With AD-STAR these newspapers become electronically accessible to more than 1500 advertisers using the AD-STAR system, including advertising agencies, Realtors, automotive dealers, legal entities and others as well as local agencies and advertisers.

The Managing Online News Operations seminar, scheduled March 17-22 at API's headquarters in Reston, Va., will address the changes taking place in how newspapers distribute information and how the public receives it.

The seminar will examine how newspapers may use various electronic delivery vehicles, including the Internet, World Wide Web, computer bulletin boards and large, commercial on-line services such as Prodigy. The seminar also will explore topics ranging from screen design and writing for an on-line audience to inspiring journalistic creativity in an on-line environment.

A not-for-profit institution, API's management development and skills training center is dedicated to serving newspaper personnel and journalism educators. API provided training services to more than 1,600 newspaper people in the last year.

The 2000e lets news photographers take more photos in bursts, due to increased memory, and allows more flexibility in low-light situations.

The NC 2000e is the collaborative product of AP and Kodak, who for four years have been testing electronic cameras for photojournalism. The NC 2000 was announced in Feb. 1994.

AP will use the NC 2000e to cover the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and the presidential campaign, according to Vin Alabiso, AP executive photo editor.

Improved electronics in the NC 2000e provide significantly enhanced image quality and color fidelity at higher ISOs. This new technology reduces digital noise and eliminates the grainy texture common in digital images higher than 800 ISO.

The NC 2000e's 16 megabyte RAM enables photographers to shoot more consecutive frames before the images are saved to the drive -- 2.25 frames per second, in a burst of up to 12 images. An advanced Adobe Photoshop plug-in designed by AP allows users to work with 36-bit data before saving it in standard 24-bit RGB mode.

AP is the exclusive, worldwide distributor of the NC 2000 and NC 2000e. The U.S. list price for the NC 2000e is $15,250. Photographers who want to upgrade their NC 2000 may receive a price quote by calling AP Technology Marketing at (800) 453-8883.

-- SPRINGDALE (Ark.) MORNING NEWS (17k morning): four remote sites; 11 pagination packages (including NewsEditPro IQue, the DragX pagination XTension and Tools); 20 copies of NewsEditPro IQue; the graphics database module; two copies of WireManager IQue; Fraction Font; CommLink/Plus; Transporter, and Baseview Library System, five pack. Also, at a remote site, the ROGERS (Ark.) MORNING NEWS (15k morning): 12 copies of NewsEditPro IQue; two pagination packages (including NewsEditPro IQue, DragX and QTools); and Transporter.

-- ASPEN (Colo.) TIMES (12k morning): additional in-house training with an emphasis on accounting for a combined database of ClassManager and DisplayManager advertising software.

-- Priceless Publications of Edwards, Colo.: two pagination packages (including NewsEditPro, DragX and QTools); WireManager; AdForce; AdminPro; ClassManager/Plus; Classified Accounts Receivables module; ClassFlow; DisplayManager, and Display Accounts Receivables module.

-- CARROLLTON (Ga.) TIMES-GEORGIAN (11k morning): two copies of DisplayManager; Display Accounts Receivables module; Ad Force.

-- DOUGLASVILLE (Ga.) COUNTY SENTINEL (9k morning): Display Manager; Ad Force; Classified Accounts Receivables module; two copies of Distribution Handler and Preprint Handler circulation software, and Circulation Data Transfer.

-- OTTAWA (Kan.) HERALD: The Baseview Library System.

-- BRUNSWICK (Maine) TIMES RECORD (13k evening): IQue Pro administration and searcher module; three copies of WireManager IQue; Transporter; 10 copies of NewsEditPro IQue; 12 pagination packages (including NewsEditPro IQue, DragX and QTools); two additional copies of DragX; two additional copies of QTools; additional non-IQue software for Catholic wire, including WireManager, NewsEditPro and two pagination packages.

-- Suburban Communications of Livonia, Mich., a chain of newspapers throughout Michigan; in-house training on NewsEditPro, version 2.0.

-- OAKLAND PRESS, Pontiac, Mich. (72k morning): hardware for Color Central and on-site imaging training.

-- C&G Publishing of Warren, Mich.: three copies of ClassManager/Plus, Classified Accounts Receivables module, and ClassFlow.

