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* Training: SHLOMO PERETS' Acrobat/FM Workshops at EuroPDF Con (NEW)
* JOBS: Technical Writers in Seattle Area and India
* ANNOUNCE: New and Noteworthy on the TECHWR-L Site
* ANNOUNCE: INDEXING SKILLS WORKSHOPS FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS
* ANNOUNCE: TECHWR-L Sponsorship Opportunities Available
* ANNOUNCE: SnagIt & Camtasia to capture, edit, present
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Training: SHLOMO PERETS' Acrobat / FM Workshops at EuroPDF Conference
Make your PDFs come alive -- turn your files into high-quality
interactive, efficient delivery systems!
New Acrobat-related workshops offered at the European PDF Conference
in Edinburgh, Scotland (http://www.europdf.com), September 17-21:
* Designing Access to Information in PDF Document Collections (1/2 day)
* Acrobat & Multimedia (1/2 day)
* Testing Online and Interactive PDFs (evening class)
(These three workshops are independent of the authoring tools used)
* FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques seminar (1 day)
This special 1-day offering covers the essentials of the seminar (which
is usually 2 days long), while specific topics such as Testing PDFs and
Multimedia are offered as separate conference workshops.
All workshops are also open to participants not attending the conference.
PortalPlayer, Inc., is looking for technical writers in Kirkland, WA, and
Hyderabad, India. The Washington writer should have experience documenting
programming for developers (APIs, SDKs, etc.), and the India position
includes Web site maintenance. For more information, visit http://www.portalplayer.com/company/employment.htm.
Technical Writers, Technical Communicators, Information
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ANNOUNCE: Upcoming INDEXING SKILLS WORKSHOPS FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS
presented by Lori Lathrop
"An index is as important to your documentation as your documentation is
to the product."
(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.
U.S. DATES AND LOCATIONS:
August 31 - Ann Arbor, MI
September 28 - St. Louis, MO
November 16 - Seattle, WA
To request a brochure for any of these workshops, contact
LoriLathrop -at- compuserve -dot- com or call 704-531-0021. You may also download a
brochure as a PDF file from the IndexingSkills Web site
(http://www.indexingskills.com).
DOWN UNDER DATES AND LOCATIONS:
October 18 & 19 - Brisbane, Australia
To be announced - Melbourne, Australia
If you are interested in attending a workshop in Brisbane or Melbourne,
send an e-mail message to LoriLathrop -at- compuserve -dot- com
INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS:
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 Indexer's 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 her
workshops.
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If you answered yes to any of these questions, or have otherwise
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In developing TECHWR-L, we chose not to use paid
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develop the TECHWR-L list, Web site, and variety of services as
free resources to the community as a whole. We would like to
continue making TECHWR-L and its variety of services available
at no cost to the technical writing community because we think
they meet a significant information need. In short, we think
providing these services for free is simply the right thing to do.
Your company's sponsorship will help us continue to maintain
and develop the TECHWR-L community, which includes acquiring new
original content and developing new features, services, and
materials that meet the changing needs of the technical writing
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Second, tell your boss, supervisor, or company president just how
important TECHWR-L is to you, and suggest that their support would
be invaluable in helping further develop these resources.
Finally, after your company has agreed, contact Eric
(ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com) to set up the sponsorship and to arrange for
your "Thank you" dinner.
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