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       As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 1998
                                                       Registration No. 333-______
  
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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549           
  
                       ---------------------------------------
  
                                      FORM S-8
               REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                       ---------------------------------------
  
                                  MICROGRAFX, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  <TABLE>
               <S>                                                                       <C>
                                TEXAS                                                         75-1952080
                   (State or other jurisdiction of                                         (I.R.S. Employer
                    incorporation or organization)                                       Identification No.)
  
                             1303 ARAPAHO
                          RICHARDSON, TEXAS                                                     75081
               (Address of principal executive offices)                                       (Zip Code)
  </TABLE>
  
                       ---------------------------------------
  
              MICROGRAFX, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, AS AMENDED
                              (Full title of the plan)
  
                       ---------------------------------------
  
  <TABLE>
              <S>                                                                    <C>
                        R. EDWIN PEARCE, ESQ.                                                  COPY TO:
                           MICROGRAFX, INC.                                             L. STEVEN LESHIN, ESQ.
                             1303 ARAPAHO                                                JENKENS & GILCHRIST,
                       RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75081                                        A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                            (214) 234-1769                                           1445 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 3200
                                                                                         DALLAS, TEXAS  75202
                 (Name, address and telephone number
              including area code of agent for service)                           
  </TABLE>
                       ---------------------------------------
  
                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
  =================================================================================================================================
                                                                          PROPOSED                PROPOSED
                                                     AMOUNT                MAXIMUM                MAXIMUM             AMOUNT OF
               TITLE OF CLASS OF                      TO BE            OFFERING PRICE            AGGREGATE           REGISTRATION
          SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED           REGISTERED(1)(2)       PER SHARE(3)(4)      OFFERING PRICE(3)(4)        Fee(4)
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   <S>                                         <C>                       <C>                 <C>                    <C>
   Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share       550,000 Shares            $ 8.69              $ 4,779,500.00         $ 1,410.00
  =================================================================================================================================
  </TABLE>
  
           (1)     The securities to be registered consist of 550,000 shares
  reserved for issuance under the Micrografx, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
  as amended (the "Plan").
           (2)     Pursuant to Rule 416, this Registration Statement is deemed to
  include additional shares of Common Stock issuable under the terms of the Plan
  to prevent dilution resulting from any future stock split, stock dividend or
  similar transaction.
           (3)     Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
  registration fee.
           (4)     Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h).  Accordingly, the
  price per share of the Common Stock offered hereunder pursuant to the Plan is
  based on a price per share of $ 8.69, which is the average of the high and low
  prices reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
  Automated Quotation System National Market System in the Common Stock as of
  October 7, 1998, which is a date within  five business days prior  to the date
  of filing the registration statement.
  
  
  
  
  
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  <PAGE>   2
                                       PART I
  
                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
  
  ITEM 1.  PLAN INFORMATION*
  ITEM 2.  REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*
  
                                      PART II
  
                   INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
           The registrant hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration
  Statement its registration statements on Form S-8 previously filed by the
  registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
  (Registrations No. 33-41665, 33-71010, 33-86372 and 333-03427), which related
  to the Plan.
  
  ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.
  
           (a)   Exhibits.
  
                 The following documents are filed as a part of this Registration
  Statement.
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
         Exhibit          Description of Exhibit
         -------          ----------------------
  <S>              <C>             
            3.1*   Articles of Incorporation of the registrant (Exhibit 3.1)
  
            3.2**  Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of the registrant
                   (Exhibit 3.2)
  
            3.3*   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant (Exhibit 3.3)
  
            3.4*** Amendments to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant
                   (Exhibit 3.4)
  
            4.3****Micrografx, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
                   (Exhibit 10.26)
  
            5.1    Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation
  
           23.1    Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation
                   (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
  
           23.2    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  
           23.3    Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
  </TABLE>
  
  ---------------
  
  *        Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.  33-34842) filed
           with the Commission, incorporated herein by reference.
  **       Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42195) filed
           with the Commission, incorporated herein by reference.
  ***      Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1993, incorporated
           herein by reference.
  ****     Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42195),
           incorporated herein by reference.
  
  
  
  
  ---------------------------
  
       *Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
  prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule
  428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  Securities Act ), and
  the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
  
                                        II-1
  <PAGE>   3
                                     SIGNATURES
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Richardson, Texas, on October 8, 1998:
  
                                  MICROGRAFX, INC.
  
