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  * ANNOUNCE: FRAMEMAKER-to-ACROBAT ADVANCED TECHNIQUES SEMINARS (NEW)
  * ANNOUNCE: New Web Site for Ideas: www.ideawatch.org (NEW)
  * TRAINING, Seattle, Chicago: Writing for International Audience 
  * ANNOUNCE: New TECHWR-L Archive Available
  * ANNOUNCE: SnagIt & Camtasia to capture, edit, present 
  * CFP: ACM SIGDOC 2001 Communicating in the New Millennium 
  * ANNOUNCE: Don't miss this workshop: Documenting APIs and SDKs 
  * ANNOUNCE: INDEXING SKILLS WORKSHOPS FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS 
  * JOB: Technical Writer Needed in Montreal 
  * ANNOUNCE: XML: PUBLISHING REDEFINED 

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ANNOUNCE: FRAMEMAKER-to-ACROBAT ADVANCED TECHNIQUES SEMINARS
   (Instructed by Shlomo Perets)

* Toronto, Canada: April 23-24 - Contact: Jason Birch (416-410.3250,
    mailto:jsb -at- front-runner -dot- com), Front Runner Publishing Solutions

* RTP, North Carolina: April 26-27 &
   Secaucus, New Jersey (near NYC), USA : April 30-May 1
   Contact: Kay Ethier (919-547.0129, mailto:kethier -at- travelthepath -dot- com)
   Bright Path Solutions

The two-day FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques Seminar is
designed for FrameMaker and Acrobat users who want to create high-
quality, interactive PDF files. Attend and you will learn multitudes
of undocumented techniques, creative solutions, and tips for defining
Acrobat features within FrameMaker.

Course materials include a 400-page course workbook with step-by-step
procedures, reference materials, technique descriptions and exercises,
and he following software add-ons: SP TimeSavers, FrameMaker Edition
(MicroType), Ari's Link Checker (Dionis) & PageLabeler (Carmen
Publishing).

See http://www.microtype.com for more info (and free resources).

2/28/01-3/7/01
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ANNOUNCE: New Web Site for Ideas: www.ideawatch.org

Announce: www.ideawatch.org

Check out the new hub for ideas in our profession!

Idea Watch (www.ideawatch.org) is for
the technical writer or other professional who, 
through ideas and intellectual 
debate about them, wants to revolutionize 
the products they create, the organizations 
they are in, the software they write about, 
and the lives they lead. Joining is free. 
The meetings are free. Join today. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION please see 
www.ideawatch.org or contact
us at squarej -at- nationwide -dot- com

2/28/01-3/7/01
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TRAINING, Seattle, WA and Chicago, IL: Writing and Designing for an 
     International Audience Seminar

Dates: 28 March 2001, Seattle, WA; and 16 May 2001, Chicago, IL. Cost:
$695, group discounts available.

Seminar presenter: Nancy Hoft 

This seminar is designed for technical writers and editors, documentation
managers, and localization specialists. It will cover techniques and
approaches that improve the quality of the source and translated
documentation, reduce overall cost, and speed up time-to-market. The
seminar will have an interactive lecture format and will include writing
exercises that allow participants to practice and review their newly
learned skills. The $695 fee covers course materials, a copy of
"International Technical Communications: How to Export Information about
High Technology", and lunch.

Tis seminar is one of a seven-part series of seminars that The
Localization Institute is offering in March 2001 in Seattle, WA, and in
May 2001 in Chicago, IL.  For complete seminar descriptions, agendas, and
registration information, please visit:
http://www.localization-institute.org.

2/18/01-3/2/01
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ANNOUNCE: New TECHWR-L Archive Available

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This new archive allows you to search by keyword(s), as 
well as browse by month/year, thread, and author. Check 
it out at http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/archives.html!

2/26/01-3/5/01
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ANNOUNCE: SnagIt & Camtasia to capture, edit, present

TechSmith's SnagIt and Camtasia software give you the power to 
capture and edit anything you see on your PC screen, plus your 
narration, and present it to anyone, anywhere! You won't find better 
tools for creating effective training, tutorials, demos and more in 
industry standard AVI and streaming media formats. 

Visit our web site to learn more and download FREE trial versions 
of SnagIt and Camtasia.  http://www.techsmith.com/twr

1/1/01-3/31/01
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ANNOUNCE: CALL FOR PAPERS: ACM SIGDOC 2001

Communicating in the New Millennium

October 21 - 24, 2001
Santa Fe, NM


As we enter the new millennium, communication is becoming increasingly
global. English-only Web sites are fast becoming a limiting factor in the
intellectual exchange of ideas and information. Indeed, the printed
document
is giving way to electronic formats, including non-textual and multimedia
representations of critical information. The host city for SIGDOC 2001 is
Sante Fe, New Mexico's state capital and the oldest capital city in the
United States. With its rich cultural heritage, Sante Fe provides a
fitting
setting to reflect on current issues and consider new challenges facing us
in 2001 and beyond.

