Smart Profiling of Documents
18 November 2005
When saving a document, message or file to SharePoint would you like to be prompted for the value of a custom column based on the value of another custom column? For example to choose Client then select Project from a list showing only projects for that Client. With its new ‘DMF Plus’ feature, WISDOM Document Management Framework now supports this type of Smart Profiling. Using WISDOM DMF Plus you can also automate the creation of new sites and document libraries based on the values selected by the user for profile variables and in custom forms. WISDOM DMF Plus enables a fully customised document management environment to be built on Microsoft SharePoint.

OneSteel implements WISDOM Document Management Framework
3 October 2005
Leading Australian steel manufacturer OneSteel is implementing WISDOM Document Management Framework on SharePoint servers in its main locations in Whyalla (South Australia) and Newcastle (NSW). Alan Parker, Information Services Manager says: "I'm very much impressed with WISDOM. The installation was clear and easy to follow. It operates well and has excited all of the people I've demonstrated it to. It really does open up SharePoint and makes it a much more viable Document Management tool."

WISDOM Uploads files to SharePoint, direct from Windows Explorer
1 September 2005
The latest release of MacroView's award-winning WISDOM Document Management Framework allows you to upload files to SharePoint, direct from Windows Explorer. You simply right click the file, select SharePoint Upload and choose the destination SharePoint library or folder from the intuitive tree-view display provided by WISDOM DMF. This streamlines the management of scanned images, PDFs and other files in SharePoint.

WISDOM DMF supports Sub-Folders in SharePoint Document Libraries
1 September 2005
WISDOM Document Management Framework provides you with an intuitive tree-view display of your available SharePoint environment. This tree-view display has now been extended to include folders and nested sub-folders.

Moving Files and Documents in SharePoint just got easier!
1 September 2005
A new SharePoint Move function in WISDOM Document Management Framework simplifies the moving of files and documents already in SharePoint to another SharePoint document library or folder. You can locate and select files to be moved and choose their new location from tree-views of your SharePoint environment provided by WISDOM DMF.

Lake Forest, CA. – MSD2D, a resource for the Microsoft SharePoint community, announced today that MacroView Business Technology’s WISDOM Document Management Framework was selected as the 2005 winner in the Document Management category of the MSD2D People’s Choice Awards.

“The fourth Annual People's Choice Awards recognizes the best products and companies in our industry. Visitors to our website cast their vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category,” said Jackie Nguyen, Vice president of Sales. “MSD2D has over 25,000 unique visitors a day. Many are interested in learning more about how to extend the power of SharePoint using solutions for Document Management. Their vote serves as a solid peer-to-peer recommendation of the winning product.”

Documents generated with MacroView’s WISDOM Precedent software are Smart Documents. Whenever such documents are opened in Word 2003, a WISDOM smart task pane is optionally displayed to facilitate last minute changes to the document. The WISDOM smart task pane allows access to the same databases that were used when the document was generated and records any changes in the Answer File for the document. While the documents can be opened and edited in earlier versions of Word, the WISDOM Smart Document feature exploits the added power and user convenience of Office 2003. See WISDOM Precedent.

Showcase SharePoint Solution for Proposals
March 2005
MacroView is implementing its Showcase SharePoint Solution for Proposals in a major IT outsourcing organization. The Showcase Solution combines Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office to create a system that Marketing and Sales staff can use to streamline the preparation of large proposals and submissions. The Showcase Solution allows business users to configure the workflows around Proposal drafting, review and approval without requiring assistance from IT specialists.

Improved integration between Microsoft Office and SharePoint Portal Server
February 2005
The latest versions of WISDOM Message and WISDOM Document Management Framework make it much easier to save to and retrieve from Document Libraries managed by Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server. Clicking the “SharePoint Save” customization added to Outlook by WISDOM Message and to Word, Excel and PowerPoint by WISDOM DMF provides the user with an intuitive tree view of all available SharePoint sites and document libraries. This tree view now includes SharePoint Portal Server areas, so that users can readily choose to store a message or document in a library within the Topic Hierarchy. The user can browse the tree view to open a document that is stored in one of these SharePoint libraries, without leaving their familiar Microsoft Office environment. WISDOM enables effective management of messages and documents for both large and small organizations.

WISDOM ClauseBank for PowerPoint now available

January 2005

MacroView announces the availability of an upgraded version of WISDOM ClauseBank, that makes it easy for users to build up a PowerPoint presentation by retrieving slides from a central Slide Bank. The Slide Bank is easily maintained using SharePoint Document Libraries. Ideal for marketing professionals who need to prepare large numbers of PowerPoint presentations using the latest available performance information and other approved content.

WISDOM Document Management Framework

MacroView announces the availability of the WISDOM Document Management Framework - software and related techniques that enable the establishment of an effective document management environment based on Microsoft Office and Microsoft SharePoint. At the heart of the framework is WISDOM Save - a flexible software component that handles the profiling of documents as they are saved into the SharePoint environment. Resulting solutions have excellent functionality and ease of use, thanks to the web-based nature of SharePoint and the familiarity of Microsoft Office.

MacroView has developed ‘WISDOM Message’ – an Outlook customization that makes it very easy to save any Outlook message into your choice of Document Libraries in Windows SharePoint Services. The message (and any attached files) is saved as an msg file within the document library. WISDOM Message extends the integration between Microsoft Office and SharePoint and provides benefits to organizations using Outlook. For more details see WISDOM Message.

One of Australia's big 4 Banks has deployed a WISDOM solution which handles the generation of all commercial lending agreements and related documentation. This Solution is in use by some 1,500 users, working in over 50 centers around Australia. Initial tests show that the WISDOM Solution has increased productivity by approximately 50%.

March 2004
WISDOM Precedent is now compatible with Microsoft .Net, and uses XML data sets to handle the movement of data between a central SharePoint server and Microsoft Office. The Answer File mechanism has also been redesigned to reflect the use of Windows SharePoint Services rather than SharePoint Team Services at the central WISDOM server. The advantages are greater performance, improved reliability and scalability. For more information see WISDOM Precedent.

MacroView has redeveloped the WISDOM middleware product (WISDOM Server & WISDOM Client) to take advantage of Microsoft .Net. The new WISDOM .Net Server is an XML Web Service, which runs on a Windows 2003 Server. WISDOM .Net Server provides integration with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services rather than SharePoint Team Services. WISDOM Client now uses SOAP to communicate with WISDOM .Net Server. By complying with the .Net standard, WISDOM .Net Server is more scalable, reliable and has improved performance.

MacroView - National Winner 2003 Solutions Challenge
Microsoft Australia has announced that MacroView is the National Winner of the 2003 Smart Client Solutions Challenge. This competition was open to all Microsoft Partners in Australia. The winning MacroView entry was based on a document workflow system for The NSW Department of Education. Jacqueline Peterson-Jarvis, Business Productivity Marketing Manager at Microsoft Australia says: "We received over 50 entries from across Australia from which 4 state winners were selected and ultimately MacroView as the National Winner". Click here for a Case Study of the winning solution.