  
                                  By:  /s/ Douglas M. Richard
                                     ------------------------------
                                     Douglas M. Richard,
                                     President and Chief Executive 
                                     Officer
  
                                 POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
           KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature
  appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Douglas M. Richard and Darryl R.
  Halbert, and each of them, each with full power to act without the other, his
  true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
  substitution to this registration statement, and to file the same with all
  exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
  Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
  authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
  necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
  purposes as he might or could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming that
  each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitutes may lawfully do or
  cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration
  statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
  and on the dates indicated:
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
                   SIGNATURE                                   CAPACITY                             DATE
                   ---------                                   --------                             ----
  <S>                                          <C>                                            <C>
     /s/ Russell Hogg                            Chairman of the Board of Directors            October 8, 1998
    ---------------------------------------
    Russell Hogg
  
     /s/ Douglas M. Richard                      President, Chief Executive Officer            October 8, 1998
    ---------------------------------------      and Director
    Douglas M. Richard                         
  
     /s/ Darryl R. Halbert                       Vice President, Controller and                October 8, 1998
    ---------------------------------------      Chief Accounting Officer
    Darryl R. Halbert                  
  
     /s/ Robert Kamerschen                       Director                                      October 8, 1998
    ---------------------------------------                                                                   
    Robert Kamerschen
  
     /s/ Seymour Merrin                          Director                                      October 8, 1998
    ---------------------------------------                                                                   
    Seymour Merrin
  
     /s/ Eugene P. Beard                         Director                                      October 8, 1998
    ---------------------------------------                                                                   
    Eugene P. Beard
  </TABLE>
  
  <PAGE>   4
                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
                                                                                                    Sequential
        Exhibit                                                                                        Page
         Number                                   Document Description                                Number
         ------                                   --------------------                                ------
    <S>                <C>                                                                          <C>
      3.1*             Articles of Incorporation of the registrant (Exhibit 3.1)
  
      3.2**            Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of the registrant (Exhibit 3.2)
  
      3.3*             Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant (Exhibit 3.3)
  
      3.4***           Amendments to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant (Exhibit 3.4)
  
      4.3****          Micrografx, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (Exhibit 10.26)
  
      5.1              Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation
  
     23.1              Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation (included in
                       their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
  
     23.2              Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  
     23.3              Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
  </TABLE>
  
  
  ----------
  
  *        Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-34842) filed
           with the Commission, incorporated herein by reference.
  
  **       Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42195) filed
           with the Commission, incorporated herein by reference.
  
  ***      Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1993,
           incorporated herein by reference.
  
  ****     Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42195),
           incorporated herein by reference.
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       As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 1998
                                                       Registration No. 333-______
  
  ================================================================================
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549           
  
                       ---------------------------------------
  
                                      FORM S-8
               REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                       ---------------------------------------
  
                                  MICROGRAFX, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  TEXAS                                                         75-1952080
                   (State or other jurisdiction of                                         (I.R.S. Employer
                    incorporation or organization)                                       Identification No.)
  
                             1303 ARAPAHO
                          RICHARDSON, TEXAS                                                     75081
               (Address of principal executive offices)                                       (Zip Code)
  ---------------------------------------
  
              MICROGRAFX, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, AS AMENDED
                              (Full title of the plan)
  
                       ---------------------------------------
  R. EDWIN PEARCE, ESQ.                                                  COPY TO:
                           MICROGRAFX, INC.                                             L. STEVEN LESHIN, ESQ.
                             1303 ARAPAHO                                                JENKENS & GILCHRIST,
                       RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75081                                        A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                            (214) 234-1769                                           1445 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 3200
                                                                                         DALLAS, TEXAS  75202
                 (Name, address and telephone number
              including area code of agent for service)
  ---------------------------------------
  
                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  =================================================================================================================================
                                                                          PROPOSED                PROPOSED
                                                     AMOUNT                MAXIMUM                MAXIMUM             AMOUNT OF
               TITLE OF CLASS OF                      TO BE            OFFERING PRICE            AGGREGATE           REGISTRATION
          SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED           REGISTERED(1)(2)       PER SHARE(3)(4)      OFFERING PRICE(3)(4)        Fee(4)
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share       550,000 Shares            $ 8.69              $ 4,779,500.00         $ 1,410.00
  =================================================================================================================================
  (1)     The securities to be registered consist of 550,000 shares
  reserved for issuance under the Micrografx, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
  as amended (the "Plan").
           (2)     Pursuant to Rule 416, this Registration Statement is deemed to
  include additional shares of Common Stock issuable under the terms of the Plan
  to prevent dilution resulting from any future stock split, stock dividend or
  similar transaction.
           (3)     Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
  registration fee.
           (4)     Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h).  Accordingly, the
  price per share of the Common Stock offered hereunder pursuant to the Plan is
  based on a price per share of $ 8.69, which is the average of the high and low
  prices reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
  Automated Quotation System National Market System in the Common Stock as of
  October 7, 1998, which is a date within  five business days prior  to the date
  of filing the registration statement.
  
