WEB Office is the First and Only Suite for Web Authoring and Publishing.

WEB Office provides Web authors with all the tools they need for
professional Web development, whether they are creating Web sites for
Intranets or the World Wide Web. WEB Office also includes the unique and
unrivaled Web Doctor.

La Jolla, May 20, 1996 - Blue Sky Software Corp., a leading provider of
Hypertext authoring and Windows development tools, today announced that it
will start shipping its new WEB Office suite on May 20. WEB Office is a
full-featured, integrated suite of professional, easy- to-use, 32-bit Web
authoring and publishing tools which provide a complete solution for
quickly creating and maintaining Intranet/Internet Web sites. WEB Office
dramatically simplifies and shortens the Web development cycle and the
maintenance of Web sites.

"WEB Office addresses the needs of both novice and professional users with
a complete Web Authoring Solution," said Jorgen Lien, CEO of Blue Sky
Software. "WEB Office allows users to easily create Intranet/Internet Web
sites from scratch, leverage existing work, and efficiently maintain their
Web sites," continued Jorgen Lien.

WEB Office includes cutting-edge, 32-bit Web authoring and publishing tools
such as Web Doctor, Hotspot Studio, HTML Tool Kit, Help-to- HTML
Converter, and Internet Assistant for Microsoft Word for Windows. A fully
integrated toolbar gives users instant access to this family of powerful
tools which offer the following state-of-the-art functionality:

* WYSIWYG HTML Authoring inside Microsoft Word
* Automatic Link Checking and Diagnostic Report of Web sites
* Web Graphics Editor
* Image MAP Creation and Graphic Conversion
* Web Graphics Library and Web Graphics Locator
* Help-to-HTML Converter
* Mastering HTML Book

WYSIWYG HTML AUTHORING

The included Internet Assistant for Microsoft Word for Windows turns
Microsoft Word 7 for Windows 95 into a full-featured Web authoring tool
capable of creating professional HTML documents for Intranets and the
World Wide Web as easily as plain text. This solution inside Microsoft
Word 7 provides users with a familiar, easy-to-use, Windows-based, HTML
authoring environment with the powerful editing, formatting, and
spell-checking capabilities of Microsoft Word. The integrated, easy-to-use
HTML authoring features allow both experienced and novice Web authors to
leverage their Microsoft Word experience to quickly and easily create HTML
pages for Intranet/Internet Web sites. The visual tool palette added to
Microsoft Word 7 provides point-and-click access to all the HTML authoring
functionality needed for professional Web development, including full
support for the creation of HTML 3.0 tables as well as other advanced HTML
features.

Internet Assistant for Microsoft Word for Windows leverages existing work
and eliminates the complex, time-consuming task of re-keying information
and coding complex HTML by easily converting documentation and data into
HTML pages. Internet Assistant for Microsoft Word for Windows supports the
conversion of Microsoft Word documents and Word Perfect documents, as well
as Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets, and databases
such as dBASE III, III+, IV into HTML.

Internet Assistant for Microsoft Word for Windows includes extensive and
complete printed documentation that is not available anywhere else. This
comprehensive documentation written by HTML experts provides in-depth
tutorials, solutions to frequently asked questions, advanced tips for the
experienced Web author, and an extensive glossary. The documentation also
discusses the planning and designing of Intranet/Internet Web sites and
guides users through the creation of their Web sites.

UNRIVALED WEB DOCTOR

Web Doctor instantly detects and reports errors and/or discrepancies such
as broken links, missing images, suspect pages and suspect graphics, and
makes it easy to maintain an error-free Intranet/Internet Web site. Web
Doctor automatically generates a diagnostic report of the Web site with
easy-to-understand visual reports showing errors, discrepancies, and
statistical information for the particular Web site. These visual reports
are displayed in the user's favorite Web browser or in the included one,
and can be easily printed. Users can also easily jump from the Web
Doctor's reports to the file containing the error(s) and fix the problem
on the fly. Web Doctor is unique and its powerful error-checking and
reporting capabilities significantly reduce the time-consuming process of
checking the integrity of a Web site.

"WEB Office is a complete Web Authoring package which includes everything
you need to create and maintain your Web site," said John Dial,
Information Architect at TradeWave Corporation. "Thanks to the included
WEB Doctor, I did not have to manually check all the hyperlinks of my Web
site. WEB Doctor automatically checked them, found my errors, and gave me
a valuable diagnostic report. WEB Doctor is unique and a real time-saver!"
continued John Dial.

