Astrobyte announces BeyondPress 2.0.3 publishes web pages in four languages.DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1996--Astrobyte today announced the addition of multilingual capabilities to BeyondPress, its award-winning 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. conversion tool. BeyondPress allows QuarkXPress users to publish their documents on the World Wide Web. Version 2.0.3, a free upgrade for users of version 2.0 and higher, is localized for the French, German, Dutch and English languages. BeyondPress is notable for its unique approach to document conversion. The Document Content palette allows users to view the contents of a QuarkXPress document, and arrange elements to form HTML articles. The Preview button converts text and images, and displays the results in a browser such as Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. . BeyondPress preserves text styles and paragraph alignment, and converts special characters automatically. To preserve additional formatting such as headlines and bulleted bul·let·ed adj. Printing Highlighted or set off with bullets: a bulleted list. lists, users can map QuarkXPress style sheets to HTML styles, or apply styles directly to text ranges. BeyondPress supports the definition of custom HTML styles. BeyondPress also supports the latest Web features, including client-side and server-side image maps and fully formatted HTML tables. Users can enliven en·liv·en tr.v. en·liv·ened, en·liv·en·ing, en·liv·ens To make lively or spirited; animate. en·liv  en·er n. their Web pages with background colors and tiled image backgrounds, and custom colors for links and text. BeyondPress users can link both images and text to URLs. BeyondPress converts images to 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. or 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. format, including interlaced GIFs and progressive JPEGs. BeyondPress can also convert any group of text boxes, pictures and graphic elements to a single, antialiased image. Users can crop and scale images, and set transparency, borders, outsets, and alternative text. BeyondPress will create an optimal color palette Also called a "color lookup table," "lookup table," "index map," "color table" or "color map," it is a commonly used method for saving file space when creating 8-bit color images. for each image or use a specified color palette for all. Converted images can be shared across multiple web pages. Features such as custom headers and footers, date and time stamps, and Apple Events scripting allow automated processing of documents. Sample scripts include a script to create links in a document's text and a droplet droplet very small drop of fluid. droplet nuclei the finite particles of matter which are transmitted from animal to animal. to convert word processor files, text files and images to HTML. On launch, BeyondPress uses one of four languages, depending on the user's System language. Users of Quark's multilingual product QuarkXPress Passport can change the BeyondPress language at any time, using Passport's language menu. BeyondPress 2.0.3 is available with either French or English documentation. Pricing and Availability BeyondPress 2.0.3 for Mac OS is available now at an estimated street price of $595.00. Users of version 2.0 and higher can download the free upgrade from the Astrobyte web site. 1.0 users can purchase an upgrade for $149. BeyondPress is available from select distributors and direct from Astrobyte. For additional information, contact Astrobyte: Toll Free: 888-278-7629 Outside US and Canada: 303-534-6344 Web: http://www.astrobyte.com E-mail: Info@astrobyte.com Astrobyte is a Denver-based developer of leading edge publishing tools, including BeyondPress, an extension to QuarkXPress for Internet publishing. Astrobyte was formed in 1994 by former employees of Quark quark (kwôrk): see elementary particles. quark Any of a group of subatomic particles thought to be among the fundamental constituents of matter—more specifically, of protons and neutrons. , Inc., and is privately held. CONTACT: Astrobyte, Denver Ralph Risch, 303/534-6344 |
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