Create Your Own Windows-Based

Multimedia Applications in a Few Easy Steps

For more information please visit NeoSoftware web site.

About NeoBook

Now it's easy to create and publish your own 32-bit Windows applications - no programming required! Even inexperienced users can quickly combine text, graphics, sound, animation and other elements to create interactive, multimedia software programs such as: electronic books, presentations, brochures, greeting cards, educational materials, computer-based training applications, catalogs, electronic magazines, games, CD interfaces and many types of other applications.

NeoBook's Interface

NeoBook's easy-to-use, floating tool palette allows you to construct applications using simple drag-and-drop commands. It's easy to setup hotspots, command buttons, text entry fields, check boxes, lists and other interactive controls. Quickly create an interface that allows readers to turn pages, enter responses, pop up messages, play multimedia files, run other software, do math calculations, display Internet sites, and more.

NeoBook's spelling checker makes sure your publications are error free. And when you're finished, you can compile your masterpiece into a complete stand-alone Windows application (exe), screen saver (scr) or Internet Explorer™ plug-in, which you can distribute without royalties! NeoBook can even create a custom setup program for your project, complete with compression and multi-disk capabilities. Click here to download some sample compiled applications created with NeoBook.

Compiled NeoBook application (exe) running under Windows

Features

• Use simple drag and drop actions to create complex applications.

• Import pictures and illustrations created with your favorite paint or drawing software.

• Import formatted text documents created with your favorite word processor or use NeoBook's built-in text editor.

• Add navigation and user interface controls including: push buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, text entry fields (with validation), list boxes, combo boxes, media players, track bars and timers.

• Play Animated GIF files.

• Display web sites and live Internet content inside your application.*

• Create and send email messages directly from your application.

• Use the built-in text editor to create formatted text with tables, multiple fonts, bookmarks and hypertext commands.

• Create advanced applications using the powerful, integrated scripting language. Includes conditional statements, looping, variables, file i/o, string processing, etc. Script commands can be typed manually by experienced users or selected from a list and added interactively by filling out a simple questionnaire.

• Perform calculations and tabulate scores for computer-based training exercises.

• Use transition effects between screens, such as wipes, dissolves, weaves, etc.

• Store and retrieve information from external files and the Windows Registry.

• Create applications with custom shaped windows.

• Play sound, music, video, animation and other multimedia files.

• Display alert boxes, messages, popup images, menus, Custom Dialog Boxes, etc.

• Create your own animated cartoons using the included NeoToon™ utility.

• Launch Windows or DOS programs including other compiled NeoBook applications.

• Send keystrokes and mouse clicks to other Windows applications.

• Access your favorite word processor, sound editor, animation editor and/or paint program directly from NeoBook to edit text, images, audio and animation clips.

• Enhance NeoBook's functionality with simple to use, yet powerful  plug-ins.

• Test, debug and spell check your projects without leaving the NeoBook environment.

• Use NeoBook's Compiler to assemble your projects into 32-bit Windows applications (exe), Windows screen savers (scr), Windows system tray applications or web browser Plug-In/ActiveX controls (ocx). Compiled applications may be distributed or sold - without paying royalties or additional license fees!

• Create a professional Setup/Installation for your applications, complete with compression and multi-disk capabilities.

• Import files created with previous Windows and DOS versions of NeoBook.

• New NeoBookDB plug-in lets you read and write database files directly from your NeoBook publications. Included FREE with NeoBook purchase!

• And more....

Supported File Formats: Imports Rich Text (RTF) and plain text/ASCII formats supported by most word processors and text editors. Most common image file formats may also be imported, including JPEG, BMP, PCX, GIF, PNG, WMF, etc. Supports True Type fonts. Plays AVI, MPEG**, WAV, MIDI, FLI, FLC, CAR, MP3** and other multimedia formats.***

System Requirements: Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.x, 2000 or XP. A hard disk with 10 MB free space. Mouse or other Windows-supported pointing device. Windows-supported sound card (optional)

* Requires Internet Explorer™.
** MP3 and MPEG support is provided via drivers and software installed by Windows. NeoBook does not include its own decoder or encoder. PCs running older versions of Windows may need to update to the latest version of Windows Media Player in order to play these formats.
*** Some multimedia formats may require installation of special drivers.

Pricing

Full version: $199.95* Order Online
Upgrade from previous versions: $89.95* Order Online
Competitive upgrade: $149.95*/**
Site and Network licenses are also available.
We also offer discounts for qualified educational institutions.

Full and upgrade versions include: 200+ page illustrated User Guide with Tutorials, CD-ROM containing full program, NeoToon animation utility, spelling checker, unlimited compiler, free database plug-in, sample files, etc.

* Price does not include shipping and handling.
** Competitive upgrade requires proof of ownership for a competing product, contact NeoSoft's sales department to see if you qualify.

For more information contact:

NeoSoft Corp.
Post Office Box 5667
Bend, Oregon 97708-5667

Orders: (800) 545-1392
Questions: (541) 389-5489
Fax: (541) 388-8221
E-Mail: sales@neosoftware.com
Web Site: http://www.neosoftware.com/

Online Orders

Visit our Dealer page for a list of authorized international distributors.

What's New in Version 4

Here are some of the many new features and enhancements we've made in NeoBook 4:

• Enhanced user interface - more features, easier to use!

• New tools:

- List Box
- Combo Box
- Track Bar
- Video Player with VCR controls
- Text Entry Field with validation
- Timer
- Web Browser/HTML viewer
- Animated GIF

• Built-in word processor designed especially for creating NeoBook content. Easily add formatting, tables, hyperlinks and bookmarks without learning complicated formatting codes.

