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* ANNOUNCE: FRAMEMAKER CONFERENCE - November 7-9, 2005
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* ANNOUNCE: The Rockley Bulletin: Open Source Content Management
* ANNOUNCE: Welcome Immersive Design, Inc. as a new
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ANNOUNCE: FRAMEMAKER CONFERENCE - November 7-9, 2005 (Raleigh, NC USA)
Mark your calendars for the FrameMaker 2005 Chautauqua!
Adobe Systems Inc. is well represented as Karl Matthews and Michael Hu
present on Adobe FrameMaker, an award winning, enterprise-class authoring
and publishing solution. Three full days of presentations and hands-on
time include featured speakers Bernard Aschwanden (PublishingSmarter) and
Lynne A. Price (Text Structure), along with expert FrameMaker users.
In addition to great, real-world presentations, this conference provides
attendees with the chance to meet and mingle with some of the best and
brightest FrameMaker luminaries. Networking opportunities and presenter
"Q&A" during break times are two of the benefits of attending. Door
prizes add to the fun, with opportunities to win a large computer monitor,
Apple iPods, technology books, and other prizes.
"FrameMaker is used by a variety of companies, for many different types of
documents. This conference is an opportunity to hear from real users how
they have implemented complex systems, overcome bumps along the way, and
made very involved processes work." said Kay Ethier (Bright Path
Solutions). Presentations use FrameMaker and Structured
FrameMaker/FrameMaker+SGML. Several FrameMaker versions are represented in
the presentations.
The conference will be held November 7-9, 2005 at the McKimmon Conference
Center in Raleigh, NC near the Raleigh/Durham International Airport (RDU).
Pricing for all three days of events starts at US$695--early bird discount
now makes it temporarily $595.
ANNOUNCE: The Rockley Bulletin: Open Source Content Management
If you missed the May 2005 issue of The Rockley Bulletin, don't fret. It's
available 24/7 at www.rockleybulletin.com. The May issue examines open
source web content management systems. We help you shop for and compare
various web content management systems, learn about open source as a
business strategy, and provide tips for locating open source talent.
And, don?t miss your chance to register for our highly successful Content
Management Workshop Series.
Upcoming classes:
* Information Architecture for Content Management
- June 21-22, 2005 (Atlanta)
- July 12-13, 2005 (Vancouver)
- July 19-20, 2005 (Chicago)
- September 17-18, 2005 (Seattle)
* Content Modeling and Structured Writing
- June 28-29, 2005 (Research Triangle Park)
- September 7-8, 2005 (Toronto)
- September 13-14, 2005 (Atlanta)
- October 4-5, 2005 (Vancouver)
- October 12-13, 2005 (Chicago)
* Implementation Strategies for Content Management
- September 20-21, 2005 (Research Triangle Park)
- November 5-6, 2005 (Seattle)
- November 15-16, 2005 (Toronto)
- January 31-February 1, 2006 (Chicago)
- February 20-21, 2006 (Vancouver)
- March 14-15, 2006 (Atlanta)
ANNOUNCE: Welcome Immersive Design, Inc. as a new TECHWR-L Sponsor!
Join us in welcoming Immersive Design, Inc. as a new TECHWR-L Bronze-level
Annual Sponsor: http://www.immdesign.com
Immersive Design's IPA leverages 3-D engineering data to create
interactive 3-D PDF files and web pages. This kind of presentation can
dramatically improve documentation clarity, reduce assembly time, and
squash maintenance mistakes. And the ease of use trounces flipping through
a stack of static 2-D drawings and pages of instructions. For examples and
evaluation copies of IPA, visit the Immersive Design, Inc. Web site, http://www.immdesign.com
Welcome--and thanks to--Immersive Design, Inc. as a new TECHWR-L Annual
Sponsor!
We are asking for feedback to help us determine the best (if any) value in
use for 3D models inside of Adobe Acrobat and PDF files. We have provided
two example interactive 3D PDF files to view and then ask you to fill out
the survey. The short 10 question survey will help us set the direction
of further work.
ANNOUNCE: New! WebWorks OnTime: On-Demand, Custom ePublishing
Service
For the first time, WebWorks Services is offering Quadralay
Corporation's content conversion expertise to work directly on
your project, to produce your online content directly from your
Word documents, FrameMaker books, or XML content. No training, no
tools, no learning curve, and you can have your documents converted
to virtually any format, customized to your specifications.*
With over 11 years of content conversion experience, we are able to
put on-demand ePublishing within reach of any organization, small
or large. Our Basic Plan for Word or FrameMaker starts at just $99
for up to 1000 pages!
Add localization to your OnTime order to make the most of your
on-demand ePublishing investment. WebWorks OnTime offers expert
translation of your content into one or multiple languages.**
For more information, visit www.webworks.com/ontime or contact an
OnTime Service Representative at 512.719.3399 ext.503
*Certain terms and conditions apply. See Web site for details.
**Translations provided by Adams Globalization.
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