"Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Your Home" Brings Professional Interior Decorating to the Desktop; CD-ROM Inspires Users to Spruce Up Their Home For the Holidays.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1996--Multicom Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq:MNET MNET Munitions, New Equipment Training (US Army) MNET Mission and Data Directorate, Network ) brings world class interior decorating expertise to consumers' homes, at a fraction of the cost of hiring a professional, through the release of its multimedia title "Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Your Home." Featuring the work of dozens of outstanding decorators and designers, "Decorating Your Home" serves as a personal decorating consultant, inspiring users with fresh ideas, expert tips, informative videos, and hundreds of multimedia images. "Over nineteen million households in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. engage in home decorating annually," said Tamara L. Attard, Multicom CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder. "`Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Your Home' enables anyone -- from the urban apartment dweller to the estate holder -- to visit hundreds of beautifully designed rooms, all with the click of a mouse. And because each room was selected by the decorating experts at Better Homes and Gardens magazine, users can be confident that the rooms are as comfortable and practical as they are attractive," continued Attard. Educate Before You Decorate "Decorating Your Home" serves beginners as well as experienced decorators. Novices can start with Design Basics, an interactive collection of fundamental decorating concepts and techniques, such as the art of furniture arranging, creating balance in a room arrangement, the use of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color , adding texture and mixing patterns Mixing patterns refer to systematic tendencies of one type of nodes in a network to connect to another type. For instance, nodes might tend to link to others that are very similar or very different. . Subtopics within Design Basics, such as Index, Glossary of Terms, Bookmarks, a Notes section, and Contacts, are designed to spur users to create their own design schemes. "Better Homes and Gardens, Decorating Your Home" includes free online access software from America Online See AOL. , AT&T, CompuServe, and EarthLink. Web surfing Refers to jumping from page to page on the Web. Just as in "TV channel surfing," where one clicks the remote to go from channel to channel, the hyperlink on Web pages makes it easy to jump from one page to another. decorators can use the Internet provider Internet provider - Internet Service Provider of their choice to actively search for the most current home decorating information online. Previews Save Time and Money Design Gallery is an easy-to-use slideshow presentation of 147 professionally-decorated rooms that build on the user's knowledge and insight gained through Design Basics. Design Gallery illustrates how such elements as room type, wall treatments, window treatments, floors, furniture, accessories, color and lighting work to create a harmonious whole. Tour Landmark Homes Without Leaving the Living Room Through Virtual Design Gallery, users embark on more than a dozen QuickTime Virtual Reality tours through selected homes from Atlanta to Seattle. Inside, viewers enjoy real-time movement in a 360-degree perspective, from multiple reference points. "Better Homes and Garden Decorating Your Home" is sold at major computer retail stores and book stores at an approximate street price of $19.95. "Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Your Home" is also available at bookstores and software stores as a value-added book bundle, combining 1001 Home Improvement Tips and the interactive CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). in a single package. As with all Multicom products, "Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Your Home" includes free customer support (206/343-5934) seven days a week. Multicom Publishing, Inc., founded in 1991, creates and distributes high-quality, award-winning, branded titles. Multicom is an interactive multimedia company concentrating on new media projects and services in the home/family/lifestyle category. It has strategic relationships with major partners, along with a solid base of existing code and assets and experienced in-house development teams. The Company's corporate headquarters are in Seattle, Washington  This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .The reason for its protection is listed on the protection policy page. and its principal executive offices are in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] . Multicom's Web site is located at http://www. multicom.com. -0- Note to Editors: Multicom is a registered trademark of Multicom Publishing. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective holders. CONTACT: Multicom Publishing Joan M. Murray, 415/777-5300 jmurray@multicom.com or Golin/Harris Technologies Jean Lombard or Karen Davis, 415/904-7000 jlombard@hi-tech.com kdavis@hi-tech.com |
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