NewsEditPro and NewsEditPro IQue version 2.0, now being shipped, take greater advantage of client/server technology, speeding up searches and cutting from minutes to seconds the time it takes to store files and pages stored in the IQue database.

The new version also allows users to double-click on an imageÕs listing in the directory to bring up a box in which the image can be scaled and cropped, and a cutline written. Then, using BaseviewÕs DragX Quark XTension, the user can simply Òdrag and dropÓ the image onto a Quark XPress page.

With the IQue version of NewsEditPro 2.0, directories can be customized to return just the stories or images needed. Other new features include a spell-checking system supporting customizable dictionaries and error flagging; additional command keys to minimize mouse use; an icon to let a user know notes are present in a story even when theyÕre hidden, and an option for sounding an alert when a search has been updated.

Papers using the new software include the KANE COUNTY (Ill.) CHRONICLE, IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE in Nampa and OAKLAND PRESS in Pontiac, Mich.. NewsEditPro starts at $395 per copy; NewsEditPro IQue starts at $995 per copy.

The information -- 14 gigabytes of data -- includes prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports, and select Morningstar Mutual Fund full page reports. Mutual Fund Documents OnDisc is Morningstar's first CD-ROM set to introduce images, with over 200,000. The publisher plans to add two or three discs a month of new mutual fund information, and reindexing the entire database twice a year.

Mutual Fund Documents OnDisc was developed by Dataware Technologies using its advanced CD-ROM authoring and retrieval software, CD Author/CD Answer. Dataware Technologies merged the data and image files from the databases of relevant mutual fund information to master the CD-ROM.

In other Dataware product news:

-- Dataware has begun shipping its new NetAnswer products and services as part of its new six-part Internet marketing strategy. NetAnswer is an information management, query and retrieval system for the World-Wide Web. NetAnswer software, with prices starting at $15,000, enables information providers to distribute large volumes of data, text, and multimedia content via the Internet. NetAnswer includes accounting and security features for publishers planning to sell or monitor access to information.

-- Customers not ready to establish and maintain their own Internet host can turn to Dataware's NetAnswer Hosting Services for a fast "load and go" route to the Internet. NetAnswer Hosting Services include a choice of server and communication bandwidth configurations, data loading frequencies, and support options for specific content types and expected numbers of users.

-- Dataware gave its first public demonstration of its CD Author for Adobe Acrobat product at Seybold San Francisco in September. CD Author, a fully integrated CD-ROM authoring tool, is now combined with the character and display capabilities of Adobe Acrobat to provide a powerful solution for page-based CD-ROM information products. With CD Author for Adobe Acrobat, CD-ROM publishers are able to reproduce original pages for page-based viewing within the electronic product.

-- Dataware has announced a joint marketing agreement with IPRO Inc. of Phoenix to marry Dataware's BRS/Search with IPRO's image-viewing products, IPROTrieve for Windows and IPROTrieve 2000. Through the new agreement, products will be marketed to allow users to retrieve text and images for simultaneous on-screen display.

BRS/Search is a full-text information management and retrieval system designed to manage large collections of unstructured information. IPRO specializes in high speed, high volume document processing for legal applications. Since its incorporation in 1989, IPRO has imaged millions of document pages.

Using the same imaging technology as the 3850 GRAFIX Color Imager, the 3825 provides all of the capabilities of the 3850 GRAFIX Color Imager except standard registration punches, which are optional and can be added as a field-upgradable option.

With its optional punch, the 3825 can produce 38 broadsheet pages an hour at 1000 dpi. Page times are based on a 24-inch-deep broadsheet page, and include both a leading and trailing punch and all associated overhead.

Through the Interleaf/SoftQuad relationship, customers will have access to an enriched on-line publishing environment. Under the agreement, SoftQuad supplies Interleaf with the SGML viewing technology for use in Interleaf's document management and delivery systems. Interleaf provides a worldwide sales channel for SoftQuad's Panorama PRO SGML viewer, as well as the underlying document management capability to handle large kinds of collections for which SGML viewing provides the greatest advantage.

Panorama PRO for U.S. customers costs $195. It can be ordered by calling 800-955-5323, or e-mail i-direct@ileaf.com. The Web site for Interleaf is http://www.ileaf.com.

The product, which is both Mac and PC compatible, gives users instant access to frequently used resources. Among the software suppliers on the CD are BeInfinite Inc., Cytopia Software Inc., Alien Skin Software Inc., Eastman Kodak, Bullfrog Software Engineering, Extensis, Shadetree Marketing, Datastream Imaging Systems Inc. and VisionÕs Edge.

With Monotype DTP Resource CD, which will be available in late November, customers can access any product by simply placing an order using the ordering software from the CD. Unlocking codes can be received within an hour. Prices for unlocking items from the DTP Resource CD start at just $19.

Monotype Typography also has announced its ability to deliver over 4000 PostScript fonts via modem. Customers who wish to purchase fonts via modem can call Monotype to request a font be sent via CompuServe, America Online, Prodigy, eWorld, and the Microsoft Net.

Any PostScript font package from Monotype Classic Fonts, the Adobe Type Library, and Type Designers of the World can be delivered via modem. On-line delivery charges are the same as for traditional ground delivery. Font prices for modem delivery from Monotype will be the same as their CD unlocking prices.

Participating newspapers include the BOSTON GLOBE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, LOS ANGELES TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS and WASHINGTON POST. Called CareerPath.com, listings are available at http://www.careerpath.com.

Advertisers eventually will be able to place ads exclusively on CareerPath.com, without purchasing a print ad. Also, CareerPath.com intends over time to introduce a package of related employment services, including a resume database, searching capabilities, employer/job seeker matching services, company profiles and "alerts," which will notify an employer or job seeker when a candidate or job opportunity with a certain profile comes on the market.

New Century Network's founders include the parent companies of the newspapers in CareerPath.com -- Knight-Ridder Inc., New York Times Co., Times Mirror Co., Tribune Company and Washington Post Co.-- as well as Cox Newspapers Inc., Gannett Co. Inc., the Hearst Corp. and Advance Publications Inc.

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