By: Staff Reports Smart Tags Will Take Readers To MSNBC.com
MSNBC.com said it will provide links to news and weather in the
new Microsoft Office XP package. The links will be displayed in
"smart tag" pull-down menus on Office XP versions of Word, Excel,
and Word-enabled Outlook e-mail.
When users type a particular city name into a document, the smart
tag technology will recognize one out of190 profiled cities in
the U.S., providing links to the affiliate sites in the MSNBC.com
networks. Links will also be provided to weather information in
190 cities around the world.
MSNBC.com is a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC News. The
site has content agreements with a number of newspapers for local
news.
Copyright 2001, Editor & Publisher.
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