January 17, 2002, Midlothian, Virginia. Virginia Systems has updated and is now shipping its footnote/endnote mangement XTension and its cross-reference generator XTension.

Sonar Bookends Fnote uses labels to associate each footnote/endnote reference with a particular footnote/endnote destination. In the updated XTension, when creating a footnote/endnote reference or destination, the user can either select the desired label from a pop-up list of currently defined labels or a new label can be entered manually. Previously, the labels had to always be entered manually.

Sonar Bookends Xref also uses labels to associate references with destinations. In the updated XTension, a label can be selected from a pop-up list of currently defined labels or a new label can be entered manually. Previously, all labels had to be entered manually. The new version also allows the user to define a "prefix" text that goes in front of the page number when the reference and destination are on different pages (See figure 6 on page 42). A "substitute" text is defined for cases where a reference and destination happen to be on the same page (See figure 6 on this page).

Both Sonar Bookends Fnote and Sonar Bookends Xref are $195. Customers who bought Sonar Bookends Fnote or Sonar Bookends Xref previously can update for free.

A free demonstration copy of Sonar Bookends Fnote or Sonar Bookends Xref can be downloaded from Virginia Systems web site at: http://www.virginiasystems.com

Virginia Systems was founded in 1984 and specializes in document imaging, text retrieval, automatic index-generation, cross-referencing, and footnote software.

For further information, contact: Virginia Systems, 5509 West Bay Court, Midlothian, VA 23112-2506, Phone: (804) 739-3200, FAX: (804) 739-8376, Email: sales@virginiasystems.com, URL: www.virginiasystems.com