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Come join the webqem team at this month’s ACUGA meeting. For the November ACUGA meeting we will be joined by Peter Ryce from Adobe.  Peter will take you through how you can use the Connect Pro Exchange to download custom applications and extensions along with sync swf to enhance your connect meeting experience.

The online meeting is being held on Thursday 26th November at 11.00am Sydney time. Make sure you register and we hope to see you there – and don’t forget to join the ACUGA user group.

ACUGA is short for the Adobe Connect Users Group Asia-Pacific

With the introduction of Connect Pro 7.5, Adobe has launched a new add-in for Lotus Notes that enables users to schedule Connect Pro meetings directly from the desktop. In this tutorial, Vincent Toesca from Adobe, walks through all the features and system requirements of the new Lotus Notes Add-in.  The tutorial is broken up into two sections. Links to the tutorials are listed below.

Part 1:  Overview (Feature Summary, System Requirements)
Part 2:  Demonstration using Lotus Notes 8.5

Another great tutorial presentation is available from connectusers.com. In this tutorial Paresh Kharya from Adobe looks at the improved conversion of PPTX in a Connect Pro share pod. Adobe have made some real improvments to their conversion of powerpoint files so this tutorial is a must see.

The presentation was made using Adobe Presenter, so all you need is an internet browser with Flash installed. The tutorial is available for watching online.

With the release of a major update to Connect 7.5, Guillaume Privat from Adobe, has posted a helpful tutorial to Connect Users website about some of the new features.  In this presentation, Guillaume introduces administrators to Secure Desktop Sharing – the new feature in Connect Pro 7.5 that enables organisations to create white lists of applications that can be shared using screen sharing.

The presentation was made using Adobe Presenter, so all you need is an internet browser with Flash installed. The tutorial available online.

Check out this helpful Tutorial by Jody Plotkin from Adobe. In this presentation, Jody walks through the features and advantages of using Universal Voice – a new feature added to Connect Pro 7.5. The presentation was made using Adobe Presenter, so all you need is an internet browswer with Flash installed.

This tutorial is available on connectusers.com or click here for the tutorial.

webqem‘s ColdFusion and Flex trainer – Andrew Muller (sitting second from left), has made a guest appearance on the first episode of Adobe Refresh TV. In the episode, Andrew, and the panel, discussed the recently released public beta’s of Flash Catalyst, Flash Builder 4 and ColdFusion 9. And talked about the impact of these tools on the designer-developer workflow and discuss the improved Flex Framework and ColdFusion 9 languages. They also showcased local sites and applications built for the Australian market.

You can watch the recording here. Adobe Refresh TV will be screening on a regular basis covering news, reviews & tutorials.

Adobe today announced significant updates to Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro.

The new version of Acrobat Connect Pro includes a number of really cool new features including Universal Voice, Webcast, Secure Desktop Sharing, and PDF Integration.

Universal Voice enables Connect Pro customers to integrate their meetings with any audio conferencing provider.  Telephone audio can be recorded with a web meeting and broadcast over VOIP to enable participants to listen to the audio without dialing in.

Connect Pro Webcast will allow for very large events with up to 80,000 participants attending high-impact sessions that can incorporate rich media, video, slides, and interactive Q&A.

Secure Desktop Sharing introduces more granular control over the Compliance and Control settings in Connect Pro.  New administrative tools enable organizations to create a white list of applications that can be screen-shared.

In addition to the features listed above, Adobe has also added PDF integration, a new add-in for Lotus Notes and VMWare support.

For more information, there is a tutorial on the new features available on connectusers.com. You can also view the press release from Adobe.

Creating interactive catalogues is easy with maxoom. All you need is an Adobe .pdf file and maxoom. Watch a demonstration of how easy it is to create an interactive catalogue  using an Adobe .pdf file as the sourcefile for a maxoom. This video will show you how to upload your content to maxoom, create the pages, add features and publish the content.

More information about maxoom interactive catalogues with images and video is available online.

Adobe has released it’s newest version of ColdFusion, by announcing the release of version 9.  Adobe chose to announce the new release at Adobe MAX, Adobe’s worldwide developer conference, at the start of October.

ColdFusion 9, a powerful development technology for building dynamic Web sites and Internet applications, increases developer productivity, integrates with complex enterprise environments and delivers rich and interactive experiences for users. ColdFusion Builder Beta 2 is the next build of the new Eclipse™ based ColdFusion integrated development environment (IDE) used for rapidly developing ColdFusion applications.

The team at webqem are keen users of the ColdFusion technology (along with all technology) and have the knowledge and expertise to supply and train you in the ColdFusion software. Contact us for more information.

A full press release is available online.

For the October ACUGA meeting Ryan Monger – Adobe Connect Pro Technician, gave an excellent presentation on the audio best practices for using Connect Pro. Ryan looked at all aspects of a users’ audio when using Connect Pro such as the setup process, combining VoIP & Teleconferencing, best settings, and much more. Ryan also gave all attendees a plethora of great resources for audio best practices for Connect Pro.

If you happened to miss the event, a recording is available online with all of the links to the resources still available. Make sure you register on connectusers.com for the upcoming November meeting.