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Training... FrameMaker to Acrobat Technique - MicroType (Israel) is a web presence for PDF training and services founded by Shlomo Perets in 1989. "We offer courses based on the official Adobe Course materials as well as specially-tailored courses to suit your specific needs, and specialize in intensive training for small groups, emphasizing hands-on training." They offer on-line training instruction and FrameMaker toolbar enhancements as well. PDF--A Look Inside - For the Seybold Seminar New York/Publishing 98, James C. King (principal Scientist for Adobe Systems, Inc.) published a presentation and set of examples introducing the nuts and bolts of the PDF format.: The slides with annotations on each slide for you to open and read while within the Acrobat Reader. (420 KB) The annotations in their own file, which can be read on a second screen or printed out onto paper to read while looking at the above PDF document. (67 KB) (For the really interested.) The example PDF files: A compressed file (16 KB) containing all of the examples (23 files). You might want these in order to try your own experiments by changing the code and viewing the results. You can decompress this file using, among other things, WinZip and Stuffit Expander. PDF--It Works! - This is a special website offered by the folks at Extensis. It is used to support their trade show PDF Workflow Pavilion (Seybold Seminars, NY - March, 1998). To quote them: "By adopting PDF as a universal file format for entire print production workflows, industry leaders are committing to a solution that is application, platform, network and output device independent" said Mary Sommerset, a senior product marketing manager at Extensis. "The result is an improved digital workflow that ensures greater flexibility, reliability and increased performance. "We've gathered PDF Innovators Adobe, Agfa, Apple, Creo, Scitex and Tektronix -- to showcase an Adobe PDF workflow through a multi-vendor digital imaging system. Industry leaders are adopting PDF to be the digital master for the entire print production workflow. Just as PostScript granted output independence to the production workflow, PDF grants page independence to the digital imaging workflow. In fact, PDF even frees the original application from the process. The resulting independence across applications, platforms, networks and output devices guarantees consistency and reliability." Adobe Acrobat Developer Training - Adobe has an established "University" for educating developers how their products work and how to program enhancements. The Acrobat courses take place at their facilities in San Jose, CA and cost about $400 for two days of instruction. Topics include: PDF file structure Integrating with Acrobat products through IAC or plug-ins Acrobat Exchange OLE, OLE Automation, DDE, and Apple events APIs Basic API support for the Acrobat Search plug-in, Acrobat Catalog, PDFWriter, Acrobat Distiller, and Acrobat Capture Caxton Training - Caxton, a San Francisco area publications software training company, offers introductory (2-day, $490) and advanced (1-day, $245) training in Adobe Acrobat at their facilities. INFOCON AMERICA Training - Infocon America offers training and installation in support of software licences for the products it represents (see Exchange plug-ins). Installation and Training Included in First Year's Software License Training at Publisher's Site Optional Training at INFOCON AMERICA Certified Training Facility Training offered on: InfoLink Publishing Enhancement Software EasyView Software with NetStream™ Adobe Acrobat, Capture, Photoshop, Frame, Frame Plus SGML Software Virtual File Cabinet Software Verity Software Return to PDF Research Companion home page. a production of Performance Graphics ©1998 The Miller De Wulf Corporation