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Glasgow City Council Training Grants Available Now

Tidalfire is a recognised by Glasgow City Council as an eligible training provider under the Business Development Skills & Business Growth Programme.

This fantastic programme is designed to help companies in Glasgow provide training for employees, managers and owners, and is aimed at SMEs.

Your company could be eligible for a grant (of up to a whopping 50%) of the cost of external training.

Check the web site and find out how you can get trained for less with Tidalfire.

PDF Forms at the eformsfactory

As we provide a lot of our clients with PDF eform solutions we have launched a new website focusing specifically on this service.

www.eformsfactory.com will be a resource for providing information for the creation of cross-platform PDF forms that can be completed using the Adobe Reader.

PDF forms provide benefits which ensure that recipients will complete and submit your forms quickly and efficiently.

  • Saving you time
  • Saving on cost of printing and postage
  • Can be sent directly into the mailbox of your client
  • Increase response ratio
  • Secure your corporate identity

PDF Form Benefits – Detailed

Online/Offline Availibility – PDF forms can be downloaded and completed offline. This allows forms to be completed when all of the information has been gathered without placing any time limits on the person completing the form.

Accessibility – Form objects can be made accessible to a wide range of users. PDF forms support assisitive technologies and features including:

  • Adding text description to images & logos
  • Providing document structure for headings, tables and lists which can be understood by screen reading devices
  • Tab & reading order can be set to make it easy to navigate through a form

Adobe Reader – the free Adobe Reader software can be used to complete, print, digitally sign as well as save PDF forms. This means that customers do not require any additonal software. The Adobe Reader is available for various platforms including Windows, OS X and Linux (additional device platforms are also supported)

Print – PDF forms can be designed to be printed where forms need to be supplied in paper form and can support barcodes.

Interactivity – PDF forms can be made interactive containing form objects such as text fields, drop down lists and check boxes. All of these provide an easy to use interface for users to complete their forms.

Scripting - in order to create smart interactive forms, scripting can be applied to PDF forms that allows the forms to behave in the best way for a user to complete the forms by adding features such as dynamically expanding areas, calculations and validation.

Digital Signatures – Where an eform has been completed by a user it makes sense to complete the process by signing and authorising the form electronically. Digital signatures provide a method of validating that a speciifc user has completed a form and validating the form from a trust perspective.

Want to know more check out www.eformsfactory.com and download samples from the Samples are on the website. If we can be of any additional help feel free to contact us at 0131 510 1240.

CS5 Training Courses

With the release of Adobe Creative Suite 5 we have training courses available in the new products. If you are a user new to the software or an exisitng user you can download the course outlines.

The CS5 Upgrade courses are 1 day courses for users already familiar with previous version and want to learn about the new features of the CS suites.

Our 2-day hands-on application courses provide training in the best know Adobe design applications for those who want to learn the best way of using the Creative Suite software effectively.

Contact us on – 0131 510 1240 or info@tidalfire.com for more information on how we can provide you with the solutions that will be right for your training needs.

Adobe CS5 Edinburgh Road Show

Tidalfire will be present when Adobe Creative Suite 5 gets the launch treatment as Adobe takes it on tour across the UK. First stop is Edinburgh on Tuesday 25th of May. Talk to your favorite Adobe Training Centre and find out about our CS5 training and the free seminars we will be running in June.

See Web, Design & Production Premium applications during the sessions which will be running during the day.

REGISTER to see CS5 in Scotland. Places are limited so sign-up fast.

Also – see Adobe Captivate 5 & eLearning Suite 2 (before their release) at the Tidalfire stand.

Edinburgh Location:
Vue Cinema
Omni Centre
Greenside
Edinburgh
EH1 3AT

5 minutes from Waverley train station

Time: 09.00 – 16.30

Sign-up now! and we will see you there. Make sure and come along to pick up your free information pack at the Tidalfire stand.

Captivate 5 & Adobe eLearning Suite 2

Captivate 5Adobe Captivate 5 has been announced and provides some great new features for anyone looking to create elearning content with the usual easy to use Adobe UI. If you are looking to create software demonstrations, interactive simulations, branching scenarios and quizzes without programming then Captivate 5 should be on your list of applications to explore.

In addition to the software now being available on Mac OS the main features to excite Captivate users include:

  • Redesigned interface
  • Master slides
  • Object styles
  • Tracking & reporting enhancements
  • Multivideo support

A full list of features is available in the Captivate 5 area of the Adobe website. The English language version is expected to ship by mid-June 2010.

Look out for upgrade training for existing users and a new Captivate 5 course from Tidalfire once the software ships.

If your palette is whetted with all of the talk about a new version of Adobe Captivate then Adobe eLearning Suite 2 should have you reaching for your credit cards.