 2006 – ProjectWizards the makers of the project management software Merlin, today announced the release candidate of Merlin 2 called the "Halloween Version".

This special Halloween release comes with a few treats. A miniature view has been integrated for all graphical displays. This enables a quick overview in the Gantt, the Utilization or the Netplan view, making navigation in projects of all sizes very easy.

Merlin 2 can now export projects into mind map implementing a widely requested feature, which allows for easy transfer of Merlin 2 projects to the NovaMind or MindManager.

Users may find the implementation of AppleScript very convenient. This allows Merlin 2 to be integrated more widely into the environment of a company. In addition to these little treats, other interface enhancements have been made to the application. Detailed information can be obtained from the release notes available in our release notes.

The beta phase of Merlin 2 started on June 8, 2006 at the MacExpo in Cologne. It was here that Merlin 2 was first presented. After almost 5 months with 9 beta versions and close to 100,000 downloads later, ProjectWizards is proud to present the release candidate of Merlin 2. “Now we have reached a very important milestone for the development of Merlin 2.” Frank Blome, ProjectWizards’ CEO said today. “With the presentation of our Halloween version we are very happy to announce the finalization of the test phase of Merlin 2.”

In addition to this release, ProjectWizards also launches their new website. www.merlin2.net is the new home for the project management software. Support articles, downloads, features and news are just some of the items currently found on the website.

The whole Merlin team would like to take this opportunity and sincerely thank all those who helped make Merlin 2 the best professional project management application on the Mac OS X market.