• Greater control over the appearance of final publication. Including custom shaped windows, gradient backgrounds, optional title bar and more.

• Powerful database support.

• Dozens of new action commands to show/hide/move objects, display file lists, and more.

• Function Library for storing and reusing groups of action commands.

• Use external text and image files in compiled publications.

• Improved video and sound playback.

• Improved text file handling with enhanced formatting, hyperlink control and printing.

• New Plug-In capabilities that allow developers to create custom functions that seamlessly integrate with NeoBook.

• Compile finished projects as Windows applications (exe), screen savers (scr), system tray applications (exe) or as Internet Explorer plug-ins/ActiveX controls.

• And more...

Registered users of previous versions of NeoBook for Windows or DOS can upgrade at a discount. Visit our online store to order the upgrade today.

Press Clippings

Here's what the press are saying about NeoBook:

Bob Schwabach, Universal Press Syndicate:

"NeoBook, one of the most interesting programs we have ever reviewed, is back in a new and greatly enhanced version.

"We reviewed this program four years ago, and since then other commercial programs have come along that perform similar tasks.... As good as those are, they have never captured us as NeoBook has.

"This is an impressive piece of work. Though its business and instructional uses are easy to visualize, I would like to see it given to children and students. You can create almost anything. It is not just a teaching tool but a learning tool par excellence.

"This is a remarkable program and aptly named; it seems likely that new books will be done in this multimedia fashion in the near future."

Shareware Junkies

"[NeoSoft's] Email support deserves 10 stars* in itself. I really like it when you email support and they answer back personally and in a timely manner. NeoBook's support team won't leave you hanging in the middle of creating your app!"

* Shareware Junkies maximum number of awarded stars is only five.

Medical Software Review:

"Just when you thought it couldn't get any easier to produce multimedia, along comes a program that redefines ease of use." In a direct comparison between NeoBook Pro for Windows and ToolBook II, Director Studio, Icon Author, Quest and others, NeoBook was rated highest in ease of learning, performance and speed.

PCM Magazine:

"NeoBook Pro's button filled graphical interface lets you put together publications having - of all things - a button-filled graphical interface! It's so easy to use, you can knock out a test 'book' in executable (.EXE) format, ready to distribute, in less than an hour - and that includes skimming the docs!"

Colin Haynes, author of Paperless Publishing (McGraw-Hill) and How to Succeed in Cyberspace (The Association for Information Management):

"I recommend NeoBook as one of the best digital publishing programs in my McGraw-Hill book Paperless Publishing and in Writer's Digest's first cover story on self-publishing in the digital media. NeoBook was chosen also for the disk of software that accompanied my book and I have demonstrated it with complete confidence at seminars in the US, Europe and Africa over the past three years. Many of my readers who have published with NeoBook have achieved excellent results.

"Now, in its latest Windows format, NeoBook is even more versatile and reflects a higher degree of dedicated and professional development than many of the expensive shrink-wrapped programs that I get to review. If you have the latest Windows system, or if you are still using a computer running only DOS - as millions of people around the world must do - you can choose an appropriate version of NeoBook that is easy to use, fast and achieves professional results.

"Whether you are an author seeking to self-publish a novel on a limited budget, or a corporation with major catalogue or other business digital publishing projects, you should check out NeoBook. It remains one of the most reliable and functional publishing tools available."

CD-ROM Multimedia:

"NeoBook is a full-featured multimedia authoring system which produces disk-based interactive documents such as newsletters, books, electronic catalogs and educational materials ... It lets you easily create multi-page documents with images, text blocks, wallpaper backgrounds and hot-spot buttons."

PC Graphics & Video:

"A well-designed program that brings inexpensive but very functional electronic publishing to consumers, with professional-level capabilities and options at a utility price."

Computer User:

"An affordable yet versatile multimedia authoring tool. NeoBook Professional is suitable for producing presentations onscreen or on CD-ROM or floppy disk. Because the presentation in its final form is a standalone EXE file, you could even post the presentation on a Web site or use it on a kiosk."

CD Information Center:

"This one's fun to use. In fact, I would have been finished writing this review earlier, save for the fact that I was so busy playing with it. I'd say NeoBook was an excellent introduction for newbies to multimedia - but I just found a CD-ROM magazine in U.K. that uses it for its menu, so it's quite adequate to get a reasonably professional job done."

Foreign Language Versions

NeoBook for Windows version 4 is now available in these Languages:
(contact the distributors below for information)

Italian

Systems Comunicazioni, Srl
Via Olanda, 6
20083 Vigano di Gaggiano (Ml)
Italy
Telephone: 39 (2)908.41.814
Fax: 39 (2)908.41.682
E-Mail: posta@systems.it
Web Site: http://www.systems.it/

French

TTP France Sarl
51 Grand Rue
54380 Rogιville
Telephone: (+33) 03 83 24 80 88
Fax: (+33) 01 72 74 44 46
e-mail: ventes@ttpfr.com
Web Site: http://www.ttpfr.com/

Spanish

Alean, Srl
V. Virasoro 882
(1405) Capital Federal
Buenos Aires
Telephone: (54-11)-4982-6187
Fax: (54-11)-4958-0315
E-Mail: neobook@alean.com.ar
Web Site: http://www.alean.com.ar

NeoSoft Mexico \ Mayan Digital Technology
Beneficencia No. 19 Col. Centro
San Miguel de Allende
Guanajuato, C.P. 37700
Telephone: (4) 151527204
Fax: (4) 151525253
E-Mail: soporte@neosoftmexico.com
Web Site: http://www.neosoftmexico.com/

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