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|subcat=Document
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|type code={{Type Code|DCDC}}
|released=1992
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Astound Inc. was a multimedia software company which developed Presentation software for Macintosh and Windows. Originally developed by GoldDiskM<ref>https://techmonitor.ai/techonology/astounding_presentation_program</ref><ref>https://indexarticles.com/business/business-wire/gold-disk-inc-reinvents-itself-to-better-serve-customer-base-existing-gold-disk-management-buys-multimedia-software-assets-to-form-new-company-focused-on-business-multimedia-authoring/</ref> and then later sold to Genesys in 2001<ref>https://news.cision.com/genesys/r/genesys-conferencing-reports-financial-results,c56177</ref>.

==File Information==
Astound Presentation software saved its documents using the '''ASD''' extension<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20001012143623/http://www.astound.com/a7/astound7/ast5_tutorial.pdf</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010614060100/http://www.astound.com/programs/astound/80/Astound8.pdf</ref>.

==Format Information==
* Astound Presentation versions 2-3 are binary files with the ascii header {{magic|AWND}}
* Astound Presentation versions 4-8 are a [[Microsoft Compound File]] with a Summary Information file as well as an "Astound Data" file with the same contents as the older version<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19961229021632/http://www.astound.com/releasenews.html</ref>.

==Screenshots==
[[Image:Astoundv5-Open.png|300px]]

== Sample files ==
* {{DexvertSamples|document/astoundPresentation}}

==References==
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[[Category:Microsoft Compound File]]