Quick View


Quick View is a file viewer in Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 operating systems. The viewer can be used to view practically any file.
The software has been ported by third parties to support XP, Vista and 7.
On 1995-04-03, InfoSoft International, Inc., announced the acquisition of Systems Compatibility Corporation, and the renaming of InfoSoft International, Inc. to Inso Corporation. Inso Corporation later developed Quick View Plus products.

Quick View Plus

Quick View Plus is a commercial variant based on Inso Corporation 's Outside In technology.
The Windows 3.1 version of the product was originally named Outside In for Windows 3.1 before it was renamed to Quick View Plus for Windows 3.1. The Outside In name was reused as the viewer engine for Quick View Plus products.
The distributor was later changed to Avantstar, Inc., founded by Stellent's close associates in 2001.

Quick View Plus for UNIX

It is a version of Inso Corporation QVP supporting Sun Solaris for SPARC, HP-UX, IBM AIX.

Quick View Plus for Windows CE

It is a product for Windows CE, including Pocket PC 2002.

Version history

Quick View Plus for Windows 3.1

Quick View Plus for Windows 95

It was released on 1995-09-30.
Microsoft Word file viewer Plug-in for Netscape Navigator 2.0 was released on 1996-02-07.

4.0

It was released on 1996-11-11.
New file formats include: WordPerfect 7, Quattro Pro 7, Freelance 96 for Windows 95, Novell PerfectWorks 2.0, Corel Presentations, LZH archive.
It supports integration with:
New operating system support include Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0.
Microsoft Office 97 module was released on 1997-06-04, which allows viewing and printing Microsoft Office 97 documents.

4.5

It was released on 1997-08-13.
New file formats include: Microsoft Word 97 and Excel 97, Lotus 1-2-3 97, Freelance 97, Portable Network Graphics
New file formats for Netscape Navigator plug-in include Adobe Acrobat, Apple QuickTime, AVI Player, Corel CMX, Shockwave Director, Softsource DWG.
New application integration include Microsoft Outlook 97, Eudora for Windows 95 and NT 4.0, and Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows 3.1.

5.0

It was released in 1998.
New and improved integration includes support for Outlook 98, Outlook Express, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Exchange, Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communicator 5, Eudora 4, America Online, Lotus Notes, Lotus cc:Mail 8.1, Norton Navigator, and Spry Mosaic. Support for additional file formats include Microsoft PowerPoint 97 files, Lotus Word Pro 96 and 97, and RTF 1.5.

5.1

File format support was increased to over 200.

5.11

File format support was increased to over 225.

6.0

Quick View Plus Enterprise Edition was released on 2000-06-07.
New features include:
Quick View Plus 8 was released on 2004-01-26.
Minimum operating system was changed to Windows 2000.
New format support:
New software integration:
Quick View Plus 9 Enhanced Features
It was released on 2008-08-05.
New supported operating system includes Windows Vista.

11.0

Standard Edition was released on 2010-08-09. It adds support for following products:
New Windows and Microsoft Outlook integration include:
Professional Edition was released on 2010-08-09. It adds with third-party program integration, metadata view, auto search, Microsoft Project Gantt chart support over standard edition.
64-bit versions were released on 2011-03-08. It supports 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Outlook 2010.

12.0

Standard Edition was released on 2012-01-30. It adds support for viewing and printing of 32 file formats including:
Professional Edition was released on 2012-01-30, which adds following to Standard Edition:
Standard Edition and Professional Edition were released on 2013-08-20.
Changes to both versions of Quick View Plus 12 include:
Changes to Professional Edition include:
Professional Edition adds following to Standard Edition: