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MACWORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO AUTOMATOR MACLAB ANNOUNCED
Automator Workflow Creation Hands-on MacLab

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - January 1st, 2008 - An Automator Workflow Hands-on MacLab will be held at Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. This session will feature Ben Waldie, President of Automated Workflows, LLC, and author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide.
Learn how to become more efficient with Automator in Mac OS X. Join Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC, author of best selling book "The Mac OS X Technology Guide to Automator," and well known columnist for MacScripter, MacTech Magazine, and X-Ray Magazine, for this hands-on Automator workflow training session. In this session, we will explore Automator, discuss its potential, and learn how to construct workflows that will save you valuable time!

Attendees will learn:

An introduction to Automator and its benefits
How to construct an Automator workflow
How to run an Automator workflow
How to create and run Automator workflow plug-ins for the Finder, the Mac OS X printing system, Image Capture, and the Mac OS X system-wide script menu
How to configure Automator workflows to run at scheduled intervals
How to create watched folders with Automator
How to record and play back manual tasks with Automator in Leopard
How to utilize variables in Leopard-based Automator workflows
How to install and utilize Automator actions for third-party applications
How to construct a variety of sample workflows for use with Mac OS X and iLife applications
How to construct a variety of sample workflows for use with third-party applications
Next steps and resources for continued learning of Automator