Abbotsford, BC Canada: April 12, 2006 -- upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. releases two more ebook titles for the new AutoCAD 2007 software from Autodesk: the updated edition of Tailoring AutoCAD 2007 and the brand-new Tailoring Visual Styles.

Updated! Tailoring AutoCAD 2007
(302 pages; US$30.20)

Now in its 5th edition, Tailoring AutoCAD 2007 is the popular e-book that shows step-by-step how to customize the best-selling CAD (computer-aided design) software. The e-book covers these tutorial subjects:

• Modifying AutoCAD's user interface.
• Creating aliases, keyboard shortcuts, toolbars, tool palettes, and menus.
• Writing toolbar and menu macros.
• Creating custom linetypes, hatch patterns, shapes/fonts, and templates.

Learn more about Tailoring AutoCAD 2007, read the full table of contents, and view select pages at http://www.upfrontezine.com/ta7.

New! Tailoring Visual Styles
(74 pages; 130 illustrations; US$11.10)

Tailoring Visual Styles is the brand-new mini-ebook on how to work with the new visual styles feature in AutoCAD. Contents include:

• Guided tour of visual styles.
• Working with the Tool Palette, Dashboard, Visual Styles toolbar, and Visual Styles palette.
• Commands and system variables that affect visual styles.
• Coverage of the perplexing Background and Ground Shadow options.
• Two full-length tutorials on creating visual styles.
• Dozens of tips.

  Learn more about Tailoring Visual Styles at http://www.upfrontezine.com/tvs.

Availability and Distribution

Both new e-books are available now as Adobe Acrobat file PDF for delivery via email, ftp, or Web browser. The e-book is also available on CD. The e-books feature:

• Illustrations in full color.
• Formatted for printing on standard 8.5x11 paper.
• Margin designed for three-hole punching.
• Immediate availability.