Azalea Software Inc. now shipping The Azalea VampireXT.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 1995--Azalea Software Inc. is happy to announce that they are now shipping The Azalea azalea (əzāl`yə) [Gr.,=dry], any species of the genus Rhododendron, North American and Asian shrubs of the family Ericaceae (heath family) that are distinguished by the usually deciduous leaves. VampireXT(TM), a Windows QuarkXTension that converts Adobe PageMaker PageMaker was the first desktop publishing program, introduced in 1985 by Aldus Corporation[1], initially for the Apple Macintosh but soon after also for the PC. It relies on Adobe Systems' PostScript page description language. (TM) files to QuarkXPress(R) files. The Azalea VampireXT is the ideal tool for desktop publishers who are dying to make the switch from PageMaker to QuarkXPress but have a collection of existing PageMaker files they need to deal with. Without this valuable XTension, users are faced with the tedious prospect of moving text and graphics one item at a time, after rebuilding the base publication in XPress. With this XTension, the files are rebuilt automatically. Azalea Software will be demonstrating The Azalea VampireXT at the Seybold conference in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Sept. 27-29 at the Moscone Center The Moscone Center is San Francisco, California's largest convention and exhibition complex. The complex consists of two main underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, Moscone North and Moscone South, as well the three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street. . Text formatting is retained in the new XPress document. Placed graphic elements including EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. files and TIFF files are imported and style sheets are converted. This is perfect for those who have outgrown PageMaker and are trying to move to QuarkXPress. "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. users have been asking for an elegant conversion tool and we're excited about what people can do with Vampire. We've spent a lot of time working on this and are quite proud of it. As more and more designers adopt QuarkXPress as their DTP See desktop publishing. DTP - desktop publishing app of choice, they'll be able to count on The Azalea VampireXT to meet their needs," says Jerry Whiting, president of Azalea Software Inc. The Azalea VampireXT is US$99 and available now from The XChange (800/788-7557 303/229-0620), World-Wide Power (800/940-USER 303/940-0600), and directly from Azalea Software (800/48-ASOFT 206/932-6028). The Azalea VampireXT is the latest addition to Azalea Software's catalog. They also publish The Azalea UPC-EAN Barcodes XTension(TM), which creates high-quality bar codes as EPS files right in QuarkXPress. Azalea Software is also know for their full line of bar code fonts for the Macintosh and Windows. Azalea Software Inc. specializes in quality bar code printing tools, including fonts and utilities for Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. , the Macintosh, and other platforms. They also do custom development work. Azalea Software, founded in 1992, is a small, privately held, minority-owned business located in Seattle. All trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Azalea Software Inc. Jerry Whiting, 800/48-ASOFT 206/932-6028 206/937-5919 FAX vampire@azalea.com NOTE TO EDITORS: In the Internet/email address noted in this news release, there is an "at" symbol between vampire and azalea.com. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. |
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