Web Doctor also provides valuable information such as reports of pages that
have passed verification, external URLs, unused pages, unused images, all
HTML pages by alpha, and all images by alpha. Web Doctor includes an Image
Gallery report graphically presenting all the images in the Web site. Web
Doctor's Download Time Reports provide the typical download time for each
page depending on what type of connection is used by the viewers. These
Download Time Reports are available for the following connections: 14.4,
28.8, ISDN, and T1.

POWERFUL WEB GRAPHICS EDITOR

The included Paint Shop Pro is an easy-to-use, full-blown Graphics Editor
that allows users to easily create attractive Web graphics and/or modify
existing ones. This powerful Graphics Editor automatically converts
popular graphic formats, such as BMP, PCX, TIF, CDR, PSD, CGM, PIC, MAC,
DRW, TGA, WMF, and WPG, into the latest WEB graphic formats for GIF files
and JPG files. The conversion also supports interlaced and transparent GIF
and JPG compression ratios.

CREATIVE HOTSPOT STUDIO

The visual environment of HotSpot Studio eases the process of creating
hotspot images and their corresponding image map files for
Intranet/Internet Web sites. HotSpot Studio is user-friendly and lets
users visually draw the hotspot on the image and easily select the target
file or URL to link to. HotSpot Studio allows users to create hotspot
images from 16 color graphics, 256 color graphics, and/or true color
graphics. Users can also import and edit existing image map files. HotSpot
Studio supports CSIM, NCSA, and CERN image map file creation providing
full support for all types of Web servers.

HotSpot Studio features a powerful Test Mode to instantly preview and test
hotspot images. In addition, Hotspot Studio provides point-and-click
creation of interlaced and transparent image files as well as full support
for compression ratios.

HTML TOOL KIT

Web Graphics LibraryThe Web Graphics Library is an extensive clip-art
collection of Web graphics (GIF and JPG). Web authors can instantly access
and choose from more than 180 images from the Web Graphics Library and use
these images royalty-free in their Web sites. Web authors can visually
select these attractive, Internet-ready clip-art images-including
backgrounds, balls, book and pages, bullets, buttons, lines, and
starbursts-and easily integrate them into their Web sites.

WEB GRAPHICS LOCATOR

The Web Graphics Locator makes it easy to find, preview, and use Web
graphics. The Web Graphics Locator quickly searches for Web graphics in a
specific directory, drive, or even across multiple drives and creates a
list of Web graphics found. Users can then instantly preview these
graphics in a thumbnail view and easily copy them to their working
directory. The powerful preview mode saves users the time-consuming
process of opening a program to view each graphic. In addition, the Web
Graphics Locator displays valuable information such as the number of
colors, the width, the height, and the date of last modification of the
selected graphic.

HELP-TO-HTML CONVERTER

The Help-to-HTML Converter allows users to leverage their existing
electronic Hypertext documents and Windows Help files. The Help-to-HTML
Converter converts any Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 Help files into HTML
files regardless of the Help authoring tool used to create them and
without the need of source code. The Help-to-HTML Converter allows users
to quickly create a Web site from any Help file. No HTML publishing
experience is needed.

The Help-to-HTML Converter is invaluable for companies wanting to rapidly
move information from Windows Help to Intranets or the Internet; for
example, standalone Hypertext documents such as company policies,
procedures, training materials, product information, and more. In
addition, software publishers can use the Help-to-HTML Converter to make
their applications' Help files available over Intranets or the Internet.

MASTERING HTML BOOK

The Mastering HTML book is a concise, easy to understand guide to the
basics of HTML authoring. This book contains valuable information for
anyone getting acquainted with HTML, the Intranet, and the World Wide
Web.

The Mastering HTML book provides an overview of the Internet and its
terminology and describes the similarities and differences between Windows
Help and HTML. This book provides valuable information on different ways
to create Intranet/Internet Web sites and also includes a section of tips
and techniques from experienced HTML authors.

FOR COMPLETE TECHNICAL INFORMATION OR TO PLACE YOUR ORDER TODAY,
CONTACT ONE OF BLUE SKY SOFTWARE'S SALES ASSOCIATES AT 1-800-677-4946.
Intl.: 1-619-459-6365
Fax: 619-459-6366
Internet:sales@blue-sky.com.

PRESS CONTACT
Marylin Guarino, Public Relations Manager, Blue Sky Software Corp.
Tel: 619-551-2485
Fax: 619-551-2486
MCI: 701-1737
CompuServe: 71052,1641
Internet: maryling@blue-sky.com
 
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