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MACcounting <http://www.maccounting.com>, the ultimate resource to find info on accounting and business software for the Macintosh is proud to announce the creation of:
MACcounting-TALK
a mailing list that will act as a center point to all user of business and accounting software on the Mac, were new Mac peoples could ask questions on the package they should buy and PowerUser could exchange tips on how to better use the package they have.
We hope that people will see this list as a complement to the SmallBizz list already existing. We would like the MACcounting-TALK list to complement the SmallBizz list by going in more detail regarding the "How to do..." and "What should I buy" kind of inquiry,
- ----------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to it send a message to: <requests@maccounting.com>
In the body of the message type in the following: subscribe maccounting-talk
That's it. In about 5 minutes you will get a response. - ----------------------------------------------------
MACcounting would like also to take the opportunity to welcome Big Business as a new Sponsor to the Web site, (thanks again for AATRIX and Forge Design for the repeat support)
Michel Contant c.a. Montreal,Qubec MACcounting
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 02:10:35 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - Discover 4D Seminar Proves Popular
This announcement is from:
Jim Staples, <staples@smtp.acius.com>
In response to the on-going success of the "Discover 4th Dimension (4D)" seminars, ACI US announced today that it will offer another free seminar in Cupertino, CA on April 8th at 6PM. The "Discover 4D" seminars provide valuable insight into a cross-platform, award winning Rapid Application Development(RAD) development environment which affords the ease-of-use of Filemaker and the scalability of SQL front-ending. Attendees will discover stand-alone or client-server, web-serving databases running compiled on both Windows and Macintosh with a huge range of add-ons for user interface and connectivity options.
This free "Discover 4D" seminar is open to anyone interested in discovering how 4D can meet and exceed today's business challenges. Everyone attending will receive a complimentary copy of Steve Hussey's guide, "Upgrading from Filemaker to 4D". One person attending the seminar will receive a free copy of single-user 4D V6. Discounted single-user copies of 4D V6 will also be available.
Seminar Topics
* Basic 4D Terminology * Migration to 4th Dimension for FileMaker Users * 4th Dimension's Form Wizard & Form Editor * Custom Programming * Custom Reports * Upward Scalability * Web Database Publishing
Seminar Date, Time, & Location
This "Discover 4D" seminar will be held on Wednesday, April 8th, and begins at 6PM at the ACI US, 20883 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014. Space is limited. To reserve a space for one of these seminars, contact ACI US Customer Service at: 408-252-4444 x252.
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 02:10:42 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - Character Generator Software
Keyword: Market by market, Multimedia
This announcement is from:
Lon McQuillin, <McQ@McQPro.com>
McQ Software Systems is pleased to announce the release of a new QuickTime character generator application. Mac Video Titler 2 is designed to be simple, fast and easy to use, creating high-quality output as QuickTime movies or PICT files.
MVT2 is designed for users of nonlinear editing systems who need to create text rolls, crawls or flashed titles. It can create QuickTime movies ready to be edited into productions or alpha-channel composited over background video, or can perform the compositing itself. It can also create single-page PICT files with an optional alpha channel.
Mac Video Titler 2's features include:
* Creates rolls, crawls or flashing pages as a QT movie, or as single-page PICT files.
* Simple, basic editor. Just open a new window, select font, size, foreground and background colors and start typing. Format on screen.
* Works with any PostScript(tm) font and Adobe Type Manager(tm), or with TrueType fonts.
* Text search and replace.
* Character color, size, font and style settable on a per-character basis.
* Text can be rendered with a gradient fill.
* Drop shadow or border options with adjustable depth/size and color.
* Shadows can be solid or projected.
* For rolls and crawls, speed is adjustable on a pixel-per-frame basis.
* Option to roll/crawl first page on or start with first page on-screen.
* Antialiasing option.
* Field rendering option.
* 720 x 486 D1 output rendering option in NTSC.
* Alpha channel support with adjustable transparency for shadow only or character and shadow.
* Optional "Backplates" - alpha channel boxes around text with adjustable-transparency background color
* Creates stand-alone movies or composites over a background movie or PICT.
* Graphic elements font built in for making lines & borders.
* Import text files and apply graphic treatment.
Mac Video Titler 2, its on-line manual and a collection of sample files are available for download at:
<http://www.McQPro.com/MVT2.html>
Like most of our software, it runs in demo mode until registered (it prints a demo message over output, and doesn't save its preferences). Mac Video Titler 2 is priced at $195.00.
For more information, please call 800 659-4755, or 650 349-1344.
Basic duties; Maintain and coordinate content areas of company external/internal web sites. Lead content development projects. Work closely with various departments to structure and update their content. Translate technical information to HTML, including converting and modifying graphics.
Education/Experience: BA/BS preferred. 2-3 years experience with www authoring required. Working knowledge of HTML standards, CGI, and graphics standards needed. Technical writing, marketing writing, and/or programming experience a plus.
John O'Fallon, founder of Maxum Development Corp., announced today the "Serve different" campaign, an initiative intended to demonstrate to World Wide Web users that the Mac OS plays a key roll in powering the Internet. The "Serve different" campaign is being supported by a cross section of the Mac OS Internet development community, including such companies as: StarNine Technologies, NetProfessional Magazine, ClearWay Technologies, digital.forest, catalogue.com, Web Broadcasting, brad.net, Purity Software, Open Door Networks, and Imagina.
