WorldSoft previews OpenDoc container application; WorldWrite OpenDoc container to be completed by end of 1996.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1996--WorldSoft Corp. today unveiled a pre-release version of WorldWrite for Macintosh that can contain and embed active OpenDoc parts The original name for OpenDoc components, which were renamed Live Objects. See OpenDoc. . Company representatives demonstrated the container application See container and OLE container. on stage with Apple Computer at Apple's WorldWide Developer's Conference at the San Jose Convention Center. "WorldSoft is committed to supporting OpenDoc. While our container application is still in development, it clearly demonstrates the powerful user benefits and possibilities made available through the OpenDoc architecture," said WorldSoft President Paul Kewene-Hite. "Making WorldWrite an OpenDoc container will allow us to add functionality to WorldWrite without requiring that we reengineer the entire application. OpenDoc will therefore enable us to offer dramatically increased benefits and customized solutions to Macintosh users by adding additional OpenDoc parts." The WorldWrite container, scheduled to be available by the end of 1996, will be a full-featured version of the WorldWrite word processor with the additional benefits offered by OpenDoc technology. OpenDoc's open specifications and development framework will enable users to add OpenDoc parts, whether they are created by WorldSoft or other software developers. "We plan to implement OpenDoc in a manner that will allow users to create WorldWrite documents containing OpenDoc parts that can be saved and then reopened on a Macintosh that does not have OpenDoc installed. An embedded part would then appear in the document in a similar way to a graphic. "When the document is then returned and opened in WorldWrite on a Mac with OpenDoc installed, the OpenDoc parts would once again be active," Kewene-Hite said. "This will preserve the integrity of a document that is passed from machine to machine." Company officials said the OpenDoc version will be offered as both a full shipping product and as an upgrade from the currently shipping 3.0 version. No pricing or hardware requirements are available at this time. WorldWrite 3.0 shipped in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. in January of 1996, and offers a unique blend of word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , page layout :For the Wikipedia policy about articles layout, see Wikipedia:Guide to layout. Page layout is the part of graphic design that deals in the arrangement and style treatment of elements (content) on a page. , language writing, and input capabilities -- including table of contents, indexing, footnotes, end notes, tables, columns, master pages and the Thunder 7 spell checker A separate program or word processing function that tests for correctly spelled words. It can test the spelling of a marked block, an entire document or group of documents. Advanced systems check for spelling as the user types and can correct common typos and misspellings on the fly. and Thesaurus. WorldWrite 3.0 supports Macintosh System 7.5 technologies such as PowerTalk, Apple Guide, QuickDraw GX QuickDraw GX was a replacement for the QuickDraw (QD) 2D graphics engine and Printing Manager inside the "classic" Mac OS. Although GX was based on the same general geometry and dimensions of the original QD engine, the underlying drawing platform became a resolution-independent printing, and 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. . WorldWrite also offers powerful graphics handling capabilities including irregular text wrap around various graphic formats, and the ability to turn any graphic into a movable watermark watermark: see paper. See digital watermark. . WorldWrite offers the most comprehensive support for Apple's WorldScript technology -- supporting any Language Kit(a) and any international operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (a) from Apple -- including right-to-left input capabilities for languages such as Arabic and Hebrew, as well as vertical input for two-byte languages such as Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. For more information, WorldSoft can be reached at (800) 225-9299. -0- Note to Editors: WorldSoft Corporation is a privately-held software development company originally founded in Israel to address international script and language-based computing needs. WorldSoft is now headquartered in the U.S. and develops and markets WorldWrite, a Macintosh word processor that easily handles multiple language and directional script input. OpenDoc parts, container applications and internet technologies are the focus of current and future development efforts. (a) Language kits and international operating systems are available separately from Apple Computer, Inc. WorldWrite is a trademark of WorldSoft Corporation. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, OpenDoc, PowerTalk and WorldScript are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Mac and QuickDraw GX are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. CONTACT: Dan Cook, 408/867-6757 dan_cook@worldsoft.com |
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