With Adobe InDesign 2.0 software's expanded support for OpenType, a full range of advanced typographic features can be used in documents by accessing specific OpenType glyphs through a new OpenType flyout menu on the InDesign character palette. InDesign allows users to select and insert any alternate glyph of an OpenType font using the Insert Glyph palette.

Developed by Adobe and Microsoft Corp., OpenType is a cross-platform font format that can include an expanded character set for expanded linguistic support and advanced typographic capabilities. The first set of OpenType fonts includes the standard range of Latin characters used throughout the western world, and several international characters, including the euro currency (EUR), "estimated" and litre symbols. Future converted fonts will include merged character sets, so additional glyphs, such as oldstyle figures, small capitals, and swashes, will be contained in one font file.

Adobe OpenType fonts can be installed and used alongside PostScript Type 1 and TrueType fonts, printed to most output devices, and embedded in Portable Document Format (PDF) files. OpenType fonts are natively supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Mac OS X, and are compatible with other operating systems via ATM Light, a free system software component from Adobe.

The study,"Selling Print Classifieds Online," was based on interviews with classified advertising executives at more than 75 newspapers throughout the United States. The report was researched and written by Classified Intelligence LLC, an Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based consulting group focusing on interactive and print classified advertising

The survey was sponsored by AdStar, an application service provider that works with newspapers to support on-line sales of print classifieds.

-- TWiST DiALOGUE: Allowing the remote and collaborative viewing and proofing of high-resolution files via the Internet, DiALOGUE users can give their customers the ability to view and approve single and imposed pages from any location; check production parameters (page size, resolution, etc.) and take on-screen densitometer measurements if desired.

-- TWiST WEBLiNK: This module provides users with full access to the TWiST Workflow Manager via a standard web browser allowing users to manage production workflows from any location.

-- TWiST Impose: An option which allows companies currently using most closed and proprietary workflows -- capable only of driving a dedicated, single make of output device -- the ability to drive any make of imagesetter or computer to plate system.

-- DALiM LiTHO: An integrated page viewer and editor that provides image editing, page assembly and PDF or PostScript editing tools. It supports PDF1.2, PDF1.3, PDF/X-1 and PDF/P2, and allows last-minute editing before sending the file to the RIP.

-- LiTHO64: A 64-bit desktop application designed for high-content applications where individual files sizes regularly exceed 4 gigabytes and can work on files up to 9 million terabytes, which translates as a 300-dots-per-inch image at 800-meters-by-800-meters.

New features include customizable, web-based job tickets; the ability to proof remotely using EPS files, and enhancements to the web-based administration of the Enterprise server.

Crackerjack's interface allows a user tune aspects of color print production. The built-in Crackerjack Pilot feature provides hot folder automation with customized settings by device, client or application. New features include separations preview, spot color mapping, a font embedding "fixer," expanded red-green-blue (RGB) conversion options, support for Acrobat 5, Mac OS X and more.

Crackerjack 4 requires Adobe Acrobat 4.05 or above. The U.S. suggested retail price is $495 plus shipping. Registered users of Crackerjack 3.x may upgrade to Crackerjack 4.0 for $199. Prices will vary internationally.

TextStream is a family of stand-alone products that do not require user intervention, making them ideal for use in scripts that run in the background or on a server. They are available for all platforms and are not dependent on any proprietary system. The products are designed to be used in text processing and data conversion.

TextStream is being used for various purposes, including: importing text from different sources into a pagination system in Quark XTag format; exporting text to an archiving system in SGML format; exporting text for the web to an on-line content management system in SGML format; exporting classified ad dumps to an ad layout system in Quark XTag format; exporting obituaries to QuarkXPress; exporting employment ads from one newspaper to another's ad system in Quark XTag format; importing web reservation forms and exporting availability schedules in HTML; importing web availability forms and exporting appointment schedules in HTML; extracting software version information from source code.

The Cyber$ell system will enable the Utusan Melayu Malaysia Berhad sales staff to handle all advertising, both display and classified, through the same database. The publisher will also implement Media CommandÕs integrated accounts receivable package.

Based in Troy, N.Y., PowerOne Media was created in November through the merger of AdOne and PowerAdz; it is backed by 11 media companies.

The upgrade to the company's cross-media editorial system, called SAXoPRESS R5, will include several major enhancements: integration of the QuarkCopyDesk SE text editor into SAXoPRESS, giving customers the ability to do true WYSIWYG, write-to-fit editing and other features; an asset management module for managing any type of file in the SAXoPRESS system, including word processing documents, spreadsheets and multimedia files such as video and audio, and a major upgrade to the Planning Module that will present a revised set of functions plus a new user interface for creating and tracking calendar items, tasks, contacts and resources.

The upgrade of the company's database-driven Internet content management and production system, Publicus R5, will include the Publicus web browser-based editing and administration interface has been redesigned to make it easier and intuitive; an asset management module allowing users to be able to upload and store any type of file in the Publicus system, including Adobe Acrobat PDF files, spreadsheet files, shareware applications and downloadable media; an add-on module for Publicus that helps print publishers automate the creation and proofreading of high-resolution display advertising using Internet technologies, and a new add-on module for Publicus that allows publishers to create on-line interviews.

In addition to TIMES Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., scheduled speakers include World Bank President James Wolfensohn and author Francis Fukuyama, who has focused on international political economy.

Xenith 5.0 now supports PDF 1.4 with transparencies. Support has also been added for scaling the Xenith system: the new distributed architecture allows for one main Xenith server to control multiple "slaves" that can run processes such as additional RIPs, Primer, ROOM proofing or archiving.

The company also announced on-line software demonstrations and support services via web conferencing technology available through WebEx. Dealers or end-users contact Xitron to schedule a meeting, then log-on to the Xitron web conference with a specified password. Conference participants can view a live product demonstration via their web browser.

Xitron also said that it plans to provide customer support via Internet web conference technology. Support callers can share their desktop or application with the Xitron help desk allowing Xitron to see the customer's system.

Xitron is a wholly owned subsidiary of Autologic Information International Inc. of Thousand Oaks, Calif. -- which itself is a division of Agfa Graphic Systems of Ridgefield Park, N.J.