The group is asking Web developers to post a small "Serve different" icon in a "discreet but prominent" position on their Web sites, and to then link the icon to the "Serve different" home page. A choice of 2 icons is currently available, so that Web developers can select an image that integrates with the rest of their site, while maintaining the consistency that is essential in a public-awareness campaign.
"The goal is strictly to make Web users aware that much of the Web is powered by the Mac OS" said O'Fallon. "Popular opinion says that the Mac OS is dead, but the truth is that there are a huge number of Mac OS powered Web sites that people use every day without knowing it. We just want to let people know that the Macintosh is thriving on the 'net, and that the Mac OS is an extremely viable alternative to UNIX and NT."
While each "Serve different" icon is small and very simple, the group hopes that enough Mac OS Web developers will use the image that it will become a common sight on the Web. A simple but consistent display is expected to demonstrate the widespread support that exists for the Mac OS platform.
The "Serve different" icon is not expected to generate "click throughs", and is designed specifically not to appear like a clickable button. However, Maxum has created a short informational page for those who do click on the image. The "Serve different" home page includes a brief description of the benefits of serving Web content from a Macintosh, as well as a list of resources for would-be Mac OS Web developers. Webmasters that display the "Serve different" icon are encouraged to add their sites to a "Big List" of Mac OS powered Web sites, but generating Web traffic is not the intent. Links to Mac OS developer resources and Mac OS powered Web sites serve to demonstrate the strong support Mac OS Webmasters enjoy, but aren't expected to generate click throughs.
To review the "Serve different" home page, visit:
<http://www.maxum.com/ServeDifferent/>
This page includes a link to a page describing how to join the campaign, at:
For additional inquiries, send e-mail to: <"servedifferent@maxum.com">.
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 13:13:40 -0900 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - QuickTime 3.0 Released
This announcement is from:
Apple PR
Apple Computer, Inc. today announced the availability of QuickTime 3, Apple's industry-leading multimedia software that allows consumers and media professionals to capture, edit and playback a wide variety of digital video and audio content. Macintosh and Windows users can download a free version of QuickTime 3 from <http://www.apple.com/quicktime>. The advanced capabilities of QuickTime 3 Pro are available to users for just U.S. $29.99.
Available for Mac OS, Windows 95 and Windows NT, this latest version of QuickTime significantly advances its video and audio capabilities. QuickTime 3 includes new compression technology from Sorenson Vision Inc, QDesign Corporation and QUALCOMM, virtual reality integration and support for over 150 video effects and transitions approved by the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE). Roland Corporation's Sound Canvas sound set is also included, providing over 200 MIDI-compatible sounds and instruments.
In total QuickTime 3 can play back of over 30 different audio and video file formats and offers real-time streaming of digital content over the Internet, allowing web surfers to view QuickTime movies from any web server, without long download delays. The technology's streaming and file playback capabilities, coupled with the integration of market-leading compression technology, make QuickTime 3 a stand out application for viewing multimedia content on the Internet.
QuickTime 3 contains underlying multimedia system software, an Internet plug-in and two applications for viewing digital content--MoviePlayer and PictureViewer.
QuickTime 3 Pro builds on the capabilities of QuickTime 3 by delivering enhanced playback options as well as new authoring features for Windows and Macintosh users. These include:
- - Full screen video playback; - - Digital video and audio editing capabilities with cut and paste; - - Ability to save digital still images in a wide variety of formats including JPEG, BMP, Photoshop and PICT; - - Ability to save audio and video files from the Internet to personal computers; - - Preparation and compression of content for streaming delivery from any web server.
QuickTime: The Standard for Digital Video and New Media Publishing First released in 1991, QuickTime is the standard for digital media creation and publishing. Its latest release, QuickTime 3, combines advanced digital video streaming technologies with major breakthroughs in ease-of-use.
QuickTime is the only digital media technology platform capable of integrating 3D animation, real-time special effects, virtual reality, and streaming video and audio across all major personal computer platforms. QuickTime currently supports over 35 popular media file formats, including most major video, still image, audio, animation, and MIDI formats. QuickTime is the winner of numerous industry awards and QuickTime's file format has been chosen as the starting point for The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) MPEG-4 Intermedia Format.
QuickTime 3 is available immediately for download at <http://www.apple.com/quicktime/>. For just $29.99, users can then purchase a special code from the website that will open the advanced capabilities of QuickTime 3 Pro. Apple expects localized language versions of QuickTime 3 to be available for download in spring 1998.
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:30:21 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: !! - REX Information Manager
This action item is from:
Frank Jaubert, <jaubert@usa.net>
Check out the credit-card sized PIM (Personal Information Manager) from Franklin at <http://www.franklin.com/rex/index.html> - It fits the PC slot in a powerbook (or a little dock for desktop users) and downloads your names, phone numbers, appointments, ect...
I'd love to have one of these but it won't be available for the Mac unless we let them know we're interested.
"At this time it is under consideration to make the REX compatible with a Macintosh computer. But no final decision has been made."
Please, a polite eMail to <charlene_spence@franklin.com> letting her know you'd be interested. __________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
I remember when I first saw REX. I have to admit, I was intrigued! Since it was Guy who showed me the spec sheet on it, I'm pretty sure he was as well. :)
So please, the usual rules apply: This is not a call for spamming or letter bombing. Please write to this company only if you are interested in this product.
When (I like being optimistic! :) they decide to support the Mac I would love to see them post a special offer to this list.
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