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  * TRAINING: Improve Your FrameMaker Skill Set: Two Classes 
      You Shouldn?t Miss (NEW)
  * ANNOUNCE: New Content Management Professionals Organization 
      Announced Today
  * REMINDER: LavaCon is a "Go"!
  * STORY: SnagIt - Get Anything Off the Screen
  * ANNOUNCE: WebWorks Multi-Author Solutions: Fully Automated, True
      Single-Source, Total ePublishing 

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TRAINING: Improve Your FrameMaker Skill Set: 
          Two Classes You Shouldn?t Miss

Do you need to improve your Adobe FrameMaker skill set? If so, consider
attending these very affordable upcoming training events offered by Bright
Path Solutions and sponsored by the Society for Technical Communication,
Hoosier Chapter.

The first class, "What You Need to Know about Structured FrameMaker", is
designed to help technical writers and other content creators begin
creating and managing structured, reusable content using Adobe FrameMaker.

The second class, "Using Adobe FrameMaker with WebWorks Publisher", is
designed to teach writers how to create HTML information products (e.g.
online help, web content, documentation) from Adobe FrameMaker files using
WebWorks Publisher.

CLASS DETAILS

October 19, 2004 -- What You Need to Know about Structured FrameMaker

* Authoring in structure: working with structured documents in FrameMaker,
  the structured view window
* The power of EDDs and DTDs: where structure comes from, how to work with
  DTDs and EDDs, how to modify structure
* XML in and out: working with a FrameMaker structured application, how to
  set up the actual application file for round-trip XML

October 20, 2004 -- Using Adobe FrameMaker with WebWorks Publisher

* Overview of templates
* Creating and managing projects
* Working with FrameMaker source documents
* Mapping WebWorks styles
* TOC Mapping and splitting files
* Generating output
* Overview of the Style Designer
* Understanding the document.css and catalog.css files
* Deploying

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration fee: 1 class $199 per student, both classes $350 per student

To register: Send an email to training -at- travelthepath -dot- com (include your
complete contact information and the number of students planning to
attend).

Class location: New Horizons Learning Center, 11611 North Meridian St.,
Carmel, IN

(NOTE: If you can?t make it to this class, contact us to schedule a class
in your area)

Lunch: On your own/or bring a bag

Snacks and drinks: Provided

ABOUT BRIGHT PATH SOLUTIONS
Bright Path Solutions offers full spectrum solutions for paper and
electronic publishing. Our complete services include pre-sales information
and demonstrations, software licensing, consulting assistance, and quality
training and workshops.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Kay Ethier is an Adobe Certified Expert in FrameMaker 7.x and several
prior versions. She instructs training classes, performs consulting, and
provides support to clients in a variety of industries. Kay resides in the
Research Triangle Park are of North Carolina. In 2001, Kay co-authored the
book XML Weekend Crash Course (Wiley/HungryMinds). She has most recently
been a contributing author on Advanced FrameMaker (TIPS Technical
Publishing) and XML and FrameMaker (Apress).

CONTACT US
Bright Path Solutions
www.travelthepath.com
training -at- travelthepath -dot- com
919.244.8559


09/22/04-10/05/04
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ANNOUNCE: New Content Management Professionals Organization 
          Announced Today

Introducing CM Professionals: A Content Management Community of Practice

Silver Spring MD -- A group of thirty content management experts from
around the world has announced the formation of CM Professionals, an
international community of content management professionals whose purpose
is to further best practices based on shared experiences of experts and
peers.

CM Pros offers a members-only mailing list, a collaborative website,
discussion forums, issue-oriented group blogs, knowledge wikis, syndicated
web services, a job board, a professional directory and a calendar of
face-to-face meeting opportunities.

CM Pros president Bob Boiko, author of the Content Management Bible and
director of the University of Washington iSchool CMS Evaluation Lab, says,
"As the first group of its kind, CM Pros is a membership organization that
enables content management practitioners to share information, practices
and strategies. This organization is needed to help move the discipline of
content management forward, helping practitioners avoid the pitfalls and
costly mistakes made by others."

³We also envision a variety of members-only services, including a
newsletter, professional discounts and summit-type gatherings devoid of
marketing hype,² says Tony Byrne, CMS Watch editor and CM Pros treasurer.

