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[Mark Johnson]

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Arbortext 9th Annual User Conference Draws Record Attendance

Key speakers included John Deere, Aventis, Oracle, SAP AG, Boeing,
Lockheed Martin, Siemens Building Technologies


ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 13, 2004 – Arbortext, Inc., the leading provider of
Enterprise Publishing Software, today announced the successful completion
of its 9th annual Arbortext User Group International, which took place May
3-7, 2004, at the Grand Hyatt in Atlanta, Georgia.  Business and
technology leaders from a variety of industries, including life sciences,
publishing, weapon systems, automotive, aerospace and financial services
attended the event.

Raymond Schiavone, CEO and President of Arbortext, delivered Wednesday’s
keynote presentation on the company’s strategy and the important role that
enterprise publishing plays in today’s global organizations.

Steve Anderson, Manager Worldwide Technical Information Services
Agricultural Division at John Deere, kicked off Thursday by discussing
what John Deere is doing to support its vision for an electronic-based
technical information delivery system.

This year’s conference featured more than 50 educational and training
sessions, including nine pre-conference workshops that provided an
introduction and understanding of structured authoring, multichannel
publishing, stylesheet design and data modeling.  The conference also
included a Partner Exhibition where 16 Arbortext partners, including
top-level sponsors Documentum, Astoria, RWD Technologies and Flatirons
Solutions, demonstrated how their products and technologies complement
Arbortext Enterprise Publishing Software.  In addition, many Arbortext
customers, including Boeing, Aventis, SAS Institute, Lockheed Martin, SAP
AG, Jane’s Information Group and Siemens Building Technologies, presented
in sessions that demonstrated the value of their Arbortext applications.

“This conference has consistently been an excellent opportunity for
customers, partners and prospective customers to share best practices,
discuss the latest trends, learn about Arbortext’s newest software, and
walk away with more ideas and opportunities,” said Terry Welty, Arbortext’
s Vice President of Corporate Marketing.  “It was gratifying to see that
this year’s attendance grew by almost 40%.”


About Arbortext
Arbortext is a leading provider of Enterprise Publishing Software that
enables organizations to create and automatically publish large amounts of
information, such as technical manuals, pharmaceutical product
information, legal information and software documentation.  Enterprises
around the world use our software to publish in multiple languages to
multiple audiences in multiple hardcopy and electronic output formats.
Arbortext’s software is installed at over 1,400 organizations worldwide.

Current customers include American Express Financial Services, Audi,
Boeing, Bombardier, British Aerospace, Caterpillar, DaimlerChrysler,
Ericsson Telecom, Ford, General Electric, GM, IBM, International Thomson
Publishing, Lucent, Nokia, Nortel Networks, PeopleSoft, Pfizer, Ricoh, Sun
Microsystems, Toyota, United Airlines, Volkswagen and Volvo. Arbortext is
a founding member and active participant in the XML Activity of the World
Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA,
Arbortext has offices around the world. For more information, please visit
www.arbortext.com.


Contact: 	Beth Ambaruch, APR			David Stone
	  	Arbortext, Inc.				Ketchum
	  	+1 734.327.6014			+1 312.228.6967
	 	bea@arbortext.com			david.stone@ketchum.com

		Press room:  http://www.arbortext.com/html/press_room.html


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