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ANNOUNCE: The Future of Adobe FrameMaker-Beyond 7.1
Presented at November FrameMaker Event
The FrameMaker 2005 Chautauqua is coming to Raleigh, NC USA, November 7-9,
2005. Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) is well represented as
Karl Matthews and Michael Hu discuss the future of AdobeR FrameMakerR, an
award winning, enterprise-class authoring and publishing solution. This
conference will provide attendees with the chance to meet and mingle with
some of the best and brightest FrameMaker luminaries and learn where this
dynamic and vibrant product is heading. In its current version,
FrameMaker combines the simplicity of word processing with the power of
advanced layout capabilities and XML publishing, making it easier to
repurpose content and publish to multiple channels, including print, Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF), online help, and the Web.
Adobe Systems keynote presenters; Karl Matthews (Group Product Manager,
Publishing Technologies) and Michael Hu (FrameMaker Product Manager)
discuss the future of Adobe FrameMaker. Three full days of presentations
and hands-on time are presented by featured speaker Bernard Aschwanden
(PublishingSmarter), alongside FrameMaker users and experts.
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The conference will be held November 7-9, 2005 at the McKimmon Conference
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TRAINING: Atlanta STC Presents "Information Architecture of
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To Build Effective Paths, Determine Where Your Visitors Want to go
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