-- GOLDSBORO (N.C.) NEWS-ARGUS (21k evening): in-house training on NewsEditPro IQue, version 2.0.

-- LAURINBURG (N.C.) EXCHANGE (9k weekly): CirculationPro, including Subscription Handler, Distribution Handler and Preprint Handler.

-- WASHINGTON (N.C.) DAILY NEWS (10k morning): two copies of ClassManagerPro; Classified Accounts Receivables module; ClassFlow.

-- BERGEN NEWS of Palisades Park, N.J.: ClassManager/Plus, Classified Accounts Receivables module.

-- MUSKOGEE (Okla.) DAILY PHOENIX (19k morning): IQuePro administration and searcher module; 14 copies of NewsEditPro IQue; eight pagination packages (including NewsEditPro IQue, the DragX pagination XTension and QTools); two copies of WireManager IQue; Fraction Font; CommLink/Plus; Transporter; QTools, and Baseview Library System.

-- PRESS ENTERPRISE of Bloomsburg, Pa. (22k morning): IQuePro administration and searcher module including the graphics database module; two copies of WireManager IQue; Fraction Font; CommLink/ Plus; 24 copies of NewsEditPro IQue; eight pagination packages (including NewsEditPro IQue, DragX pagination XTension and QTools); QSpool, and Transporter.

-- ELIZABETHTON (Tenn.) STAR (9k evening): two ClassManager/Plus; Classified Accounts Receivables module; ClassFlow; two copies of CirculationPro, including Subscription Handler, Distribution Handler and Preprint Handler; Circulation Data Transfer, and custom programming.

-- PULASKI (Tenn.) CITIZEN (6k weekly): two copies of ClassmanagerPro; Classified Accounts Receivables module; and ClassFlow.

-- PROVO (Utah) DAILY HERALD (32k evening): 12 copies of ClassManagerPro; one Classified Accounts Receivables module; ClassFlow pagination XTension, and custom programming.

-- WATERTOWN (Wis.) DAILY TIMES (10k evening): two copies of ClassManager/Plus to be upgraded to ClassManagerPro; Classified Accounts Receivables, and ClassFlow.

DGA is the pre-press arm and a subsidiary of Pacific Bell Directory. Each year DGA produces more than 200,000 display ads for more than 100 Yellow Page directories, as well as holding more than 100,000 "standing" ads at all times.

Cascade will be installing an ImageFlow and DataFlow system, moving DGA to an open systems environment with PostScript output. ImageFlow is an image, OPI, font and e-mail server with preflight checking. DataFlow is a production tracking system that handles ail types of data -- from text, graphic and image files, to ads and complete pages. The two Cascade products comprise a comprehensive production/archive system with data redundancy.

DGA and Cascade are currently working out a final implementation schedule. The first release is expected to go into production in the second quarter of 1996, and will support about 100 users running PCs.

Cascade has opened an office in Costa Mesa, Calif., initially to support the DGA project and for expansion on the West Coast. The office will be staffed by project management, systems support and sales personnel.

DSI, of Silver Spring, Md., is developing new circulation and advertising systems, using the Oracle7 relational database engine with Powerbuilder as a Graphical User Interface. The products will be in a client-server environment with Microsoft Windows technology. PONCA CITY NEWS will install the current version of DSI's circulation system with the option to upgrade later to the Oracle7-based product.

-- LOS ANGELES TIMES (1m morning) has installed DT's Javelin client and database software for a pilot program. Javelin will accept files from virtually any desktop publishing software in several formats, linking all elements to the layout in the Javelin SQL Database. Javelin also manages workflow and archiving.

-- DAYTON (Ohio) DAILY NEWS has signed a contract for DT's Pagination and WAN database, as well as upgrades to their DT editorial and display ad systems to version 4.1. This will allow the ATLANTA JOURNAL and CONSTITUTION to more easily share stories, pages and graphics with the DAYTON DAILY NEWS, and other Cox newspapers using DT systems, in time for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

-- DALLAS MORNING NEWS (568k morning) is upgrading its DT display ad systems to version 4.1 and installing DT's Graphics Database system and Javelin.

-- AUSTIN (Texas) AMERICAN-STATESMAN (173k morning) is upgrading its DT ad and graphics database systems to version 4.1 in preparation for the installation of DT's WAN database.

