Blue Sky Software integrates Windows Help with the Internet.LA JOLLA La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 1996--Blue Sky Software and Microsoft signed this week an Internet Development Partner agreement. Blue Sky Software opens the door of Interactive Windows Help Microsoft WinHelp is a proprietary format for online help files that can be displayed by the Microsoft Help browser winhelp.exe or winhlp32.exe. The file format is based on Rich Text Format (RTF). It remained a popular Help platform from Windows 3. by integrating Windows Help with the Internet with four new cutting-edge Internet authoring products: WinHelp Office 95 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. Edition, RoboHELP 95 HTML Edition, WinHelp Internet Access See how to access the Internet. , and the Help-to-HTML Kit. RoboHELP 95 HTML Edition ------------------------ The new RoboHELP 95 HTML Edition turns Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. 7 for Windows 95 into a full-featured authoring tool capable of creating HTML files and Windows Help systems Windows provides a help system that most software developers use to provide immediate help to the users of their Windows applications. The help is displayed by pressing F1 or selecting the Help menu in the application. simultaneously. With the new RoboHELP 95 HTML Edition, there is no learning curve to create HTML files and Windows Help systems. WinHelp Office 95 HTML Edition ------------------------------ WinHelp Office 95 HTML Edition is the First Suite for HTML and Help Authoring. WinHelp Office 95 HTML Edition provides its users with everything they need for professional Help development and also gives them the ability to quickly create the HTML Home page, all the HTML, 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. and MAP files, and Hyperlinks needed for a Web site or an in-house Intranet system. The WinHelp Office 95 HTML Edition includes cutting-edge products such as the RoboHELP 95 HTML Edition, the Help-to-HTML Converter, the "Mastering HTML for Help Authors," the WinHelp Video Kit, the WinHelp Tool Kit, the WinHelp HyperViewer, Mastering WinHelp and the Moving to WinHelp '95 Kit. WinHelp Internet Access ----------------------- With the new WinHelp Internet Access product from Blue Sky Software, Help users can jump directly from Windows Help to any Web site on the Internet via Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. , Netscape and Mosaic. Help users can also download any file from the Internet or send e-mail via the Internet. Help-to-HTML Kit ---------------- The Help-to-HTML Kit includes the Help-to-HTML Converter, the RoboHELP HTML Plug-in and the "Mastering HTML for Help Authors" book. The Help-to-HTML Converter converts any Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 Help files into HTML files regardless of the Help authoring tool used to create them and without the need of source code. The new RoboHELP HTML Plug-in automates the process of creating HTML files needed to build Internet Web sites from within RoboHELP 95. The included "Mastering HTML for Help Authors" book is a concise, easy-to-understand guide to the basics of HTML authoring from a Help Authors perspective. Pricing and Availability ------------------------ WinHelp Office 95 HTML Edition is now available at a special promotional price of $799 (list price is $1,741). RoboHELP 95 HTML Edition is now available at a special promotional retail price of $699 (list price is $897). The Help-to-HTML Kit can be purchased at a suggested price of $398. WinHelp Internet Access is part of WinHelp Office 95 HTML Edition and WinHelp Office 95. For more information, contact Blue Sky Software Sales Department at 800/459-2356; international 619/459-6365; fax 619/459-6366; http://www.blue-sky.com; Internet sales@blue-sky.com. CONTACT: Blue Sky Software Corp., La Jolla Marylin Guarino, 619/551-2485 (phone; for media only) 619/551-2486 (fax) 701-1737 (MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. ) http://www.blue-sky.com 71052,1641 (CompuServe) maryling@blue-sky.com (Internet) |
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