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AVANTSTAR RELEASES INDUSTRY’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE FILE CONVERSION AND AUTOMATED WEB PUBLISHING SOFTWARE

Transit Solutions 9 Dramatically Reduces Time and Cost of Updating Large Websites and Intranets by Replacing Complex Manual Efforts with Simple and Automatic Updates

Chanhassen, Minn., Sept. 10, 2009 — Avantstar, Inc. (http://www.avantstar.com), a provider of desktop file viewing, content conversion and web content management software, today announced the release of Transit Solutions 9, file conversion and web publishing software that takes content originally designed for print or offline use, such as policies and procedures information, and publishes it as fully formatted web content.

“Updating hard copies of manuals used to be quite a job, involving a lot of paper and employee time,” said Fred Wallace, senior systems programmer analyst for Orange County (California) Social Services. “We looked at several options, and Transit was better than anything else on the market. Since moving to online publishing of policies and procedures manuals using Transit Solutions, we’ve saved millions of dollars, not only in paper, but also in productivity. We’re saving our employees a lot of time swapping out updates, and providing them a way to stay current so they can comply with state and federal requirements.”

Transit Solutions is one of the most effective tools to help IT departments and web content managers keep up with the high volume of website changes generated everyday because, unlike other user-content file conversion software, it not only automatically converts and publishes hundreds of file types as HTML, it also recognizes and automatically links within documents (not just among them). Transit also publishes entire information folders on a preset schedule.

With Transit Solutions, website updates are faster, cost less and are less prone to error because manual processes are virtually eliminated. “IT departments being asked to ‘do more with less’ are looking for ways to minimize the time spent on tasks like manual website updating so they can focus on higher-value projects,” said Pete Rockers, founder and co-president of Avantstar. “At the same time, content experts usually don’t want to become web coders. Transit Solutions 9 is the ideal answer for both groups; content creators can work in the applications they’re comfortable with, and publish content and updates to the web automatically, with minimal coding or IT support.”

New features in Transit Solutions 9 include:

• A redesigned Edit Template window that combines preview, publication hierarchy and properties into one window, making it easier to access commonly used features to edit web page templates.
• Enhanced support for embedded content in Microsoft Word 2007, Excel 2007 and PowerPoint 2007.
• Support for merged cells in Excel and tables within tables.
• Enhanced conversion support for Star Office and Open Office suites.

Transit Solutions 9 Pricing and Availability
Transit Solutions 9 is available immediately directly from Avantstar or through their sales partner network. Pricing begins at $4,995. For more information, visit www.avantstar.com, call (877) 829-7325 or email sales@avantstar.com. A free fully functional 30-day evaluation version of the software is available for interested parties.

About Avantstar, Inc.
Avantstar is home to the world’s most recognized desktop-file-viewing program—Quick View Plus. Since 2001, Avantstar has been focused on solving digital content viewing and content management challenges faced by businesses, government agencies and legal organizations throughout the world. Thousands of companies and millions of users worldwide rely on Avantstar’s products to reduce licensing costs on unnecessary software programs to view files or publish critical business information to websites. The company serves customers from its headquarters in Chanhassen, Minn., and through a worldwide network of resellers. For more information, go to www.avantstar.com.

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Transit Solutions 9 is a registered trademark of Avantstar, Inc.
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