Quadralay Releases WebWorks Publisher Version 3.0 for Macintosh Premier Internet Publishing Solution for Commercial Documentation.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 1996--Quadralay(R) Corporation today announced the availability of Release 3.0 of its WebWorks(TM) Publisher for the Macintosh platform with support for 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. 3.0. WebWorks Publisher helps technical publishers automate the task of publishing professional quality documents on the Internets World Wide Web. Designed to be used with Adobe(R) Systems award-winning FrameMaker(R) publishing package, WebWorks Publisher allows users to easily produce and maintain documents in HTML format for publication on the Web. Publisher combines the ease-of-use of WebWorks' HTML Lite (currently included in FrameMaker Release 5.0) with a richer, more powerful set of production-level features. Publisher provides an HTML solution for companies to design and maintain a single master version of their documentation base for print and Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. . WebWorks Publisher 3.0 Features WebWorks Publisher translates FrameMaker text and graphic formats into 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 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. files, while automatically supporting hypertext links and cross-references. As a macro based product, Publisher allows for full user customization. Examples of this flexibility are the ability to split files and output in any markup language markup language Standard text-encoding system consisting of a set of symbols inserted in a text document to control its structure, formatting, or the relationship among its parts. The most widely used markup languages are SGML, HTML, and XML. format. WebWorks also provides external URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. hyperlinks to text, graphics, forms, audio, and video. It supports MicroSoft(R) Word, WordPerfect(TM), Interleaf Desktop publishing software that was widely used for DOS, Windows 95/98, NT, and a variety of Unix-based computers from Interleaf, Inc., Waltham, MA. Interleaf's full-featured program supported a large number of document and image types, including its ability to handle extremely long (TM), and other popular file formats through FrameMaker file import. Publisher also allows the flexibility to change document backgrounds and create navigation buttons using a few easily managed macros. New Product Enhancements - Support for FrameMaker Footnotes and Web Navigation buttons. - Support for bold, italic, & underline character overrides. - Smart Conversion that only re-scans modified files, enabling faster updates. - Enhanced user interface to make style editing/mapping easier. - Importing of styles, macros, conditions, and character mappings from other file sets. WebWorks Publisher Applications Publisher offers a simple, yet comprehensive option for professionally building and managing a Web site, while using a familiar interface to distribute information based on existing documentation. "Together, FrameMaker and Publisher allow organizations to produce and maintain large printed documents and quickly place this same information on the Web. This eliminates the need to spend countless hours converting those documents page by page to HTML format and repeating this process every time changes are made," said Marc Yagjian, president of Quadralay. Companies also use WebWorks Publisher to electronically maintain and distribute large informational and reference documents on internal or "Intranet" Webs. The software can be used to transform catalogs, corporate documentation, and technical manuals from hard-copy to dynamic electronic media that provides accurate and up-to-the-minute information. Publisher can also be used to produce on-line help documentation in an HTML format for distribution on CD-ROMs. Publisher is now available on Macintosh (retail $895), Windows (retail $895), and most 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). (retail $1,295) platforms. About the Company Quadralay is a leading developer and marketer of products for publishing and organizing documents on the World Wide Web, Intranets, and CD-ROMs. Quadralay's WebWorks products are sold internationally and provide professionals with industrial strength tools required for real business solutions. For more information about WebWorks Publisher, contact Quadralay Corporation (company) Quadralay Corporation - The developers of GWHIS. http://quadralay.com/. Telephone: +1 512-346-9199. Fax: +1 512-346-8990. , 9101 Burnet burnet, hardy perennial herb of the family Rosaceae (rose) found in temperate regions, usually with white or greenish flowers. The European species are sometimes cultivated for the leaves, which are used in salads, for flavoring, and formerly as a poultice to stop Road, Suite 105, Austin, TX, 78758. CONTACT: Quadralay Corporation, Austin Lyn Graft, 512/719-3399 EMail: info@quadralay.com |
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