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BeyondPress 4.0 includes several new features which extend your ability to create Web pages and manage Web sites with QuarkXPress
Support for DHTML/CSS Positioning: BeyondPress 4.0 taps into the latestDynamic HTML technologies with the option of exporting web pages using DHTML/CSS positioning layers. This provides for absolute pixel-levelpositioning of objects on a page and it also means that objects in a layout can overlap, since each is positioned on its own "layer" within the document. What does this mean to a BeyondPress user? It's easier than ever to preserve layouts you design within QuarkXPress, even those that contain overlapping objects.
NOTE: DHTML/CSS requires at least Netscape Navigator 4 (or later) or Internet Explorer 4 (or later). If you are using earlier versions of these browsers, you should turn DHTML/CSS off in Layout Preferences.
For more information go to: Authoring:Setting DHTML Layout Preferences.
Redesigned Link Editor: The Link Destinations palette has been replacedwith an improved, multi-paned Link Editor. The new interface displays the HTML linking code being generated by BeyondPress as you set up new links.
Target Window field: This new field in the Link Editor allows you to establish links from one frame to another, or from one window to another via the Target command. Although BeyondPress does not automatically generate the <Frameset> code for you, it does acknowledge the fact that you may be incorporating the HTML files you have created within a Frame.
For more information, go to: Features: Frame and Target Information.
Extra HTML field: This new field in the Link Editor allows you to incorporate the dynamic linking features of JavaScript. Primarily the mouseon, mouseoff rollover settings.
For more information, go to:
Authoring:The Link Target Window and Extra HTML
Conversion: The Link Target Window and Extra HTML
Tool tips: Tool tip help has been added to all the buttons on the BeyondPress palettes.
Customizable keyboard shortcuts: The BeyondPress menu commands now appear under a new Extensis menu in QuarkXPress 4.0. From this menu, you can customize the keyboard shortcuts used to hide or show any of the BeyondPress palettes. This new menu also allows you easy access to any other Extensis products running in QuarkXPress 4.0.
For more information, go to: Features:Extensis Menu.
New Meta Tag & Browser Version Detection Tutorial: A new tutorial document shows you how you can add Meta Tags and a browser version detection Java scripts to your web pages - without writing any code.Using these ready-to-use scripts allows you to detect when visitors with DHTML-incompatible browsers visit your site - and automatically redirect them to alternative pages that don't contain DHTML.
Expanded Documentation: The new BeyondPress documentation includes a printed user's guide, with tutorials, plus this HTML-based BeyondPress Online reference manual. The current installation includes the wholeprinted manual in PDF form.
Other Features
Web Authoring -lets you use the creative and familiar design tools of QuarkXpress as a powerful WYSIWYG Web authoring program to create, modify, and format Web pages and page elements using the Attributes Inspector.
For more information about Authoring, go to: Web Authoring: Introduction.
Document Conversion -allows you to convert existing QuarkXPress documents to Web pages, even adding elements and rearranging the layout, without changing anything in your document. Thus you can retain the integrity of your QuarkXPress documents for print while creating Web pages from them.
For more information about Conversion Mode, go to: Converting QuarkXPress Documents to Web Pages, Part I.
Export Progress Window - displays download-time at various bandwidths. File size is reported for HTML text, images, and media elements.
For more information, go to: Export Progress Window.
Problem report -analyzes the content of a document then lists elements of the design that can't be reproduced in HTML. Double-click the item to go right to it in the document so it can be fixed quickly.
For more information go to: Features: Export Error Messages.
Multimedia Support -lets you add multimedia files, including Java applets, QuickTime movies, and Shockwave and RealAudio files, with parameters. Macintosh users can view QuickTime movies and Java applets "live" inside the QuarkXPress document.
For more information, go to:
Authoring: Adding Multimedia to Web Pages
Conversion: Adding Multimedia to Web Pages.
Elements Palette - lets you organize your image and media files into lists and share them across Web pages. Images and media files can then be dragged directly onto a QuarkXPress document for use in a Web page.
For more information about the Elements palette, go to: Elements Palette: Introduction.
Attributes Inspector -allows you to quickly configure the Web attributes of any item on a page (such as formatting, antialiasing, etc.), or the Web page itself (such as adding a background image). Default values for all images, media elements and Web pages can be globally set in BeyondPress Preferences, then changed on an item-by-item basis.
For more information on, go to: Features:Attributes Inspector
Image maps -allows you to create links to any page on the Web, and export in both Client- and Server-side (NCSA or CERN) formats.
For more information on Image Maps and linking, go to:
Authoring Mode: Creating Hyperlinks and Image Maps
Conversion Mode: Creating Hyperlinks and ImageMaps
Drag and Drop -adds Drag and Drop capability to QuarkXPress, allowing you to drag items onto your pages from the Finder, the Elements palette, or from other applications.
For more information, go to: Drag and Drop.
Cascading Style Sheets, DHTML/CSS Positioning, Dynamic Fonts, and Font Face Tags--lets you preserve typography using Cascading Style Sheets, page layout, and font formatting using Bitstream TrueDoc font technology..For more information, go to:
Authoring Mode: Adding Text to Web Pages.
Conversion Mode: Formatting Text.
Layout and Site Preferences - let you control how Web pages are drawn by browsers and how your Web site is organized.
For more information, go to:
BeyondPress 4.0: Introduction | BeyondPress Online Reference
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