SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct 27, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK), the world's leading design software and digital content company, today announced that Carol Bartz, Chairman, President and CEO, will present a company overview at the upcoming Morgan Stanley Software, Services, Internet and Networking Conference in Phoenix, AZ on November 2nd at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time. A live webcast and audio archive will be available on www.autodesk.com/investor. For additional information, please call Autodesk Investor Relations at 415-507-6705.

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Autodesk is the world's leading design software and digital content company, offering customers progressive business solutions through powerful technology products and services. Autodesk helps customers in the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media, and wireless data services fields increase the value of their digital design data and improve efficiencies across their entire project lifecycle management processes. For more information about the company, see www.autodesk.com.

CONTACT: media, Nicole Pack, +1-415-507-6282, or nicole.pack@autodesk.com, or investors, Sue Pirri, +1-415-507-6467, or sue.pirri@autodesk.com, or John Clancy, +1-415-507-6373, or john.clancy@autodesk.com, all of Autodesk, Inc.

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media, Nicole Pack, +1-415-507-6282, or nicole.pack@autodesk.com, or investors, Sue Pirri, +1-415-507-6467, or sue.pirri@autodesk.com, or John Clancy, +1-415-507-6373, or john.clancy@autodesk.com, all of Autodesk, Inc.

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