³CM Pros will raise awareness of content management as an essential
discipline that builds value, both financial and human, for companies and
organizations,² says Ann Rockley, author of Managing Enterprise Content
and secretary of CM Pros.

CM Professionals will hold its first CM Summit, in conjunction with the
Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies, Tuesday, November
30, 2004 in Boston, Mass. (U.S.A.).

Information on the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies:
http://www.gilbane.com/CM_conference_Boston_04.html.

As CM Professionals grows, Boiko says, ³We will work closely with other
organizations that share many of our goals. We will coordinate our
thinking about recommended standards for best practices with these
organizations, and we hope to work closely with graduate schools that are
training the next generation of information professionals.²

About CM Professionals
CM Professionals is the premier community of practice for people involved
with managing content for electronic and other media. CM Professionals
collects, develops, organizes and provides access to knowledge about
content management through online resources, email interaction and
face-to-face summits. By identifying, refining, publicizing and advocating
for respected content management practices and models, CM Professionals
educates and fosters interaction among content management professionals,
enterprise leadership, product vendors and university educators.

Media Contact:
Bob Doyle, executive director
+617-876-5678
media -at- cmprofessionals -dot- org
http://www.cmprofessionals.org

09/21/04-09/27/04
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REMINDER: LavaCon is a "Go" !

For everyone monitoring hurricane Ivan, the storm is predicted to hit land
in the Florida panhandle, well east of New Orleans.

And although the media is having a field day talking about the worst-case
doomsday scenario for New Orleans, the conference hotel says they will get
some trailing-edge rain and wind, but nothing like Florida/Alabama will
get, and most of THAT will be gone by the end of this weekend.

After that, Weather.com predicts BRIGHT SUNNY SKYS for all of next week!

See you at the welcoming reception,

Jack

LavaCon 2004: Managing Projects in a Recovering Economy
September 26-30, New Orleans, Louisiana
www.lavacon.org         888-378-2333 Ext 2

09/15/04-09/22/04
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STORY: SnagIt - Get Anything Off the Screen

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Dan the technical writer loved using SnagIt.  He loved that he could grab
anything off the screen - he could get scrolling Web pages, any specific
region of the screen, any software application and anything on the Web.

He loved it so much that barely a day went by that he didn't think of it.
Which sometimes led to trouble ...

Near the end of an extremely boring and amazingly long staff meeting,
Dan's boss asked, "What's the most important part of your job?"

"SnagIt," Dan said quickly.

His boss continued as if he hadn't spoken.  "That's right - teamwork. 
What facilitates teamwork?"

"SnagIt," Dan answered.

His boss shot him a look. "How's that?" he asked.

"SnagIt's in the toolbar of all the MS Office products - that's teamwork.
And it's important because it makes me fast - and that's important," Dan
replied.

As his boss paused, Dan said, "Anyone who doesn't have SnagIt, come to my
desk ... MEETING ADJOURNED!"

Everyone fled, whispering their thanks to Dan. 

Dan knew his boss couldn't complain - he was a SnagIt-lover himself.

~~~~~~~~~~

Try SnagIt free for 30 days - a new purchase is just $39.95, an upgrade is
$19.95.

Log onto:
http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/technicalwriters.asp?DCMP=BAC-Techwrl






09/16/04-09/22/04
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ANNOUNCE: WebWorks Multi-Author Solutions: Fully Automated, True
Single-Source, Total ePublishing

Demands on writing groups to produce quality content continue to
grow with increasing pressure to get more done in less time. And
with increasing amounts of content comes increased maintenance,
which takes authors away from what they do best: write.

WebWorks' multi-author solutions give writing groups the power to
dramatically increase productivity by combining the intelligence
of WebWorks Publisher Professional with the total automation and
easy-to-use author interface of WebWorks AutoMap/AutoMap Client.

With WebWorks' multi-author solutions, managers and online
content administrators get total control and automation, and
writers contribute content without any special training required.

Learn more about WebWorks' multi-author solutions by visiting
www.webworks.com/techwr-l/masol. Or, read how others have saved
time and improved workflows with WebWorks' multi-author solutions
by visiting www.webworks.com/success. Call us at 512-719-3399
ext.501 for more information and to learn about our special offer
for RHFM users.


06/09/04-12/31/05
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