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The newsletter of Scriptorium Publishing
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Volume
8, Issue 5
October 2005
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In this issue:
Free FrameMaker Update in November—Direct
from Adobe!
Can't Wait Until November for FrameMaker News?
Solution Brief: Automating Conversion to Structured
FrameMaker
Back from Hawaii: LavaCon Wrap-Up
Training in 2006
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Free
FrameMaker Update in November—Direct from Adobe!
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To give you latest information on FrameMaker 7.2, we're hosting
two free webcasts. You can attend online from the comfort of your
office or home, or you can join the live studio audience in our
office in Cary, NC.
On Friday, November 4, 2005, at 11 a.m. Eastern time, Sarah O'Keefe
will deliver a FrameMaker 7.2 demo. You'll have an opportunity to
see the latest version of FrameMaker up and running.
On Thursday, November 10, 2005 (note new date), at
11 a.m. Eastern time, we will host a webcast with the FrameMaker
product management team. We're expecting the team members here in
our office for this webcast, so those of you in the Research Triangle
Park area can talk to them in person. The team will discuss Adobe's
vision for FrameMaker's future and take your questions.
Interested in attending? The webcasts are free, but registration
through our online store is required. There are separate registration
choices for attending the webcasts online or in person.
You can send in questions ahead of time with your registration
(just type them in the Special Notes field when you check out),
or you can ask questions through live chat during the webcast. We
have a limited number of seats for online and in-person attendees,
so register soon!
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Can't
Wait Until November for FrameMaker News?
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If you want to know more about the new features in FrameMaker 7.2
but can't attend our webcasts, check out the review
Sarah O'Keefe wrote at the request of the STC UK chapter; Firefox
users should use this link.
Also, as part of the rollout for version 7.2, Adobe Systems has
posted a white paper— written by Scriptorium staff—about
the process of converting unstructured FrameMaker content into structured
content: Unstructured
to Structured Migration Guide (PDF, 963K).
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Solution Brief: Automating Conversion to
Structured FrameMaker
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Applying structure to a library of unstructured FrameMaker content
can be a daunting (and arduous) task.
To automate large portions of a client's conversion process, we
implemented FrameScript scripts that boosted the efficiency of the
conversion by 70 percent.
Read our latest solution brief
(PDF, 47K), for more details about how scripting streamlined and
improved the efficiency of our client's conversion process.
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Back
from Hawaii: LavaCon Wrap-Up
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Sarah O'Keefe and Matt Arnold have returned from Hawaii, where
they attended this year's LavaCon
conference. Sarah and Matt enjoyed the opening reception (free drinks!),
staying in the hotel shown in the opening
of Hawaii Five-O, eating free chocolate at the closing event...and
meeting conference-goers, of course! They also managed to squeeze
in two presentations and a panel discussion on the future of help
authoring.
The conference offered an excellent opportunity to look ahead at
changing publishing requirements. We look forward to returning next
year.
If you didn't get to attend Sarah O'Keefe's two presentations,
you can download PDF versions of her presentation slides:
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Training
in 2006
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We've already had several requests about training dates in 2006,
so we've posted our public training
schedule through May 2006. In next month's newsletter, we will
announce the rest of the 2006 schedule and let you know about some
exciting changes to our training programs. Stay tuned for more information!
If you're interested in scheduling private custom training in 2006,
contact training@scriptorium.com.
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2005 Scriptorium Publishing Services, Inc. All rights reserved.
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