-- LONGVIEW (Texas) NEWS-JOURNAL (29k morning) is replacing its System Integrators system with DT's classified and editorial system. Included in the installation will be 20 SpeedWriter reporter stations and DT's Editorial Database. The NEWS-JOURNAL is also expanding its DT display ad and graphics database systems.

-- WACO (Texas) HERALD-TRIBUNE (144k morning) is installing DT's WAN Database and DT's new Javelin Database system, which will allow users of third-party desktop publishing programs to store and retrieve files from DT's SQL database.

Using products from Chelmsford, Mass.-based Edgil, Dayton will be able to coordinate the information flow from its Atex classified advertising database to the World-Wide Web through Edgil-supplied components.

Edgil's AdParse, together with the WebOptimize feature, will extract key words and synonyms from the text of ads on the Atex system as well as other sources, and populate a Sybase database. The EAP (Edgil Access Processor) provides the interface between Dayton (or Edgil) developed HTML-based applications, and the WebOptimize database which contains the ad information to be placed directly on the Web.

With these products, a subscriber can now directly access Dayton's classified ad database and display up-to-the-minute classified ads. Applications consist of separate graphical interfaces that let subscribers have access to different ad classifications such as automotive, real estate and employment within the newspaper's classified database.

The WebServer, which will hold Dayton's World-Wide Web applications, will consist of a Silicon Graphics WebForce Indy server to provide access to ads. The EAP workstations will consist of two Hewlett Packard 5/90 PCs which are connected to the web server over a network. The classified ad database will reside on Sun Sparc 20s.

The free publication, "iSDN Line Ordering Guide," enables potential ISDN users to understand and complete the ISDN ordering process quickly and easily.

Designed to anticipate questions that arise when ordering an ISDN line from a local service provider, the manual provides information on the questions the phone company will ask when placing the order, questions that should be asked of the service provider, and the current ordering phone numbers for 16 regional ISDN service providers. It discusses alternatives if ISDN service is not available in the designated area, and provides a glossary of ISDN terms, switch setup information and system requirements.

The manual will be mailed to all installed 4-Sight users in the prepress market, and will be shipped with every new 4-Sight Prepress Solution. Copies are available directly from 4-Sight and through any 4-Sight Prepress Solutions reseller in the U.S.

For a free copy of "4-Sight Ordering Your ISDN Line" manual, contact Heidi Bobzin at (515) 221-6062. 4-Sight markets and supports communication software incorporating ISDN, fax and OPI technologies.

Compatible with Mac OS System 7.0 and higher, the software is now available via disk or can be downloaded from the LEXIS-NEXIS Communication Center on the World Wide Web at http://www.lexis-nexis.com/.

Software improvements include:

-- A text input area that expands automatically while a user types in a search request. Unlike previous versions, now when the return key is pressed, the search request is sent in its entirety, regardless of the location of the cursor.

-- A scrollable research session history window that allows a user to repeat a complex search without rekeying it.

-- Improved, automatic document formatting which allows customization for user needs.

-- Dual-column printing with Postscript printers.

-- Internet access to Lexis-Nexis services.

Minimum platform requirements for the new research software for Macintosh are: any Macintosh computer (68030 or higher recommended), System 7.0 or higher, 4 MB of RAM, Finder version 7.0 or higher, one 800K or 1.4 MB disk drive, and modem.

SCS, ExTera UK Limited and Tera S.l.r. of Milan, Italy, jointly announced the agreement for the continued support and development of the system. Twenty sites around the world are using the system, among them a 260-user installation .at O GLOBO in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and a 25-user system at the FREDERICKSBURG (Va.) FREE LANCE-STAR.

The 10 Enterprise seats will replace THE REPORTER's CText advertising system. The Enterprise advertising front end, co-developed by Atex and Sypress Oy, a division of Sysdeco Media based in Finland, features client-server architecture and software that integrates all areas of advertising. It includes IBM RS/6000 servers employing a Sybase database and PCs acting as clients.

Atex Classified Pagination, also RS/6000-based, extracts advertising copy and run data from the advertising database and automatically positions liner ads, classified display ads, headers, banners, folios and square-offs. It provides full-page output of classified pages from the Enterprise advertising front end.

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