Vasont® Content Management System Now Integrates with
Microsoft® Word 2003

Users can access and store content in Vasont directly from Microsoft Word’s interface

Emigsville, PA, January 3, 2005 — Vasont Systems, a provider of content management software and data services, today introduced a new integration between the Vasont Content Management System and Microsoft Word. Vasont is a single-source content management system that enables organizations to store their multilingual content once for multi-channel delivery. Using the Vasont Universal Integrator (VUI) extension, this integration enables users to:

• Access Vasont directly from the Microsoft Word interface, so that they can take advantage of Vasont’s versioning, advanced search, and workflow capabilities to streamline the editorial process;
  
• Mix-and-match Microsoft Word content with XML content already stored in Vasont to create new documents; and
  
• Convert Microsoft Word-authored documents to XML for use across an entire enterprise, while still maintaining a link to the source document.

Microsoft Word 2003 is one of the most popular word processing solutions in existence today. Updates to the 2003 version were designed to improve information management, collaboration, and personal productivity. Vasont’s integration with Word takes those improvements to the next level by adding powerful content management functionality.

“This integration is ideal for organizations who work with both Microsoft Word and XML content,” said Richard Schiding, CEO of Vasont Systems. “Thanks to our VUI extension, those users can greatly improve their editorial process with Vasont’s powerful version control, workflow capabilities, and advanced link management.”

Designed to improve productivity and time-to-market of products, Vasont makes it easy for organizations to manage their multilingual technical documentation, manuals, and other publications. The system’s comprehensive single-source functionality stores content once, ensuring content accuracy, and increasing the efficiency of repurposing content to multiple publications, regardless of media format.

About Vasont Systems
Headquartered in Emigsville, Pennsylvania, Vasont Systems is a provider of content management software and data services, backed by more than 50 years of experience in the information management and publishing industry. Its Vasont content management system enables organizations to manage and store their multilingual content once for multi-channel delivery. Fortune 1000 companies and organizations from industries including manufacturing, technology, publishing, government, and healthcare use Vasont to manage and produce multilingual technical documentation, product manuals, and reference materials. www.vasont.com.