Astrobyte Releases BeyondPress 3.0; New Product Provides WYSIWYG Web Page Creation in QuarkXPress.DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 1997--Astrobyte today announced the release of BeyondPress 3.0 for Mac(R) OS, the latest version of its Web authoring XTension for QuarkXPress(R). The 3.0 version includes all the document-conversion features of its predecessor, and adds powerful Web page authoring and management tools. Previously unannounced features of the new release include integrated online help, an evaluation version of Netscape Communicator An earlier suite of Web browsing and groupware tools from Netscape that were packaged as a bundle starting with Navigator 4.0. Communicator refers to any Netscape Navigator product with a version number less than 6.0. (TM), and a reduced price, to US$495 worldwide. WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. Authoring for Quark Users With BeyondPress 3.0, designers can create Web pages with the familiar tools of QuarkXPress, the world's leading page design software. Using the Cascading Style Sheet cascading style sheet Noun computing a file recording style details, such as fonts, colours, etc., that ensures style is consistent over all the pages of a website support of Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. and Netscape Communicator, plus Bitstream's TrueDoc(TM) font technology, BeyondPress converts stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. text in a QuarkXPress document to formatted HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , retaining the intended fonts, size, and paragraph spacing. BeyondPress uses HTML tables to approximate the layout of the QuarkXPress page, so designers can rely on their QuarkXPress skills when building Web pages, rather than programming in HTML or learning a new application. "With BeyondPress 3.0 you can duplicate Quarkian layouts, and effortlessly apply cascading style sheets A style sheet format for HTML documents endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium. CSS1 (Version 1.0) provides hundreds of layout settings that can be applied to all the subsequent HTML pages that are downloaded. CSS2 (Version 2. . I've tried the other layout-mimicking html apps, but, if you know XPress, BeyondPress 3.0 is the only way to go," says Kip Shaw, Web Designer with Pageworks in Delhi, NY. Web designers benefit from QuarkXPress features such as find/change, spell checking, frames, rotation, master pages and templates. BeyondPress uses text and images in every QuarkXPress supported format, and adds full drag-and-drop capabilities to QuarkXPress, letting designers drag to import and export images, text, or entire Web pages. Multimedia Support BeyondPress 3.0 lets Web authors add any multimedia elements to their QuarkXPress documents by dragging them in from the Finder or from the Shared Elements palette. Images and multimedia in the Elements palette are shared across Web pages for faster downloading. QuickTime movies, Java applets, and animated GIFs play live in the QuarkXPress document. Document Conversion As in previous versions, BeyondPress 3.0 will convert existing QuarkXPress documents to Web pages without altering the original document. Images can be cropped, scaled, and converted to JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. and GIF GIF in full Graphics Interchange Format Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. formats. Optimal color palettes can be created for individual images, or a specific color palette can be applied to all images. For example, BeyondPress can convert all images on a page to the Netscape 216 color palette (the colors that browsers display best on both Windows and Mac OS). Hypertext links, background colors and images, and complex image maps can be easily added to a print format document during the conversion process. Online Help System The product, which ships on 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). , contains HTML-based documentation that is hotlinked directly from the software to provide contextual help. The documentation is fully indexed and cross-referenced, and even includes links to additional resources on the Astrobyte Web site. A full evaluation version of Netscape Communicator 4.0.1 is provided on the CD for browsing the documentation and for previewing Web pages created with BeyondPress. Pricing and Availability BeyondPress 3.0 for Macintosh is available today in single and multi-user versions. BeyondPress 3.0 for Windows(TM) will be released in Fall of 1997. Customers can order the product direct from Astrobyte and from distributors in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Australia, and South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . Customers can download a timed evaluation version from the Astrobyte Web site, http://www.astrobyte.com . Astrobyte also announced that the worldwide retail price for BeyondPress has been lowered permanently to US$495. Upgrades are available to BeyondPress 2.0 users for US$149, BeyondPress 1.0 users for US$249 and users of Extensis(TM) Cyberpress for US$399. Customers who purchased BeyondPress 2.0 after April 14, 1997 will receive a free upgrade to BeyondPress 3.0 when they register their 2.0 product. About Astrobyte Astrobyte is a developer of leading-edge publishing tools for traditional and new media publishers. Current and future directions include internet authoring and site management, conversion of print content to HTML, and automated publishing of cross-media content. Astrobyte is privately held. CONTACT: Astrobyte Toll Free: 1 (888) 278-7629 Tel: +1 303-861-4861 (Outside US and Canada) Fax: +1 303-861-4876 Web: http://www.astrobyte.com Email: Info@astrobyte.com or Astrobyte Europe, Ltd. Tel: +44 (0) 181 991 1123 Fax: +44 (0) 181 991 1221 Email: Info.Europe@astrobyte.com |
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