Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - June 30th, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 22 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie continues discussing AppleScript's core language, which a focus on adding branching logic and decision making to scripts. Learn how to implement simple, compound, and nested if/then statements.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript, Automator, and workflow consulting services to Mac-based businesses.  For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Inc., CNN, Microsoft, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine.  Ben is the author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit Press) and "AppleScripting the Finder", has written AppleScript and Automator content for Apple.com, Macworld, MacTech, MacScripter.net, and X-Ray Magazine, and is the host of the "Mac Automation Made Simple" video podcast (Peachpit Press). Ben is also the author of an AppleScript training CD for the Virtual Training Company, is a frequent presenter at Macworld Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - May 26th, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 21 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie continues discussing AppleScript's core language, with a focus on variables. Watch as Ben demonstrates how to use variables to store values from Address Book, and create a new message in Mail.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - May 26th, 2009 - Macworld has published an article written by Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC. The article, titled "Automating Twitter", discusses how to send status updates to Twitter using the "Run Shell Script" Automator action in Mac OS X. A link to the article, as well as dozens of Ben's other articles and tutorials, can be found in the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC website.

Automator, developed by Apple Inc., is designed for all levels of users, from novice to expert. Automator makes performing time consuming and repetitive tasks in Mac OS X a snap! The basic unit for automation in Automator is called an action, and each action is responsible for performing a single specific task. Using Automator's interface, users can link actions together in infinite ways to form a complete workflow that matches their unique needs. Hundreds of actions are included with Automator for performing tasks in Apple applications and the operating system itself. This list can be expanded with actions made available by developers.

Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses. For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, CNN, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine. Ben is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press) and AppleScripting the Finder. He has also written numerous Automator and AppleScript columns for Apple.com, Macworld Magazine, MacScripter.net, MacTech magazine, and X-ray Magazine, and is the author of an AppleScript training CD (Virtual Training Company). Ben is a frequent presenter at Macworld Conference & Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

Ben is also the author of the Twitter Automator Action Pack, as well as over 150 other Automator actions for Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, FileMaker Pro, QuarkXPress, Mail, Safari, and more.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - April 28th, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 20 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates techniques for getting started writing AppleScripts to control applications in Mac OS X. Learn how to display a Web page in Safari, start the visualizer in iTunes, and more.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - April 20th, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce a series of entries on the Peachpit Press blog. The series provides tips for extending Automator, and includes the following entries:

• 04.20.09 - Extending Automator: Running AppleScript, Shell, Python, or Ruby Scripts
• 04.21.09 - Extending Automator: Apple Remote Desktop Action Pack
• 04.22.09 - Extending Automator: Finding More Actions
• 04.23.09 - Extending Automator: Running Workflows with a Remote
• 04.24.09 - Extending Automator: Adding Workflows to the Services Menu

Links to the entries can be found in the "Tips" section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Automator, developed by Apple Inc., is designed for all levels of users, from novice to expert. Automator makes performing time consuming and repetitive tasks in Mac OS X a snap! The basic unit for automation in Automator is called an action, and each action is responsible for performing a single specific task. Using Automator's interface, users can link actions together in infinite ways to form a complete workflow that matches their unique needs. Hundreds of actions are included with Automator for performing tasks in Apple applications and the operating system itself. This list can be expanded with actions made available by developers.

Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses. For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, CNN, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine. Ben is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press) and AppleScripting the Finder (SpiderWorks, LLC). He has also written numerous Automator and AppleScript columns for Apple.com, Macworld Magazine, MacScripter.net, MacTech magazine, and X-ray Magazine, and is the author of an AppleScript training CD (Virtual Training Company). Ben is a frequent presenter at Macworld Conference & Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - March 31st, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 19 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie continues discussing how to navigate application AppleScript dictionaries in Mac OS X. This episode focuses on understanding elements and attributes, also known as classes and properties.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript, Automator, and workflow consulting services to Mac-based businesses.  For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Inc., CNN, Microsoft, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine.  Ben is the author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit Press) and "AppleScripting the Finder", has written AppleScript and Automator content for Apple.com, Macworld, MacTech, MacScripter.net, and X-Ray Magazine, and is the host of the "Mac Automation Made Simple" video podcast (Peachpit Press). Ben is also the author of an AppleScript training CD for the Virtual Training Company, is a frequent presenter at Macworld Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - March 23rd, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the release of the Twitter Automator Action Pack, version 1.0. This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 10 actions for interacting with Twitter! This action pack includes the following Automator actions:

• Get Current Tweet from Tweep
• Get Recent Direct Messages
• Get Recent Public Tweets
• Get Recent Replies
• Get Recent Tweets from Tweep
• Get Recent Tweets from Tweeps I'm Following
• Get Tweep Information
• Get Tweeps
• Post a Tweet
• Send Direct Message

Automated Workflows, LLC's Automator actions for Leopard are available in application-specific packs.  Trial versions of all action packs are available for download and evaluation from the Automated Workflows, LLC website.

About Automator:

Automator is an application that brings the power of workflow automation to the user level, with no programming required! Workflows are designed and constructed by users, by piecing together actions in a sequence, to create an assembly line of automated tasks. Once constructed, workflows may be saved and triggered in a variety of ways. With the release of these new and updated actions, Automated Workflows, LLC provides users with the ability to extend the power of Automator with actions that interact directly with their favorite creative applications.

Learn More About Automator:

Looking for more information about Automator? Ben Waldie's Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide covers what you need to know!

About Automated Workflows, LLC:

Automated Workflows, LLC offers AppleScript, Automator, and workflow automation consulting services to Macintosh-based businesses. For additional information about Automated Workflows, LLC's Automator actions, or to inquire about custom development services, visit Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - March 20th, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the release of Blurb Tally, a writer's utility, designed to help users quickly and easily calculate the number of characters, words, and paragraphs in a blurb of text.

Once launched, Blurb Tally hovers above the other windows and applications on a user's Mac. Users can write content directly in Blurb Tally, or simply copy content to the clipboard and paste it in for a quick tally. Possible uses include:

• Generating text for character-limited fields in web forms.

• Identifying the length of articles, documents, blog postings, and more.

• Preparing concise text for use in press releases, legal documents, emails, Excel workbook cells, and more.

• Preparing a resume or writing a brief personal biography.

• Much more!

Blurb Tally also provides the ability to quickly toggle your text blurb between uppercase, lowercase, sentence case, and title case.

For additional information about Blurb Tally, as well as other workflow products and services, please visit the Automated Workflows, LLC website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - March 17th, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 18 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie begins discussing AppleScripting applications in Mac OS X by exploring how to open and navigate application AppleScript dictionaries. Ben reviews both application commands and parameters.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

If you're an avid Mac user, you've probably heard of two technologies that seem sort of alike: Automator and AppleScript. Ben Waldie points out the differences and similarities in the two technologies, explaining when to use each one to save yourself some keystrokes (and headaches).

Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript, Automator, and workflow consulting services to Mac-based businesses.  For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Inc., CNN, Microsoft, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine.  Ben is the author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Visual QuickStart Guide" (Peachpit Press) and "AppleScripting the Finder", has written AppleScript and Automator content for Apple.com, Macworld, MacTech, MacScripter.net, and X-Ray Magazine, and is the host of the "Mac Automation Made Simple" video podcast (Peachpit Press). Ben is also the author of an AppleScript training CD for the Virtual Training Company, is a frequent presenter at Macworld Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - March 3rd, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 17 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie provides an introduction to the primary AppleScript components in Mac OS X, including the AppleScript Utility, Folder Actions Setup application, example scripts, and Script Editor.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - March 2nd, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce a series of entries on the Peachpit Press blog. The series provides general tips for using Automator, and includes the following entries:

• 03.02.09 - Using Automator: Recording
• 03.03.09 - Using Automator: Media Browser
• 03.04.09 - Using Automator: Conversion Actions
• 03.05.09 - Using Automator: Scheduling Workflows
• 03.06.09 - Using Automator: Print Workflows

Links to the entries can be found in the "Tips" section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Automator, developed by Apple Inc., is designed for all levels of users, from novice to expert. Automator makes performing time consuming and repetitive tasks in Mac OS X a snap! The basic unit for automation in Automator is called an action, and each action is responsible for performing a single specific task. Using Automator's interface, users can link actions together in infinite ways to form a complete workflow that matches their unique needs. Hundreds of actions are included with Automator for performing tasks in Apple applications and the operating system itself. This list can be expanded with actions made available by developers.

Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses. For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, CNN, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine. Ben is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press) and AppleScripting the Finder (SpiderWorks, LLC). He has also written numerous Automator and AppleScript columns for Apple.com, Macworld Magazine, MacScripter.net, MacTech magazine, and X-ray Magazine, and is the author of an AppleScript training CD (Virtual Training Company). Ben is a frequent presenter at Macworld Conference & Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - February 17th, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 16 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to extend the power of Automator with third-party actions, allowing you to build Web photo galleries, a birthday calendar in iCal, a photo contacts sheet in InDesign, and more.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - February 3rd, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 15 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to create a simple looping Automator workflow, using the 'Loop' action, to download current weather satellite images and use them as your Desktop wallpaper.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - January 21st, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 14 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates advanced usage of workflow variables in Automator, for the purpose of storing action results, and referencing them later. Variables are a powerful feature of Automator in Leopard.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - January 6th, 2009 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 13 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to get started using variables to incorporate dynamic content into Automator workflows. Variables are a powerful feature of Automator in Leopard.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - December 23rd, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 12 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to use Automator to perform tasks in Microsoft Entourage 2008, including attaching PDF versions of documents to outgoing messages, and importing attachments into Aperture.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - December 9th, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 11 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to use Automator to perform tasks in Microsoft PowerPoint 2008, including converting a presentation to image files for import into iPhoto, and converting to a QuickTime movie.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - November 25th, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 10 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to use Automator to perform tasks in Microsoft Excel 2008. Ben shows you a workflow to batch convert Excel workbooks to .csv format and one that builds address labels in Excel.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - November 11th, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 9 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to create an Automator workflow that converts Microsoft Word 2008 documents to PDF or HTML format, and uploads them to a Web server via FTP.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - October 30th, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 8 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to create an Automator workflow for Aperture that allows you to review specified photos, import approved photos into an Aperture project, and assign metadata to the photos.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - October 17th, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce that the following Automator action packs have been tested and updated for Adobe CS4 compatibility.

Illustrator Action Pack - This BRAND NEW action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with Adobe Illustrator CS2, CS3, and now CS4!

InDesign Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with Adobe InDesign CS2, CS3, and now CS4!

Photoshop Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 30 actions for use with Adobe Photoshop CS2, CS3, and now CS4!

Trial versions of all action packs are available for download and evaluation from the Automated Workflows, LLC website.

http://www.automatedworkflows.com/software/automator_actions.html

About Automator:

Automator is an application that brings the power of workflow automation to the user level, with no programming required! Workflows are designed and constructed by users, by piecing together actions in a sequence, to create an assembly line of automated tasks. Once constructed, workflows may be saved and triggered in a variety of ways. With the release of these new and updated actions, Automated Workflows, LLC provides users with the ability to extend the power of Automator with actions that interact directly with their favorite creative applications.

Learn More About Automator:

Looking for more information about Automator? Ben Waldie's Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide covers what you need to know!

http://www.automatedworkflows.com/books/automator_vqs.html

About Automated Workflows, LLC:

Automated Workflows, LLC offers AppleScript, Automator, and workflow automation consulting services to Macintosh-based businesses. For additional information about Automated Workflows, LLC's Automator actions, or to inquire about custom development services, visit Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - October 14th, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 7 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to save Automator workflows as print workflow plug-ins. Once saved, these workflows appear in Mac OS X's print dialog, and can be triggered to process printed PDF documents.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

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Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - October 1st, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the release of over 100 new Automator Actions for FileMaker Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Mac OS X Mail, QuarkXPress, Safari, and more!  In addition, a major overhaul to existing Automator actions adds dozens of new features and options.  The newly released Automator actions and action upgrades are compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

• A total of 160 actions allow users to extend the capabilities of Automator in Mac OS X Leopard like never before!
• Over 100 new actions have been released, including, by popular request, actions for FileMaker Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Mail, Safari, and more!
• Dozens of new features, options, and bug fixes have been implemented in existing actions.
  Many actions now include support for Automator’s variables in Leopard.
• Action installation has been streamlined and improved.
• Action packs now have the ability to automatically check for updates.

