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  * ANNOUNCE: XML:PUBLISHING REDEFINED FREE SEMINAR (UPDATED)
  * CFP: ACM SIGDOC 2001 Communicating in the New Millennium 
  * ANNOUNCE: Supporting TECHWR-L with Annual Sponsorships
  * JOB: Technical Writers needed, Boulder, CO 
  * ANNOUNCE: FRAMEMAKER-to-ACROBAT ADVANCED TECHNIQUES SEMINARS 
  * ANNOUNCE: New Web Site for Ideas: www.ideawatch.org 
  * TRAINING, Seattle, Chicago: Writing for International Audience 
  * ANNOUNCE: New TECHWR-L Archive Available
  * ANNOUNCE: SnagIt & Camtasia to capture, edit, present 

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ANNOUNCE: XML:PUBLISHING REDEFINED -- FREE SEMINAR

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. Agenda begins at 1:00 p.m., with
speakers until 4:00 p.m  All attendees are provided with the following:
- Presentation Notebook
- FrameMaker and FrameMaker+SGML 60-day Trial Versions
- WebWorks Publisher Training CD
- Adobe FrameMaker+SGML T-shirt
- Access to Adobe Certified Experts and XML Experts
- Networking Opportunity (we provide the time, you may use it to your
advantage!)

Please visit http://www.travelthepath.com/xmlevent.shtml for details and a
registration form.  Advance registration is required. Contact Bright Path
Solutions, at 919.547.0129 if you have any questions.

Bright Path Solutions is an Adobe Solution Sales Provider, offering
complete solutions for paper and eletronic publishing.  Services include
software training, technical training, project consulting, on-site
assistance, software licensing, and technical support.

Check our Web site for information on XML AUTHORITY training (Pittsburgh
this Spring).

2/21/01-3/7/01
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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

3/5/01-3/12/01
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ANNOUNCE: Supporting TECHWR-L with Annual Sponsorships 

Do you or others in your company benefit from TECHWR-L
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If you answered yes to these questions, or have otherwise
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In developing TECHWR-L, we chose not to use paid
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Your company's sponsorship will help us continue to maintain
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be invaluable in helping further develop these resources. 

3/5/01-3/12/01
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JOB: Technical Writers needed, Boulder, CO

Financial Times Energy is looking for one full-time, in-house technical
writer and two freelance technical writers who fit the following
qualifications: 

Full-time, on-site, mid-level technical writer needed. Will be responsible
for heading a team to write, edit, and maintain user guides, online help,
and training documentation for eight database and spatial software
products. The ideal candidate for this position will have at least 2 years
of experience writing technical documentation, familiarity with Microsoft
Word 2000 and RoboHelp (WinHelp and RoboHTML), good organization and
leadership skills.  This position will be based in our Boulder, CO,
offices.

Freelance technical writers needed to assist in writing user guides,
online help, and training documentation for eight database and spatial
software products.  Familiarity with MS Word 2000 and RoboHelp (WinHelp
and
RoboHTML) ideal.  

Please contact Rob Fair:  
rfair -at- ftenergy -dot- com

3/1/01-3/8/01
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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

Take a minute to visit the new TECHWR-L archive, which 
gives you complete access to TECHWR-L list messages--from 
the first messages posted in March 1993 to the current
day's TECHWR-L postings. To date, that's more than 120,000 
messages and approximately 700MB of data and technical
writing history at your fingertips! 

We've added this new archive in response to site visitor 
feedback, which indicated a need for a complete archive 
that 

* Returns focused results (minimizing irrelevant results) 
* Returns results quickly 
* Minimizes forms 
* Minimizes reloading pages 
* Offers flexibility to search by topic, author, thread, 
  or date 

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 
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Visit our web site to learn more and download FREE trial versions 
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1/1/01-3/31/01
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