CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
19 May 2005
Product News
Arbortext Continues Enterprise Publishing Leadership for Richly-Designed Customer-Facing Documents; Announces Arbortext 3B2 Version 9
Arbortext announced the company will release version 9.0 of its 3B2 enterprise publishing software in July 2005. Representing a 24-month development effort, this release is loaded with improvements in functionality and enhancements for organizations implementing enterprise publishing applications that produce complex, richly-designed customer-facing documents.
Arbortext software provides the power to drive enterprise publishing, the next generation in traditional desktop publishing and word processing software. Enterprise publishing enables companies to create information as components that can be used as building blocks for larger documents, and to automatically assemble and produce information on multiple types of media. With enterprise publishing software, information is more accurate, timely and tailor-fit to the specific needs of the audience, even an audience of one.
Arbortext 3B2 version 9 enhancements include:
• Improved table functionality and processing speed. Supports tables nested within tables to multiple levels; automatic balancing of row height when text flows from one cell to the next; improved "keeps" functions to give the user control over which tables, rows and text stay together on the same page; vertical justification to adjust overall table height to match column height alongside the table; and more control over headers and footers. In addition, performance refinements can improve composition speed up to 80%.
• Faster formatting template development. Provides new tools and user interfaces to help developers debug formatting templates to reduce the time they spend identifying and solving problems.
• Expanded language support. Direct support for both TrueType and PostScript® character shapes in OpenType fonts combines PostScript font technology with the Unicode standard. This is one of many changes that deliver enhanced language support for European, Arabic and Asia-Pacific regions.
• Improved support infrastructure. Eliminates the need for hardware dongles, offers a global help desk, and publishes libraries that contain re-usable formatting template code.
"We are very pleased to bring this outstanding upgrade to the new customers we gained as a result of our acquisition of Advent3B2 last October," said PG Bartlett, Vice President of Product Marketing for Arbortext. "Our 3B2 customers will gain significant additional functionality, productivity and efficiency as they implement version 9."
Arbortext 3B2 version 9.0 will be available as a download for all 3B2 customers currently under maintenance from the Arbortext support site at http://support.arbortext.com .
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