Automated Workflows, LLC's Automator actions for Leopard are available in application-specific packs.  Trial versions of all action packs are available for download and evaluation from the Automated Workflows, LLC website.

http://www.automatedworkflows.com/software/automator_actions.html

Ultimate Productivity Automator Action Pack – This action pack includes a complete set of all of Automated Workflows, LLC’s 160 Automator actions.

Automator Extension Action Pack – This action pack includes 20 actions for use with the Mac OS X Finder, Mail, Safari, the operating system, and more!

FileMaker Pro Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 10 actions for use with FileMaker Pro!

Finder Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with the Mac OS X Finder!

Illustrator Action Pack - This BRAND NEW action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with Adobe Illustrator!

InDesign Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with Adobe InDesign!

Photoshop Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 30 actions for use with Adobe Photoshop!

QuarkXPress Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for use with QuarkXPress!

Text Edit Action Pack - This action pack extends the power of Automator in Leopard with 20 actions for performing text manipulation functions in Mac OS X!

About Automator:

Automator is an application that brings the power of workflow automation to the user level, with no programming required! Workflows are designed and constructed by users, by piecing together actions in a sequence, to create an assembly line of automated tasks. Once constructed, workflows may be saved and triggered in a variety of ways. With the release of these new and updated actions, Automated Workflows, LLC provides users with the ability to extend the power of Automator with actions that interact directly with their favorite creative applications.

Learn More About Automator:

Looking for more information about Automator? Ben Waldie's Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide covers what you need to know!

http://www.automatedworkflows.com/books/automator_vqs.html

About Automated Workflows, LLC:

Automated Workflows, LLC offers AppleScript, Automator, and workflow automation consulting services to Macintosh-based businesses. For additional information about Automated Workflows, LLC's Automator actions, or to inquire about custom development services, visit Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - October 1st, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 6 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to save Automator workflows as iCal alarm plug-ins, allowing them to be scheduled to run during downtime, such as at night or while you're away from your desk.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - September 16th, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 5 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how QuicKeys, a third-party automation utility, can be used to perform manual events in Mac OS X. QuicKeys shortcuts can be run from menus, key commands, and even Automator workflows.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - September 2nd, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 4 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how iKey, a third-party automation utility, can be used to perform manual events in Mac OS X. iKey shortcuts can be run from menus, key commands, and even larger automated workflows.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - August 26th, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the availability of Episode 3 of the Mac Automation Made Simple video podcast series.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how even the novice Mac user can get started with AppleScript by recording manual events in the Mac OS X Finder, or other recordable application, as a script, and playing them back.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to use Automator in Leopard to record your manual mouse clicks and keystrokes, and play them back as part of your workflow. Use recording to expand Automator's capabilities.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

In this video podcast series, Ben Waldie, author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide" and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, shows you how to simplify your life and have fun doing it with tips and tricks for using AppleScript and Automator in Mac OS X.

In the first episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to create a simple image processing workflow using Automator in Mac OS X Leopard. Learn how to create a workflow that manipulates images from directly within the Finder.

Mac Automation Made Simple is owned by Peachpit TV. Episodes are available for download from the Peachpit Press website, as well as within iTunes.

For additional information, including an episode guide and links to the podcast, visit the Tips section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript and Automator are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

AppleScript is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - July 14th, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce the article "AppleScripting Tables in QuarkXPress." This article was written by Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, and discusses using AppleScript to create and modify tables, including gridlines, rows, columns, and cells in QuarkXPress 7 projects

Read the entire article here.

Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses. For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, CNN, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine. Ben is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press) and AppleScripting the Finder (SpiderWorks, LLC). He has also written numerous Automator and AppleScript columns for Apple.com, Macworld Magazine, MacScripter.net, MacTech magazine, and X-ray Magazine, and is the author of an AppleScript training CD (Virtual Training Company). Ben is a frequent presenter at Macworld Conference & Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

For additional information, visit Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

AppleScript is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - June 6th, 2008 - The "Geek Factor" column in the July, 2008 issue of Macworld Magazine was written by Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC. The article, titled "Best Automator Downloads", discusses how to build better Automator workflows with downloadable third-party actions.

Automator, developed by Apple Inc., is designed for all levels of users, from novice to expert. Automator makes performing time consuming and repetitive tasks in Mac OS X a snap! The basic unit for automation in Automator is called an action, and each action is responsible for performing a single specific task. Using Automator's interface, users can link actions together in infinite ways to form a complete workflow that matches their unique needs. Hundreds of actions are included with Automator for performing tasks in Apple applications and the operating system itself. This list can be expanded with actions made available by developers.

Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses. For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, CNN, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine. Ben is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press) and AppleScripting the Finder (SpiderWorks, LLC). He has also written numerous Automator and AppleScript columns for Apple.com, Macworld Magazine, MacScripter.net, MacTech magazine, and X-ray Magazine, and is the author of an AppleScript training CD (Virtual Training Company). Ben is a frequent presenter at Macworld Conference & Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

For additional information, visit Macworld's website or Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - June 3rd, 2008 - MacVoices, "The Talk of the Mac Community," interviewed Ben Waldie for podcast episode #888. Listen, as Ben discusses how he ended up working some of the highest-profile software in the Mac space. Ben gives us a taste of some of the actions in each of the productivity suite’s applications, explains why even the most basic actions can be useful, and discusses his experience working with Microsoft.

Listen to Ben's interview online.

Listen to Ben's interview in iTunes.

Automator, developed by Apple Inc., is designed for all levels of users, from novice to expert. Automator makes performing time consuming and repetitive tasks in Mac OS X a snap! The basic unit for automation in Automator is called an action, and each action is responsible for performing a single specific task. Using Automator's interface, users can link actions together in infinite ways to form a complete workflow that matches their unique needs. Hundreds of actions are included with Automator for performing tasks in Apple applications and the operating system itself. This list can be expanded with actions made available by developers.

Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses. For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, CNN, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine. Ben is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press) and AppleScripting the Finder (SpiderWorks, LLC). He has also written numerous Automator and AppleScript columns for Apple.com, Macworld Magazine, MacScripter.net, MacTech magazine, and X-ray Magazine, and is the author of an AppleScript training CD (Virtual Training Company). Ben is a frequent presenter at Macworld Conference & Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

For additional information, visit Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Microsoft, MSN, and the MSN logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Automator, developed by Apple Inc., is designed for all levels of users, from novice to expert. Automator makes performing time consuming and repetitive tasks in Mac OS X a snap! The basic unit for automation in Automator is called an action, and each action is responsible for performing a single specific task. Using Automator's interface, users can link actions together in infinite ways to form a complete workflow that matches their unique needs. Hundreds of actions are included with Automator for performing tasks in Apple applications and the operating system itself. This list can be expanded with actions made available by developers.

Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses. For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, CNN, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine. Ben is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press) and AppleScripting the Finder (SpiderWorks, LLC). He has also written numerous Automator and AppleScript columns for Apple.com, Macworld Magazine, MacScripter.net, MacTech magazine, and X-ray Magazine, and is the author of an AppleScript training CD (Virtual Training Company). Ben is a frequent presenter at Macworld Conference & Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

04.28.08 - Getting to know Microsoft Office 2008's Automator support
04.29.08 - Creating a Microsoft Entourage 2008 Automator Workflow
04.30.08 - Creating a Microsoft Excel 2008 Automator Workflow
05.01.08 - Creating a Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 Automator Workflow
05.02.08 - Creating a Microsoft Word 2008 Automator Workflow

Links to the entries can be found in the "Tips" section of the Automated Workflows, LLC's website, as well as the Peachpit Press blog.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Microsoft, MSN, and the MSN logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

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Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Microsoft, MSN, and the MSN logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - March 11th, 2008 - MacVoices, "The Talk of the Mac Community," interviewed Ben Waldie for podcast episode #868. Listen, as Ben discusses the new features of Automator in Leopard, provides tips for getting started, and helps dispell some common misconceptions about Automator.

