Interleaf ships Cyberleaf for UNIX.WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 1995--Interleaf Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : LEAF) announced the availability of Cyberleaf 1.0, a new software package that dramatically streamlines the process of publishing information on the Internet's World Wide Web. Cyberleaf is push-button (electronics) push-button - A roughly fingertip-sized plastic cover attached to a spring-loaded, normally-open switch, which, when pressed, closes the switch. Typical examples are the keys on a computer or calculator keyboard and mouse buttons. technology that automatically transforms documents created with popular word processing applications into Internet-ready webs of information, without requiring users to learn tedious 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. code. Cyberleaf goes beyond document conversion by also providing a complete Web production environment, including functionality for hyperlinking between and among various file types and for managing and updating multiple webs. Since its announcement in November 1994, Cyberleaf has received widespread acclaim. Now released and shipping, Cyberleaf is poised for rapid adoption by organizations and individuals who want to publish information on the World Wide Web quickly and easily. Ed Koepfler, Interleaf's president and 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. , said "The World Wide Web is emerging as a vast and important medium for global communication and with Cyberleaf, Interleaf is positioned to quickly establish the leadership role in the Internet publishing arena." Cyberleaf is priced at $795 U.S. and is now available for Digital Equipment, Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Sun UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). workstations. A Windows version is under development and will be available later this year. Cyberleaf's key features include: o Push-button graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to . A workflow-oriented interface, ideal for any skill level, guides users through the web construction process and requires no knowledge of HTML. o Multiple format conversion. Cyberleaf converts Microsoft Word RTF (Rich Text Format) A document format from Microsoft for encoding text and graphics. It was adapted from IBM's DCA format and supports ANSI, IBM PC and Macintosh character sets. , WordPerfect, Interleaf, FrameMaker and ASCII ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype operations, it has found wide application in computers. formats. o Simultaneous text and graphics conversion to HTML 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. . Text and graphics contained in documents are converted to HTML and GIF in one easy step. o Thumbnail graphics. To save valuable time when downloading images within files, any graphic may be transformed into a thumbnail, a postage stamp-sized version of the original graphic. End users simply click on the thumbnail to download the full-size graphic. o Table conversion. Tables may be output in a variety of formats, including PostScript, as a GIF inline image, or as experimental HTML 3 table markup. o Easy-to-use hyperlinking. Hyperlinks contained in the original documents are preserved and converted directly to HTML. In addition, users can insert hyperlinks within and between documents, as well as link to any external file type. o Style matching. During the conversion process, Cyberleaf analyzes the styles contained in the original documents and automatically matches those styles to equivalent HTML styles. o Home page templates. Cyberleaf includes professionally-designed home page templates which can be customized for various applications. o Document outlines. To facilitate browsing, long documents may be outlined based on selected style names. The outline resembles a table of contents with hyperlinks automatically generated for corresponding sections of each outline element. o Web document management. Multiple webs can be created, managed and maintained simultaneously. Webs can be updated incrementally when individual documents change or new ones are added, with no need to rebuild webs from scratch each time. o Multiple browser support. Cyberleaf has been tested with many popular browsers including NCSA (1) (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana-Champaign, IL, www.ncsa.uiuc.edu) A high-performance computing facility located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mosaic, Netscape, Spyglass, Spry, Cello, Lynx, Chimera and Arena. Cyberleaf will be sold through Interleaf's direct sales organization and through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and channel partners. About Interleaf Interleaf is the leading worldwide supplier of a complete line of documentation information management software and systems, providing solutions to automate document-intensive business processes. Interleaf's core businesses span the spectrum of document information needs from electronic document preparation, publishing and distribution to custom systems for managing the information contained in documents. More information on Interleaf and its complete line of integrated document management solutions can be found on the World Wide Web: http://www.ileaf.com. -0- Copyright 1995 by Interleaf Inc. Interleaf is a registered trademark of Interleaf Inc. Cyberleaf is a trademark of Interleaf Inc. Other products and companies referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders. CONTACT: Interleaf Anna Morbelli, 617/290-0710 ext. 6392 email: amorbelli@ileaf.com or Schwartz Communications Nancy Kashanek, 617/431-0770 email: nkashanek@mcimail.com |
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