JULY 2010
A new look, a new purpose
At customers’ suggestions, we’ve rededicated the Newformant newsletter to serve our user community with tips and tricks, best practices and resources for more efficient and effective project information management. (We'll produce a second newsletter for general news updates.) The Newformant newsletter is the counterpart to http://www.newformant.com, the user community website. As always, we welcome your input. We’ve built a great product on your suggestions. Let's do the same with this newsletter!
–Patrick Gillam, editor
HEADLINES
FOR NEWFORMA CHAMPIONS AND ADMINISTRATORS
TRAIN
“What’s New in Seventh Edition” webinar
Whether you are already using Seventh Edition or are wondering whether to upgrade, this one-hour webinar could answer many of your questions. We’ll cover Seventh Edition themes and objectives, workflow and activity center enhancements, and tips for a seamless transition.
SEE TIPS & TRICKS
How-to articles by Newforma customers
To date, AECbytes has published two illustrated tutorials on clever uses of Newforma Project Center for everyday work processes. They're worth reading (or rereading):
Do you have a tip or trick to share? Email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you would like help writing your story and getting it published.
GET INVOLVED
Discussions with community members
If you have questions, answers or thoughts on a subject of interest to the wider Newforma community, please consider participating in these forums:
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The discussion forum at http://www.newformant.com brings people together to share ways of applying Newforma Project Center and Newforma Info Exchange to project delivery processes and office admininstration.
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The discussions tab at The Newforma Network on LinkedIn reaches Newforma supporters in the context of professional networking, industry trends and best practices.
Your willingness to share experiences and exchange ideas is what makes our user community valuable for all. Thank you!
POST JOBS
A job board for AEC pros who know Newforma software
LinkedIn is the preeminent online networking site, and the jobs tab at The Newforma Network on LinkedIn is the place for firms to advertise job openings for AEC professionals versed in Newforma software. If your firm has unfilled positions, please take advantage of this resource.
SHARE YOUR STORY
Informative stories from the Newforma community
As you scroll through the list of feature articles, case studies and technical tips at the Newforma website, you’ll see contributions by people like you – Newforma Project Center users with interesting perspectives and how-to stories to share. And sharing is easy: You can either write a story that we’ll get published; or you can think out loud to us and we’ll write a draft for you to edit and approve. Again, we’ll manage publication. Simply email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and we’ll get the process started!
FOR NEWFORMA CHAMPIONS AND ADMINISTRATORS
Deltek Vision datasheet
The datasheet describing the integration between Deltek Vision and Newforma Project Center has been updated for Seventh Edition. Among other topics, it addresses the new Deltek Connect Outlook email plug-in, which is used to file emails into the Deltek CRM database. (This is in contrast to filing emails to project folders on your central file server, as the Newforma Project Center add-on for Outlook does.) See the Deltek-Newforma integration datasheet here.
Easier access to the Newforma knowledgebase
The Newforma Support knowledgebase is now available without first logging into the password-protected customer support site. There are more than 700 articles in the database, many of which are new or updated for Seventh Edition, with more being added every week. If you run into a problem that we’ve seen before, the knowledgebase very likely has your answer. To get to the knowledgebase from your web browser, visit the support page of newforma.com. From Newforma Project Center, click the down arrow next to the Help menu “question mark" icon.
New support option for Newforma administrators
Have a quick question? Get a quick answer. Newforma administrators can now log into the Newforma Admin support site and initiate chat sessions with a customer support specialist. It’s the ideal way to resolve an issue that has been escalated to you from a Newforma user in your firm. Look for this button:
Considerations prior to upgrading to Seventh Edition
We recently invited Newforma champions and administrators to attend a webinar covering issues to consider prior to upgrading to Seventh Edition. If you did not receive this invitation, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE NEWFORMANT NEWSLETTER
What we're working on
We’re upgrading the look and feel of the Newforma user community website, www.newformant.com. And Newforma innovators at Boulder Associates Architects are preparing a new AECbytes Tips and Tricks contribution that shows how they use the Action Items activity center to manage lean design and construction. We’ll tell you about these developments and more in September! | 
