For Immediate Release

SUNNYVALE, CA--December 27, 1996--Solutionsoft today announced that it is shipping WordToWeb™, an add-in to Microsoft® Word 7.0 or later which fully automates the conversion of Word documents to linked HTML pages.

WordToWeb provides an intuitive wizard interface which makes it easy for any Word user to produce sophisticated HTML publications. WordToWeb can convert multiple Word documents to HTML and link them together into a single online publication and can also break long Word documents into a series of smaller linked pages.

WordToWeb goes beyond simple conversion and automates tasks which might take many hours using an interactive HTML editor. Examples include setting HTML page properties such as background color or graphic for each page, inserting navigation buttons to link pages together and adding a "signature" with contact information and/or date stamp to each page. In addition, WordToWeb will automatically generate a table of contents as well as an online index (based on Word index entries in the source documents).

WordToWeb automatically converts Word graphics to GIF format and can optionally generate "thumbnail" links for large graphics in order to minimize page download time. Users can also easily create online publications which display the table of contents and/or index in frames for easy navigation.

"While other Word-based utilities, such as Microsoft's Internet Assistant, provide basic conversion capability, WordToWeb is the first add-in tool to completely automate the publishing process. Because the translation to HTML is fast, easy and complete, WordToWeb is ideal for maintaining Word documents which will serve as a single source for both printed and online information."

WordToWeb also supports project templates--a feature which makes it easy to use the formatting choices for an HTML publication as the basis for future work . Project templates are especially useful in multi-user environments. The webmaster or project leader can create a project template which conforms to an organization's website or intranet formatting guidelines and then distribute it--making it easy for any user to produce completely formatted, linked pages which are ready to post on the server.

Solutionsoft, founded in 1993, is a privately held company based in Sunnyvale, CA. In introducing WordToWeb, the company leverages years of experience in developing hypertext authoring tools. Solutionsoft's Microsoft Word-based Windows help authoring tool, HelpBreeze, is currently in use at thousands of organizations.

Pricing and Availability

WordToWeb costs and is available now. A fully functional evaluation copy of WordToWeb can be downloaded from Solutionsoft's website.

System Requirements

• A personal computer running Microsoft Windows 95, NT (3.51 or later)
• Microsoft Word 7.0 (also called Word 95).
• All registered users of will be able to download a free update which supports Microsoft Word 97 (v. 8.0). This is expected to be available shortly after Word 97 becomes avaible in retail stores.