Listen to Ben's interview online.

Listen to Ben's interview in iTunes.

Automator, developed by Apple Inc., is designed for all levels of users, from novice to expert. Automator makes performing time consuming and repetitive tasks in Mac OS X a snap! The basic unit for automation in Automator is called an action, and each action is responsible for performing a single specific task. Using Automator's interface, users can link actions together in infinite ways to form a complete workflow that matches their unique needs. Hundreds of actions are included with Automator for performing tasks in Apple applications and the operating system itself. This list can be expanded with actions made available by developers.

Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses. For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, CNN, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine. Ben is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press) and AppleScripting the Finder (SpiderWorks, LLC). He has also written numerous Automator and AppleScript columns for Apple.com, Macworld Magazine, MacScripter.net, MacTech magazine, and X-ray Magazine, and is the author of an AppleScript training CD (Virtual Training Company). Ben is a frequent presenter at Macworld Conference & Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

For additional information, visit Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - January 3rd, 2008 - The "Geek Factor" column in the February, 2008 issue of Macworld Magazine was written by Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC. The article, titled "Automator Power: Variables and Looping", walks readers through the use of variables and looping in the newly enhanced Automator, released with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Automator, developed by Apple Inc., is designed for all levels of users, from novice to expert. Automator makes performing time consuming and repetitive tasks in Mac OS X a snap! The basic unit for automation in Automator is called an action, and each action is responsible for performing a single specific task. Using Automator's interface, users can link actions together in infinite ways to form a complete workflow that matches their unique needs. Hundreds of actions are included with Automator for performing tasks in Apple applications and the operating system itself. This list can be expanded with actions made available by developers.

Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses. For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, CNN, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine. Ben is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press) and AppleScripting the Finder (SpiderWorks, LLC). He has also written numerous Automator and AppleScript columns for Apple.com, Macworld Magazine, MacScripter.net, MacTech magazine, and X-ray Magazine, and is the author of an AppleScript training CD (Virtual Training Company). Ben is a frequent presenter at Macworld Conference & Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

For additional information, visit Macworld's website or Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - January 1st, 2008 - Automated Workflows, LLC is pleased to announce Peachpit Press' release of Ben Waldie's Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide.

Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide uses a combination of task-based instruction and strong visuals to teach Macintosh users how to automate repetitive, time-consuming tasks with the Automator application that is included with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Automator comes with many useful automations (called actions) preinstalled, for lots of popular applications, that do things like remove empty playlists from iTunes or add attachments to Mac Mail messages. The real power of Automator lies in mixing and matching these actions to have them do exactly the job you need them to, in a string of actions known as a workflow.

Author Ben Waldie introduces readers to how Automator works, and then helps them assemble and use Automator workflows. This book covers the major updates to Automator in Macintosh OS X 10.5 (Leopard). The updated Automator works with any Mac application thanks to a new feature called looping, and is more versatile thanks to variables. These features make Automator more flexible and powerful than ever before, and greatly increase its appeal and interest to Mac users.
Both beginning users who want a thorough introduction to Automator and more advanced users looking for a convenient reference will find what they need here in straightforward language, clear steps, and practical tips.

Ben Waldie is president of Automated Workflows, LLC, a company offering AppleScript and workflow automation consulting services to Mac-based businesses. For years, Ben has developed professional automated solutions for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, CNN, Microsoft Corporation, NASA, PC World, and Time Magazine. Ben is the author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press) and AppleScripting the Finder (SpiderWorks, LLC). He has also written numerous Automator and AppleScript columns for Apple.com, Macworld Magazine, MacScripter.net, MacTech magazine, and X-ray Magazine, and is the author of an AppleScript training CD (Virtual Training Company). Ben is a frequent presenter at Macworld Conference & Expo and other events, and is president of The Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group.

Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide is now available for purchase from Peachpit Press, Amazon.com, and other fine book sellers.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - January 1st, 2008 - Ben Waldie, author of the newly released Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide and president of Automated Workflows, LLC, will be at the Peachpit Press booth at Macworld Conference and Expo 2008 on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Ben will be discussing his new book and providing some tips for using Automator in Leopard.

Stop by the Peachpit Press booth #S-1026 to learn more, or to purchase a copy of Ben's new book.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

• Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 from 12:45 PM - 1:15 PM
• Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 from 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
• Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 from 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
• Thursday, January 17th, 2008 from 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Don't miss this opportunity to learn about the Automator support in Office 2008. Stop by the Microsoft booth, #S-1112, to learn more!

For a more in-depth look at Office 2008 and Automator, don't miss Ben's presentation on Monday, January 14th, 2008, from 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM, which will be part of the special event A Day at the Office: Microsoft Office 2008.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - January 1st, 2008 - Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC, author of Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide, and developer of the Office 2008 Automator actions, will be presenting an Office 2008 and Automator session at Macworld Conference and Expo 2008. This session will be held on Monday, January 14th, 2008, from 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM, and will be part of the special event A Day at the Office: Microsoft Office 2008.

Now you can automate your Office workflow with no programming or scripting required! In this session, the developer who built all the Automator actions in Office 2008 will discuss and demonstrate the Automator actions that are now included in Office. Learn how, with only a few clicks of the mouse, you can batch convert your Word documents to PDF, email your PowerPoint presentations to your colleagues, listen to your Entourage email on your iPod, and more! Any Office user looking to increase productivity will not want to miss this session.

In this session you will learn:

• About the Automator actions for Entourage, Excel, PowerPoint and Word in Office 2008
• How Automator and Office 2008 can make your workflow more efficient
• How to build Automator workflows that automate repetitive tasks in Office 2008
• How to build Automator workflows to integrate Office 2008 with other applications such as iTunes and iPhoto

Don't miss this opportunity to learn about the new Automator support in Office 2008.
For more information, visit the Macworld website, Microsoft's Website, or Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

Automator is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - January 1st, 2008 - An "Automator in Leopard" session will be held at Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco on Thursday, January 17th, 2008 from 3:30 PM - 4:45 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. This session will be part of the User Conference track.

With Automator in Leopard, there is now more reason than ever before to begin automating those time consuming and repetitive tasks on your Mac. In this session, we will explore Automator's potential, discuss its benefits, and learn how to use Automator to automate tasks in your own unique workflow, giving you more time to focus on being creative. We will also take a look at Automator's new features in Leopard, including its ability automate virtually any Mac OS X application by recording your manual tasks, and then playing them back as part of a workflow. Anyone looking to get started with Automator, and anyone interested in learning more about Automator's new Leopard-specific features, will not want to miss this session.

For additional information about this session, please visit the Macworld website or Automated Workflows LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
116 Cold Stream Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460

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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

For additional information about this MacLab, please visit the Macworld website or Automated Workflows LLC's website.

Press Contact:
Ben Waldie
President
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Phoenixville, Pennsylvania — December 10th, 2007 — This month's X-Ray Magazine, volume 5 #2, features an "In the Trenches: Scripting" column titled "Scripting the Non-Scriptable." This article was written by Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC, and discusses ways of interacting with non-scriptable features of QuarkXPress.

AppleScript is a scripting language, built into Mac OS X, which allows users to write scripts in order to automate time consuming and repetitive tasks.

Ben Waldie is president and CEO of Automated Workflows, LLC, a firm specializing in AppleScript and workflow automation consulting. For years, Ben has developed professional AppleScript-based solutions for businesses across the globe, including Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, NASA, and TV Guide Magazine.

For additional information, visit Automated Workflows, LLC's website.

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Ben Waldie
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Phoenixville, PA 19460

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