************************************************************** ****************** WELCOME TO SGML NEWSWIRE ****************** ************************************************************** * * * To subscribe, send mail to sgmlinfo@avalanche.com. * * * * To receive a current table of contents and instructions * * for ordering back issues, send mail to * * sgmlinfo@avalanche.com with "send toc" * * in the subject header. * * * * (Please pass along to interested colleagues) * * * ************************************************************** AVALANCHE PRESS RELEASE: SURESTYLE ================================== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Pauline Zoellick Director, Product Planning & Production Phone: 303-449-5032 Email: pauline@avalanche.com AVALANCHE ANNOUNCES COMPANION SOFTWARE PRODUCTS TO MICROSOFT SGML AUTHOR FOR WORD BOULDER, COLO. -- 12 September 1994 -- Avalanche Development Company, the leader in the development of software tools that support SGML, today announced the upcoming availability of SureSTYLE. This product is being offered as a companion product to Microsoft SGML Author for Word, also announced today. SGML Author was designed to provide the most cost-effective, easy-to-use solution for authoring documents that conform to the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML, ISO 8879), an international standard for document management. The availability of a familiar, easy-to-use authoring environment combined with powerful SGML conversion capabilities is a breakthrough for the SGML industry. SureSTYLE complements SGML Author by acting as a kind of "grammar checker" for style usage. It helps authors to ensure that their Word documents actually contain the structure and styles they want to convert -- using SGML Author -- into SGML. This is particularly useful when companies are dealing with legacy document collections they want to bring into SGML. The base version of SureSTYLE will be distributed with SGML Author. SureSTYLE Pro is an advanced developer's version of SureSTYLE. It enables users in workgroups to create mappings from their real-world documents to the SGML Author stylesheet. Authors use styles differently to enhance their productivity. SureSTYLE Pro allows them to continue doing so while still creating documents that are optimized for SGML Author. This product is available directly from Avalanche. Avalanche has developed SureSTYLE and SureSTYLE Pro for use within SGML Author. As a third-party developer for Microsoft, Avalanche also provided much of the expertise that went into making SGML Author. According to Peter Pathe, general manager of the Word Business Unit at Microsoft, "Our strategy is to work with third-party vendors to deliver complete SGML solutions. The combination of SureSTYLE and SGML Author will make it easier for organizations to leverage their legacy collections of Word documents into SGML for online delivery." SGML has been implemented by a number of organizations wanting to make their information more flexible and reusable. With their documents in SGML, they can use their documents in various forms of online delivery including CD-ROM applications, databases, and email applications. Avalanche has provided SGML solutions for such global companies as AT&T, IBM, Adobe, BellSouth, Microsoft, Novell, Caterpillar, U.S. West, SunMicrosystems, and Xerox. SureSTYLE will be available when Microsoft SGML Author is released later this year. System requirements for SureSTYLE and SureSTYLE Pro: Personal computer with 386 microprocessor or higher, 6 MB of RAM (8+ is preferred), 3.5" disk drive, DOS 5.0 or higher, Microsoft Windows 3.1, Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0, Microsoft SGML Author for Word 1.0, 5 MB disk space, 10 MB of free scratch space. Avalanche was founded in 1986. In 1993 it was acquired as a fully-owned subsidiary of Interleaf Inc. of Waltham, Massachusetts. Avalanche Development Company 947 Walnut Street Boulder, Colorado 80302 Phone: (303) 449-5032 Fax: (303) 449-3246 E-mail: sales@avalanche.com ### ************************************************************** * SGML NEWSWIRE LIST MANAGER * * * * Linda Turner * * Corporate Communications * * Avalanche * * 947 Walnut Street * * Boulder, CO 80302 * * sgmlinfo@avalanche.com * * linda@avalanche.com * * Vox: (303) 449-5032 * * Fax: (303) 449-3246 * **************************************************************