  ================================================================================
  2
                                       PART I
  
                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
  
  ITEM 1.  PLAN INFORMATION*
  ITEM 2.  REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*
  
                                      PART II
  
                   INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
           The registrant hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration
  Statement its registration statements on Form S-8 previously filed by the
  registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
  (Registrations No. 33-41665, 33-71010, 33-86372 and 333-03427), which related
  to the Plan.
  
  ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.
  
           (a)   Exhibits.
  
                 The following documents are filed as a part of this Registration
  Statement.
  Exhibit          Description of Exhibit
         -------          ----------------------
  3.1*   Articles of Incorporation of the registrant (Exhibit 3.1)
  
            3.2**  Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of the registrant
                   (Exhibit 3.2)
  
            3.3*   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant (Exhibit 3.3)
  
            3.4*** Amendments to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant
                   (Exhibit 3.4)
  
            4.3****Micrografx, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
                   (Exhibit 10.26)
  
            5.1    Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation
  
           23.1    Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation
                   (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
  
           23.2    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  
           23.3    Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
  ---------------
  
  *        Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.  33-34842) filed
           with the Commission, incorporated herein by reference.
  **       Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42195) filed
           with the Commission, incorporated herein by reference.
  ***      Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1993, incorporated
           herein by reference.
  ****     Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42195),
           incorporated herein by reference.
  
  ---------------------------
  
       *Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
  prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule
  428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  Securities Act ), and
  the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
  
                                        II-1
  3
                                     SIGNATURES
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Richardson, Texas, on October 8, 1998:
  
                                  MICROGRAFX, INC.
  
                                  By:  /s/ Douglas M. Richard
                                     ------------------------------
                                     Douglas M. Richard,
                                     President and Chief Executive 
                                     Officer
  
                                 POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
           KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature
  appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Douglas M. Richard and Darryl R.
  Halbert, and each of them, each with full power to act without the other, his
  true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
  substitution to this registration statement, and to file the same with all
  exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
  Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
  authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
  necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
  purposes as he might or could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming that
  each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitutes may lawfully do or
  cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration
  statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
  and on the dates indicated:
  SIGNATURE                                   CAPACITY                             DATE
                   ---------                                   --------                             ----
  /s/ Russell Hogg                            Chairman of the Board of Directors            October 8, 1998
    ---------------------------------------
    Russell Hogg
  
     /s/ Douglas M. Richard                      President, Chief Executive Officer            October 8, 1998
    ---------------------------------------      and Director
    Douglas M. Richard                         
  
     /s/ Darryl R. Halbert                       Vice President, Controller and                October 8, 1998
    ---------------------------------------      Chief Accounting Officer
    Darryl R. Halbert                  
  
     /s/ Robert Kamerschen                       Director                                      October 8, 1998
    ---------------------------------------                                                                   
    Robert Kamerschen
  
     /s/ Seymour Merrin                          Director                                      October 8, 1998
    ---------------------------------------                                                                   
    Seymour Merrin
  
     /s/ Eugene P. Beard                         Director                                      October 8, 1998
    ---------------------------------------                                                                   
    Eugene P. Beard
  4
                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  Sequential
        Exhibit                                                                                        Page
         Number                                   Document Description                                Number
         ------                                   --------------------                                ------
  3.1*             Articles of Incorporation of the registrant (Exhibit 3.1)
  
      3.2**            Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of the registrant (Exhibit 3.2)
  
      3.3*             Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant (Exhibit 3.3)
  
      3.4***           Amendments to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant (Exhibit 3.4)
  
      4.3****          Micrografx, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (Exhibit 10.26)
  
      5.1              Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation
  
     23.1              Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation (included in
                       their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
  
     23.2              Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  
     23.3              Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
  ----------
  
  *        Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-34842) filed
           with the Commission, incorporated herein by reference.
  
  **       Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42195) filed
           with the Commission, incorporated herein by reference.
  
  ***      Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1993,
           incorporated herein by reference.
  
  ****     Filed as the exhibit shown in parenthesis contained in the
           registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-42195),
           incorporated herein by reference.