November 10, 2006 -- lynda.com, the company specializing in self-paced career and computer training in digital media and design, today introduced FileMaker Pro 8.5 Beyond the Basics.

After teaching the fundamentals of this powerful application in FileMaker Pro 8.5 Essential Training, author Cris Ippolite continues his comprehensive training with FileMaker 8.5 Beyond the Basics. Taking it beyond the program's essentials, this set of tutorials covers topics as varied as data modeling, defining fields using aggregate functions, summarizing with multiple variables and networking with FileMaker Server. Exercise files accompany the training videos.

"We've offered basic FileMaker training for a long time, and are happy to satisfy our customers' requests for more advanced training. This training will help beginning FileMaker users take their work to a new level of complexity and functionality," says Lynda Weinman, CEO of lynda.com.

FileMaker Pro 8.5 received 4.5 mice from Macworld magazine, which says that the application's many new features -- especially its Web Viewer -- are of benefit to users. FileMaker Pro 8.5 is also a Techworld Recommended product. Techworld commends the program for its many new features, each of which is taught thoroughly in this set of tutorials.

Anyone with an Internet connection can access FileMaker Pro 8.5 Beyond the Basics by subscribing to lynda.com's Online Training Library™. A separate DVD version of FileMaker Pro 8.5 Beyond the Basics is scheduled for release later this month.

Subscriptions to the lynda.com Online Training Library™ start at $25 per month, and provide access to more than 14,000 movie tutorials covering a wide range of technology career tools, software and techniques. Subscribers can access any of the computer-based training titles at their convenience. Multi-user subscriptions are also available for companies and institutions seeking to provide education and training to groups.

For free online samples of FileMaker Pro 8.5 Beyond the Basics and more detailed product information, please visit http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=281.

To arrange to view the full training title, please contact lynda.com.

For more information on lynda.com products, please visit http://www.lynda.com or call 1-888-335-9632.

About lynda.com
Since 1997, lynda.com has provided education and technical training solutions for designers, computer graphics specialists, digital media users, and computer owners. lynda.com products include web-based training, instructional books, CD- and DVD-based video training, self-paced online learning and events for creative designers, instructors, students and hobbyists. lynda.com specializes in teaching fundamental design and graphics principles along with the latest computer software, digital media technologies and techniques.

About Cris Ippolite
Cris Ippolite is the president and founder of iSolutions, Inc., a Santa Monica-based custom software and web design firm. Cris is a FileMaker 7 and FileMaker 8 Certified Developer as well as an Authorized FileMaker Professional Trainer and one of 25 partner-level FileMaker Solution Alliance members in the world. He is also a regular speaker at several technology conferences, including Flashforward, FileMaker Developer Conference and Macworld. Visit him on the web at www.isolutions-inc.com.