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	M. Shawn Stiles, a Global Training Project Manager with Pfizer Global Research and Development, will explain how one group within Pfizer succeeded in the transition from classroom learning to e- learning. He will also discuss Pfizer's initial ROI measurements within the first six months and will explain how the company achieved success in its e-learning efforts. "Can You Really Measure Initial ROI? Pfizer Did and So Can You," will be presented on Wednesday, October 5th at 11 am ET. To register online for this groundbreaking webinar, please click here.

benefits with Lectora Integrator. "We had an existing PowerPoint slideshow on patient care that we wanted to convert into a training course for clinicians at one of our hospitals," said Suzanne Burgei, Manager, Training & Development Technology, Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati. "With the click of a button, the PowerPoint presentation was imported directly into Lectora! It was so easy to use and is a perfect way to spice up a course or presentation. In fact, the Integrator even brought over animations into Lectora. We were able to quickly add navigation and incorporate an appropriate background from one of the Lectora 2005 gallery templates. This tool is so much more efficient than copying and pasting content!"

To experience all that Lectora Integrator for Microsoft PowerPoint has to offer, download a free pre-recorded demonstration at http://www.trivantis.com/demosignup/form_powerpoint_prerecorded.html. To purchase Lectora Integrator, visit www.trivantis.com/purchase or contact your Trivantis sales representative toll free at (877) 929-0188.

Trivantis works hard to meet the needs of each of our customers on a daily basis. In order to serve you better, Trivantis will be conducting customer-based research on our products and services. We want to know how we have helped your corporation, government agency, or academic institution and learn about the areas where we can improve. In addition, as a participant in this survey, you will also benefit by learning some of the interesting findings in the study, which Trivantis will make public to those who take part in the survey. This informative study, which we enlisted MessageFactors, Inc. to independently conduct, is strictly confidential. To conduct this research, Trivantis will be sending most of our clients a link to this survey via e-mail. Be sure to check your e-mail so you can take part in this beneficial survey!

Next year's conference will feature presentations by Lectora pros, panel discussions by e-learning experts, and whole community discussions. Building on the success of the previous conference, Trivantis will offer Lectora Fundamentals, Intermediate, and Advanced training courses on March 27-29 before the conference begins. Training is offered for $495 per person and can be taken by new Lectora users or those wanting to refresh their skills. The 2005 conference was a sell out and Trivantis has expanded the capacity so that more can take advantage of all that LUC 2006 has to offer. To insure you're part of it all, register early!

More exciting details of the upcoming Lectora User Conference will be announced soon. Be sure to check back at www.trivantis.com for future announcements on this educational event!

Appearance of text boxes on different screen sizes and default fonts

• If you are worried about your end user seeing your content differently due to their own personal screen setting, such as a larger default font type, then you may want to render your text as an image. If you check the "render text as image when published" box in the text box properties section, then the text will become an image file upon publishing. This will enable your text to be independent of any font setting from within the browser and your end user will see the font just as you created it in Lectora.

ALT Tags in Lectora

• Inside Lectora, ALT Tags are automatically placed on buttons, images, and animations when published based on the name given to the object in the left hand pane. To do so, the "create alt tags" option must be enabled. To turn off this option for individual objects, simply check the "use empty alt tag for html publish" box in the image's properties.

Protecting your title

• With Lectora 2004 and higher, you can password protect your content so that others can view it, but not alter it in any way. This feature, known as Author Control, allows the author to place a restricted lock on one or more items within a title. Once enabled, this item or its children can't be modified in any way unless the Author Control restriction is lifted using the master Author Control password. To enable Author Control, go into the title properties and select the Author Control tab. Then, enable this feature by defining a password for the title. Once this is enabled, you can protect individual pages or items by simply selecting the Author Control checkbox on the properties page for each item that you would like protected.

In the two months since Lectora Integrator was introduced by Trivantis, it has received rave reviews from clients worldwide. "This product is phenomenal," said Lee Griffin, Senior Technical Consultant at P&H Mining. Griffin recently used Lectora Integrator to quickly import two existing PowerPoint presentations, which outlined important product information and terminology, into Lectora. "The entire process was seamless and took only a few seconds for the integration," said Griffin. Following the conversion, Griffin then spent approximately two days adding an e-learning interface, incorporating note commentary, and developing assessment questions. He then easily published it to AICC standards and loaded it directly to P&H Mining's LMS. "Lectora Integrator streamlined what could have been a two week process into just two days!"


	Trivantis Webinar Trivantis strives to stay in contact with their customers and provide them with beneficial resources. As part of this effort, Trivantis presents an engaging webinar session, "Can You Really Measure Initial ROI? Pfizer Did and So Can You."


	According to a 2005 elearning poll conducted by The eLearning Guild, 52.57% of organizations have cut training time by utilizing e-learning training versus instructor-led training. A study of Fortune 500 companies conducted by Larstan Business Reports, found that 85 percent said they planned to expand the role of e-learning. More important, over 80 percent of respondents said that rapid e- learning strategies would make a significant contribution to the training initiatives in their companies. According to research firm IDC, the e-learning market is expected to exceed $23.7 billion by 2006.