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NEWS • AUGUST 14, 2000
Adobe Ships GoLive 5
New version includes support for Flash, QuickTime, Real Networks G2, SVG

by David Nagel
Executive Producer
dnagel@digitalmedianet.com

Adobe stared shipping GoLive 5.0 today, its Web authoring package. The new version offers tighter integration with Adobe's other products, such as Photoshop and LiveMotion, and can import Photoshop images as HTML, according to Adobe. The new version also includes a QuickTime editor, Flash support, a JavaScript SDK and debugger and support for Flash, Real Networks G2, Scalable Vector Graphics and WebObjects 4.5. For extendibility, GoLive 5 extensions are cross-platform.

Other features include:

• 360Code (no reformatting of code)
• Simultaneous Layout/Source views
• HTML element Search and Replace
• Optimized Layout Grid
• Store HTML snippets
• Markup Tree view
• Adobe Integration via Smart Objects and Smart Links
• Photoshop's Save for Web Image Optimization Engine built in
• Import Photoshop as HTML
• Tracing Image
• Multiple undo
• History palette
• Table palette
• Table data sorting
• Table styles
• Transform palette
• Floating Box to Layout Grid conversion
• Cascading Style Sheet enhancements
• Align palette
• Color palette enhancements
• Contextual menus
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts
• Site reporting
• Site templates
• Workgroup collaboration via WebDAV
• Cross-platform site file
• Network status window

The new version for Macintosh is available now for $299. For more information, visit http://www.adobe.com. GoLive 5.0 is also now available as part of The Adobe Web Collection, which also includes Illustrator 9.0, LiveMotion 1.0 and Photoshop 5.5, available for $999.

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