The newsletter of Scriptorium Publishing

Volume 9, Issue 1
January 2006

In this issue:

Conferences at Your Desk

Web-Based and Classroom Training

Publishing XML through InDesign

April in Pa...lm Springs

Conferences at Your Desk

Over the past nine (!) years, we've gotten to meet many of you at conferences. It's always fun to put a face with an email address. But we recognize that a large majority of our readers cannot attend conferences. With this in mind, we are launching a new series of webcasts, called TrackAccess. These presentations will run 60 to 90 minutes and will include the same detailed information that we normally deliver at conference presentations.

Here are some comments from 2005 conference evaluations:

• "Worth the entire price of the conference! Session of the year!"
• "This instructor is the best one at the conference. She was very organized [and] knows her material."
• "Excellent material, exactly at the right pace and right level of detail. Superbly presented."

TrackAccess is your chance to get the same quality content for only $19.95, which includes audio and video streamed over the Internet. You can ask questions via chat (and via audio in smaller groups).

Our first three webcasts are as follows:

• XML and XSL Technology Overview
  January 13, 11 a.m. Eastern time
• Managing Implementation of Structured Authoring
  February 3, 11 a.m. Eastern time
• DITA: Is It Right for You?
  February 24, 11 a.m. Eastern time

Spaces are limited, so sign up today in our online store!

Web-Based and Classroom Training

In 2006, we'll be offering training in the classroom and, for the first time, as live, instructor-led classes over the web. We hope you'll join us!

Classes in January and February are as follows:

• January 17–20: XML and Structured Authoring (web-based)
• January 30–31: Unstructured FrameMaker 7: Accelerated Introduction (classroom)
• February 1–2: Advanced Unstructured FrameMaker 7: Template Design (classroom)
• February 6–7: InDesign CS2 (classroom)
• February 8–9: Photoshop CS2 (classroom)
• February 22–24: XSL in Publishing (classroom)

You can review our complete 2006 schedule and register for classes in our online store.

Publishing XML through InDesign

We are getting a significant number of inquiries about using Adobe InDesign CS2 in an XML-based workflow. Adobe has now posted a new white paper, InDesign and XML Technical Reference (28 pages, PDF, 2 MB), which describes InDesign's support for XML publishing.

Written by Scriptorium staff for Adobe, this paper describes XML features not documented elsewhere. We hope you find it useful.

April in Pa...lm Springs

Registration has opened for the WritersUA conference, which will be held in Palm Springs, California, on April 9–12. Scriptorium's Sarah O'Keefe will be presenting on XSL-related topics this year, and we also plan to exhibit at the tradeshow.

The WritersUA conference is always extremely well-organized and features excellent speakers and presentations. If you're looking for a conference to attend this year, we highly recommend this one.

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