Version 2.0 adds support for the latest HTML features, plus advanced image controls and automated conversion using Apple Events scripts.

The original BeyondPress allowed users to arrange elements of an XPress document to form linear HTML articles, with a Preview button converting text and images to Internet formats for display in a browser program such as Netscape Navigator. Users could map their XPress style sheets to HTML styles to preserve text formats, select image conversion options, and create links to URL addresses within XPress.

With BeyondPress 2.0, users can add background colors and tiles, colored links and styled text. Users also use client-side and server-side image maps and conversion of tabular data into HTML tables. Image handling now includes cropping and scaling.

BeyondPress 2.0 ships with a sample script that will convert any word processor file, picture, or Quark XPress document to HTML. Available worldwide from Astrobyte and its distributors, a single-user copy costs $595.

-- THE COURIER of Findlay, Ohio (26k morning): XP-21 Server, and software for Mac Server, Mac AdFlow, OPI, IMAGES (Image Management And Graphics Enhancement System), AP/Leaf Desk Input, Mac and Windows browsers, Harris NewsMaker Pagination; Harris NewsMaker Editorial system; Automatic Fax Output, PageTrak (Harris' page management and tracking application) and DASH (Display Ad System by Harris).

-- LA NACION, Buenos Aires, Argentina (211k daily): XP-21 Server and software for Mac Server, OPI, IMAGES and CPAG (classified pagination).

Harris also announced that additional software and/or hardware was purchased from existing Harris customers Alameda Newspapers of Pleasanton, Calif., publishers of four San Francisco Bay Area newspapers; EL MERCURIO of Santiago, Chile (325k daily), and several sites in the Netherlands, via the Harris distributor, WIFAC.

-- LOG CABIN DEMOCRAT, Conway, Ark. (10k evening): Mac RipExpress to drive an ExpressMaster 1270 imager.

-- PUEBLO (Colo.) CHIEFTAIN (51k morning): NT RipExpress, Pentium/166 Workstation.

-- COLUMBUS (Ga.) LEDGER-ENQUIRER (52k morning): PC RipExpress driving an ExpressMaster 4550.

-- MACON (Ga.) TELEGRAPH AND NEWS (74k morning): Sun SPARC 4/110 Workstation with Sun RipExpress driving an ExpressMaster 4550; ProofExpress broadsheet proofer; two software upgrades to existing Sun RipExpress, and Color Central OPI Spooler software.

-- GARY (Ind.) POST-TRIBUNE (74k morning): ProofExpress broadsheet proofer.

-- ANNAPOLIS (Md.) CAPITAL GAZETTE (45k evening): Two Sun SPARC 20/71 upgrades, and MGS3 software enhancements.

-- Detroit (Mich.) Newspaper Agency (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 556k morning; DETROIT NEWS, 367k evening): NT RipExpress, Pentium Workstation to drive three ProofExpress broadsheet proofers.

-- ST. PAUL (Minn.) PIONEER-PRESS (215k morning): RIP/ROP software, Sun SPARC, ProofExpress broadsheet proofer, ExpressMaster 8000 for double-truck broadsheet output.

-- Dow Jones & Co. Inc. of New York, for sites in Orlando, Fla., and South Brunswick, N.J.: Two Sun RipExpresses, two ProofExpress broadsheet proofers.

-- Findlay (Ohio) Publishing Co.: Two Sun RipExpresses driving two PaperMaster 600 plain paper proofers, ExpressMaster 6000 imager.

-- DOYLESTOWN (Pa.) INTELLIGENCER/RECORD (44k morning): Sun RipExpress, Sun SPARC Workstation, ExpressMaster with punch and LaserPlex/IQ.

-- Observer Publishing, Washington, Pa. (OBSERVER-REPORTER, 40k morning): MGS3, two Sun RipExpresses, Sun SPARC 5/110 workstation, two Sun SPARC 4/110 workstations, LaserPlex/IQ, PaperMaster 600 plain paper proofer, ProofExpress broadsheet proofer and two ExpressMaster 4550s.

-- BEAUMONT (Texas) ENTERPRISE (67k morning): ExpressMaster 4550.

-- SAN ANTONIO (Texas) EXPRESS-NEWS (243k all-day): Sun RipExpress, Sun SPARC Workstation.

Overseas, the RB Presse-Data group of Germany has signed with ISGI (Integrated Systeme Grafische Industrie) and alfa System Partner, Germany, a subsidiary of Scangraphic PrePress Technology, Wedel, and associated with the IPA Group, a $33.5 million, four-year contract to install an editorial front-end system comprising 1000 Hewlett Packard PC and UNIX workstations in 60 main and branch offices.

Scangraphic will supply Othello imagesetters (the European version of Monotype Systems' ExpressMaster 6000). ISGI will provide software, while SAP/R/3 systems will be used for commercial and administrative functions.

The RB Presse-Data group publishes the RHEINISCHE POST (29 editions, 400k morning) and WESTDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG (20 editions, 212k daily) in Dusseldorf, Germany. Nine offices of the RHEINISCHE POST have integrated the ISGI editorial system; remaining offices will be on-line by September 1996. The WESTDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG plans to install the ISGI editorial system by the end of 1996.

InterServer allows users to create a World-Wide Web, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or Gopher server site on the Internet using any Macintosh computer running System 7.0 or later. The new release of InterServer Publisher enhances access speed and performance with Open Transport-native support and Web data caching.

-- Best on-line newspaper: Two awards will be made, to one newspaper with print circulation above 50k and one below 50k.

-- Best interactive feature: Two awards (above 50K, below 50K) will be given to that on-line feature that consistently engages the reader in a manner unique to the medium.

-- Public service: One award will be given to that on-line newspaper feature or site which best exemplifies newspapers' commitment to community and reader public service.

-- New media pioneer: This award to an individual will go to the newspaper industry's interactive pioneer who has had the broadest and most lasting impact on the conduct of on-line businesses.

-- "Outstanding achievement" recognition: Special attention will be given to individuals or teams who have accomplished the most with the means at hand, made heroic efforts in leading their newspapers into interactivity, and broken ground in a hotly competitive environment.

Submit nominations to Melinda Gipson at mmgipson@aol.com, noting the category of the nomination being made and the name that would appear on a particular award; the URL, keyword or other on-line address designation; and the name, phone/fax/e-mail/address of the person or persons designated to accept an award on behalf of the recipient organization, June 14 in Las Vegas.

This update for the MacOS Web server works natively with Apple's recently released Open Transport TCP/IP driver. It offers significant performance improvements and support for many more simultaneous connections than previous versions.

Running under Open Transport 1.1, WebSTAR 1.2.5's throughput increases up to 40 percent without making any changes to the server's configuration. Recommended for servers requiring Open Transport 1.1 only, WebSTAR 1.2.5 supports up to 150 simultaneous connections.

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