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Subject:HTML, PDF, etc. From:Barry West <Barry_West -dot- S2K -at- S2KEXT -dot- S2K -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 27 Mar 1995 10:16:39 EDT
>Interleaf's coming out with a new product called Cyberleaf, which turns
>Interleaf documents into HTML hypertext, compatible with all the Web
>readers such as Mosaic. It's in beta now, and is supposed to be pretty
>good. By using the Internet hypertext format, they benefit from the
>efforts of zillions of vendors, who are all killing themselves to bring
>high-quality viewers to market for every conceivable platform.
Robert
I'm curious. How does Interleaf code its documents for Web use? I assume it
must be some sort of method of tagging, but how does that get accomplished?
Interactively? Automatically? If automatic, how does the program decide which
text is which.
For all you Microsoft Word users, Microsoft has given Microsoft Word similar
capability through the use of an HTML editor called Wordia. When you install
the editor, it becomes an integral part of Word -- just another menu option
that allows you to set up HTML documents using a Word template. It takes all
the work out of having to deal with HTML. Just select the text you want and
apply a style. If the people in your organization are already using Word and
someone knows how to set up a template, you're pretty much home free. All that
remains is to train people in the fine art of intelligent linking.