31.   Microsoft wanted its own multimedia software to be used on America Online rather Real Player, the software now featured on the service.

32.   Midisoft produces interactive multimedia software that allows users to manipulate graphics, video, text, music and other audio content.

33.   Multimedia software also tends to take up quite a bit of space as well.

34.   Multimedia software products, like the personal computer, have been slow to arrive in Europe with its patchwork of languages, cultures, educational and legal systems.

35.   Multimedia software programs, once the province of graphic art classes, are now being absorbed into every subject.

36.   Nearly six million computers in American homes are now capable of running multimedia software, noted Helen Rosen, a senior analyst for Link Resources Inc.

37.   Multimedia software works best with eight megabytes of RAM on a Mac, says Apple spokeswoman Katie Boos.

38.   Netscape also announced plans to purchase InSoft, a privately held multimedia software developer.

39.   Newer material, particularly complex multimedia software, is hardly immune.

40.   Multimedia software is used to play audio and video clips from the Internet.