SIGDOC is the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) Special Interest
Group for Documentation, a professional organization dedicated to advanced
topics in documentation for and with computers. In addition to recognizing
this year's Rigo and Diana award recipients, the SIGDOC 2001 program will
include invited talks, panel discussions, paper presentations, posters and
demonstrations, and exciting tutorials. New this year are working
sessions,
which are extended discussions on a focused topic of interest to
conference
attendees. SIGDOC 2001 will provide an opportunity for the exchange of
information related to exciting new research and experience reports in
areas including (but not limited to):

* National language support in all forms of documentation
* Migrating to multilingual Web sites
* Cultural issues for international audiences
* Making documentation available in multiple formats
* Fundamental design principles that transcend the medium

Please submit a 500-word proposal describing your topic, objective, and
presentation format (paper, panel, poster or demonstration, tutorial, or
working session). Include a short biography with your proposal.
Submissions
may be in Adobe Acrobat PDF, HTML, Microsoft Word, Postscript
(interpretable by Ghostscript), or plain text format. Proposals must be
sent as an email attachment to stilley -at- cs -dot- ucr -dot- edu by 5pm Pacific time on
Friday, April 6, 2001. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by
May 22, 2001. Final versions of accepted papers are due July 13, 2001.
Proceedings will be published by the ACM. Selected papers will be
considered for publication in a special issue of the ACM Journal of
Computer Documentation.

General Chair: Mary Jane Northrop, Enlighten, USA
Program Chair: Scott Tilley, Univ. of California, Riverside, USA

For More Information: www.cs.ucr.edu/~stilley/sigdoc2001


Program Committee:
  Cornelia Boldyreff, Univ. of Durham, UK
  Elliot Chikofsky, META Group, USA
  Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Clarkson Univ., USA
  Brad Mehlenbacher, NC State Univ., USA
  Michael Priestley, IBM Toronto, Canada
  Dennis Smith, Software Engineering Institute, USA
  Kenny Wong, Univ. of Alberta, Canada

2/25/01-3/4/01
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ANNOUNCE: Don't miss this workshop: Documenting APIs and SDKs

Documenting APIs and SDKs: a guide for non-programmers

Documenting SDKs isn't easy, and it's not for everyone.
But it's a highly-sought skill. It will bring you respect.
And it's one of the best-paying gigs in our industry. 

So why not move up to the peak of our profession? 
Sign up today for this revealing 2-day workshop, 
co-sponsored by the STC Montreal Chapter.

When: Monday March 12 + Tuesday March 13, 2001
Where: downtown Montreal (and coming to Israel soon!)
Presenter: Manuel Gordon, award-winning technical writer 
and professor of computer science, who specializes in SDKs.  

Cost: C$495 for STC-Montreal members, plus taxes 
      C$595 (US$400) for non-members, plus taxes 

For more information, call Diana Halfpenny at (514) 489-5329 
or visit http://www.gordonandgordon.com/apisandsdks.html

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ANNOUNCE: Upcoming INDEXING SKILLS WORKSHOPS FOR 
    TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS
presented by Lori Lathrop

The one-day workshop is for writers and editors who need 
to create usable indexes for either printed or online
documents. Writers will learn to apply several productivity 
tips and techniques in indexing technical documentation.

DATES AND LOCATIONS:

        March 30 - Greenville, SC
        April 6 - Greensboro, NC
        April 20 - Denver, CO
        May 25 - Newark, NJ

To request a brochure for any of these workshops, contact 
LoriLathrop -at- compuserve -dot- com (http://www.indexingskills.com) 
or call 704-531-0021.

"An index is as important to your documentation as your 
documentation is to the product."  (Lori Lathrop)

Lori Lathrop is a Past President of the American Society of 
Indexers (ASI) and a Senior Member of the Society for 
Technical Communication (STC). The second edition of her 
book, An Indexers Guide to the Internet, was published by 
Information Today Inc. in 1999, and she is currently writing 
Indexing Skills for Technical Communicators, which is based 
on the workshops she delivers to corporate clients throughout 
North America.

LoriLathrop -at- compuserve -dot- com
http://www.indexingskills.com

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JOB: Technical Writer Needed in Montreal

Interfacing Technologies Corporation develops business process 
modeling and management applications and solutions. 
JOB DESCRIPTION: 
* Write, edit, update and publish user documentation, Help and 
training materials. 
* Contribute to internal and published information products. 
* Provide information-product support for sales and marketing.
* Contribute to the success of the team. 
QUALIFICATIONS: 
* University degree, preferably in technical writing, English, 
or translation 
* 2 years work experience as a technical writer, experience 
documenting software
* Impeccable written English. Good spoken and written French 
* Strong computer skills. Experience with portal technologies 
and system documentation, HTML-based Help authoring desirable 
* Mastery of technical communication tools. Attention to detail.
* Ability to lead and follow effectively. 
APPLY TO: 
mary -dot- perchanok -at- interfacing -dot- com -dot-  Website: www.interfacing.com.


2/21/01-2/28/01
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ANNOUNCE: XML: PUBLISHING REDEFINED

Bright Path Solutions is hosting Adobe's XML-related
event --"XML:Publishing Redefined"-- in two cities. There is no fee to
attend. Advance registration is required.

March 13 -- Pittsburgh PA
(Station Square)

March 15 -- Research Triangle Park NC
(Holiday Inn-RTP)

The agenda includes speakers from Adobe Systems, Bright Path
Solutions, Caxton Inc., and TIBCO Extensibility. A lite lunch (RTP)
begins at noon; speakers run from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in both
cities.

Please visit http://www.travelthepath.com/xmlevent.shtml for more
details and a Bright Path Solutions registration form. Contact Bright
Path Solutions at the number below if you have any questions regarding
the content or how it may fit your specific need. 

Phone: 919.547.0129

2/21/01-3/7/01
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