foulser@topaz.asd.sgi.com (David Foulser) (02/16/91)
Please respond directly to Database Publishing Software and not to the poster. SmartLeaf --- New Tools for Interleaf Users SmartLeaf automatically generates Interleaf documents from data in databases. One can perform mail-merge and form-fill, build database reports, create data sheets, publish parts lists, generate phone directories, and produce illustrated parts catalogs, without re-entering the data into Interleaf and without programming. SmartLeaf connects Interleaf documents to databases by adding links (SmartLinks) directly to the documents. SmartLeaf uses these links to generate Interleaf tables, charts, text components, indexes, and tables of contents automatically. When the information in the database changes, the documents can be updated at the touch of a button. SmartLeaf, by automating data placement in documents, can make pre-printed forms and letters obsolete. It allows users to save the time usually spent entering data and use that time to concentrate on presenting information. SmartLeaf/Librarian SmartLeaf/Librarian, an Interleaf indexing system, records the titles, subjects, and many other attributes of documents and components. When the user requests all documents or components that have a specific property, the Librarian finds them. The SmartLeaf/Librarian application stores document information in a database so users can quickly locate documents, or their contents, without searching the desktop. SmartLeaf can use any combination of document name, component or frame names, user-defined attributes, or keywords to find documents, create new documents, or merge multiple documents together. SmartLeaf/Librarian can even find parts of documents specified by user-defined criteria and paste them together into a new document that can be manipulated using Interleaf. When a user needs to create new documents that contain elements of old documents, he/she can use SmartLeaf/Librarian to build those new documents automatically. SmartLeaf/Librarian can also treat graphics as data items and create a library of all desktop graphics. SmartLeaf/Compare SmartLeaf/Compare allows Interleaf users to compare documents and document hierarchies, whether created in Interleaf or imported from different word processors, CASE tools, and other applications. To show all the differences between two documents, SmartLeaf/Compare produces a new document, marked with all the changes in format and content. These changes are marked as the user requests: SmartLeaf/Compare gives the user the option of having underlines, strike-throughs, deletions, text replacements, and many other choices. These choices even include an option for A-paging which allows the user to freeze the pagination of the document, so that changes do not effect the page numbering. SmartLeaf/Compare also includes an archiving ability. Individual documents and even groups of documents, can be saved in an archive. As individual documents evolve, the user can create new group archives and even retrieve a revision history if it is needed. For more information contact: David Dreyfus Database Publishing Software Phone: 617-246-8363 FAX: 617-246-9046 This is posted for a friend at DPS who does not have access to the net. Please respond directly to Mr. Dreyfus. --Dave Foulser