SOFTQUAD SHIPS HOTMETAL PRO--NEW INTERNET PUBLISHING TOOL

October 31, 1994 -- Toronto, Ontario.  SoftQuad Inc. of Toronto is now
shipping SoftQuad HoTMetaL PRO--a commercial upgrade to its popular
Internet publishing software--for the UNIX and Microsoft Windows
platforms.

SoftQuad HoTMetaL PRO is a word processor for the Internet geared
especially towards Mosaic and other Web browsers. It shields the user from
complicated coding and checks that documents are valid HTML, the single
file format used to structure documents on the Web and to hyperlink them
to other documents, pictures, audio and film clips.

"SoftQuad HoTMetaL PRO is the first tool for the Web that not only improves
the quality of documents but also makes it easier to manipulate them,"
said Liam Quin, HoTMetaL development manager. "Components that came from
our years of developing SGML technology give us a leading edge in
producing HTML software."

Over 50,000 organizations and well over 100,000 users have snapped up 
SoftQuad HoTMetaL, the freeware version, since its release in June.  The
overwhelming positive response to HoTMetaL has included requests for more
features including spellchecking, thesaurus, context-sensitive search and
replace, more flexible stylesheets and a graphical table editor. These
features have all been included in SoftQuad HoTMetaL PRO along with TIDY,
software that will clean up HTML errors and convert most invalid HTML
documents. Users who have been creating HTML documents with anything other
than a native HTML editor like SoftQuad HoTMetaL PRO will benefit greatly
from this functionality.

As commercial and educational publishers gear up for new publishing
opportunities they are relying on the World Wide Web to reach audiences
quickly and inexpensively with information that changes rapidly or with
republished works.  HoTMetaL PRO makes taking advantage of these
opportunities intuitive for techno-phobes and programmers alike, with an
easy-to-use graphical interface.

SoftQuad HoTMetaL PRO provides key features to facilitate the most frequent
Internet operations. Most people start with a Home Page. A template for a
HomePage that supports in-line graphics and easy-to-construct hypertext
links is included with SoftQuad HoTMetaL PRO.

Collaboration with the NCSA (US National Centre for Supercomputing) has
resulted in interoperation between SoftQuad HoTMetaL and the NCSA's
popular Web browser Mosaic. The latest release of Mosaic includes a
command to edit a viewed document using HoTMetaL; HoTMetaL includes a
command to preview HoTMetaL documents using Mosaic.

Pricing and Availability

SoftQuad HoTMetaL PRO 1.0 is shipping on Sun Motif and Microsoft Windows.
HP-UX, DEC Alpha and Macintosh versions will follow. The list price for
all versions is $195 US. Site licenses and volume discounts are also
available.

About SoftQuad Inc.

SoftQuad Inc. is the leading vendor of SGML software and services offering
multi-platform, standards-based solutions for information management and
electronic publishing. The company provides a broad range of SGML software
tools for creating, editing and delivering SGML documents. SoftQuad's SGML
experts assist customers with every aspect of SGML planning and
implementation including training, needs analysis and consulting.

SoftQuad Inc., headquartered in Toronto, is a subsidiary of SoftQuad
International, a publicly-traded company listed on the Toronto Stock
Exchange (symbol SKI). SoftQuad Inc. is a founding member of the SGML Open
consortium.

SoftQuad Inc
56 Aberfoyle Crescent, Suite 810
Toronto, CANADA   M8X  2W4

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