SoftQuad Announces HoTMetaL PRO 3.0 for Apple Macintosh.TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1996--SOFTQUAD INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . (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 :SWEBF TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :SKI) 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. Publishing Comes of Age with Newest Version of Award-Winning Software; Features WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. Forms; Drag-and-Drop Editing and Linking, Graphical Tables and Frames; Support for all Netscape and MS Internet Explorer Extensions This is a list of Internet Explorer extensions, software add-ons designed for Internet Explorer web browsers. It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. . MacWorld, Booth 5652, Boston, MA August 7, 1996 SoftQuad International, makers of the award-winning HoTMetaL PRO HTML authoring software, today announced HoTMetaL PRO 3.0 for the Macintosh platform. The new version, which is being shown for the first time at MacWorld, raises the bar on HTML publishing. It incorporates many new features and enhancements geared to providing users with a very powerful and easy-to-use environment for creating and editing documents for delivery on corporate intranets or the Internet. Available for general distribution and first-customer-shipments in late summer, HoTMetaL PRO 3.0 lists for $159 (U.S.), or $69 for existing 2.0 and HoTMetaL Light users looking to upgrade. For over 10 years SoftQuad has offered multi-platform solutions for content creators of structured documents. We continue to meet our customer requirements by providing HoTMetaL PRO on all platforms. This allows content developers the flexibility to choose the platform on which they're most productive and helps corporations leverage their IS investments, said Dave Gurney gurney /gur·ney/ (gur´ne) a wheeled cot used in hospitals. gur·ney n. pl. gur·neys A metal stretcher with wheeled legs, used for transporting patients. , Chairman 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. , SoftQuad. Since many serious Web designers are Mac users, we are dedicated to develop HTML authoring tools to address their needs. Our customers can now take advantage of HoTMetaL PRO 3.0s full functionality while working in the unique Macintosh environment. Delivering a New Level in HTML Publishing HoTMetaL PRO 3.0 is the only HTML authoring tool on the market today, whose architecture is designed around an extensible rules file, which means is that HoTMetaL PRO will never be out dated, said Mr. Gurney. As new extensions to HTML are released, we provide an updated rules file to our customers, who can plug them in to HoTMetaL and start authoring the most advanced pages literally overnight. HoTMetaL PRO 3.0 also supports video and audio extensions, ShockWave files, ActiveX, Java Applets and all Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. HTML extensions, including the latest HTML 3.2 technical specifications. With built-in rules checking and validation, HoTMetaL PRO 3.0 users never need to learn HTML code, since the software continually monitors the HTML created in the document and prevents the user from creating invalid HTML. So the files that are created in HoTMetaL PRO will be guaranteed viewable in any Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . HoTMetaL PRO 3.0 provides an unparalleled list of new features and capabilities designed to take HTML publishing to new levels, by delivering the latest advancements in HTML in an easy-to-use application. HoTMetaL PRO 3.0's enhanced user interface incorporates a WYSIWYG display, with easy to use drag-and-drop editing. HoTMetaL PRO users can drag text and images from existing documents and drop them into their HoTMetaL PRO document to create a Web page, while the files that they drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. from file menus are automatically converted to relative hypertext links within the page. The WYSIWYG display allows users to get a sense of how their document will appear while they are creating it. HoTMetaL PRO 3.0 also comes with tool bars, one of which is customizable to include up to four different Web browsers for previewing the Web page as it would look on line. WYSIWYG display is a close approximation of what a Web page looks like on-line, but with HoTMetaL PRO's multi-browser previewing capabilities, Web publishers can view their pages as they would appear on the Web, and then make modifications according to the different browser capabilities. HoTMetaL PRO 3.0 also includes a WYSIWYG table editor and a graphical frames editor. Point-and-click forms creation is easily accessible from a toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the organized for instant access to essential HTML 2.0, HTML 3.0 and proposed 3.2 publishing capabilities. Form fields can be easily added to a page, along with interactive buttons, while the underlying CGI script, which directs information entered on a form into any database, can be constructed in HoTMetaL PRO or linked from another source. HoTMetaL PRO 3.0s unique conversion filters allow users to easily mark up a document which has been created in a word processing application, simply by opening up the file in HoTMetaL PRO. Exisiting documents can be converted into Web-ready pages in a matter of minutes A Matter of Minutes is an episode from the television series The New Twilight Zone. Cast
Availability HoTMetaL PRO 3.0 for Macintosh has a list price of $159 (U.S.) and runs on 680x0 and Power Macintosh and the single software package will be shipped as a fat binary in the late summer. Existing HoTMetaL PRO 2.0 and HoTMetaL Light users can upgrade for $69 (U.S.) at SoftQuad's Web site (http://www.softquad.com), or by calling 1-800-360-8454. Users who have purchased HoTMetaL PRO 2.0 after March 18th, 1996 for $99 US or more, can upgrade to HoTMetaL PRO 3.0 for free. The software is available at Ingram, Egghead, CompUSA, Computer City, Fry's, and other retail outlets, and will be nationally distributed through Ingram and TechData. The Windows version has been shipping since mid-May on Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and Windows NT, and the Unix versions will be released in the late fall. About SoftQuad SoftQuad is a leading provider of content publishing tools and consulting services for corporate Intranets. The Companys products enable users to deploy multi-platform, standards-based solutions from creating, editing and delivering electronic documents, to information management and access, to intranet site management. SoftQuad is recognized worldwide for its pioneering work in structured document publishing and is a founding member and active participant in the SGML SGML in full Standard Generalized Markup Language Markup language for organizing and tagging elements of a document, including headings, paragraphs, tables, and graphics. Open Consortium, the World Wide Web Consortium, and the Internet Engineering Task Force (c/o Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), Reston, VA, www.ietf.org) Founded in 1986, the IETF is a non-membership, open, voluntary standards organization dedicated to identifying problems and opportunities in IP data networks and proposing technical solutions to the . Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, SoftQuad International is a publicly-traded company whose shares trade on NASDAQ (SWEBF) and the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (SKI). SoftQuad can be contacted at (416) 239-4801 or on the Internet at http://www.softquad.com. Electronic access to SoftQuad press materials can be accessed at http://www.softquad.com/press/and at Newsdesk International at http://www.newsdesk.com or 1-800-636-6092. CONTACT: SoftQuad Inc. (Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. ) Selwyn Wener, 416/239-4801 416/239-7105 (Fax) investor@softquad.com or SoftQuad Inc. (Press and Media Relations) David Jones, 416/239-4801 416/239-7105 (Fax) press@softquad.com |
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