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ANNOUNCE: 20% off for techwr-lers who document APIs!
Documenting APIs isn't easy, and it's not for everyone.
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ACM SIGDOC 2002: connect
October 20-23, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
In an increasingly connected world, documentation cannot be
produced in isolation. Our dependencies on other team members,
and on expertise from related disciplines, require both a broad
understanding and a deep appreciation of our industry and our
place in it. This year^Òs conference will focus on making
connections: with our peers in industry and academe, between
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April 6th is the deadline for proposals for the conference.
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TRAINING: Upcoming Training, March 2002, Acrobat in NC, PA; others
Bright Path Solutions, an Adobe solution provider and WebWorks University
site, has the following Adobe Acrobat classes scheduled for March 2002.
Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Hands-on Training:
March 11-12, Research Triangle Park NC
March 25-26, Pittsburgh PA
Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Workshop (using student files):
March 13: Research Triangle Park NC
ALSO COMING in MARCH:
The Master Series: a FrameMaker SkillBuilder Workshop
Various US and Canadian locations
$149 (full day plus copy of "The Master Series: FrameMaker 6")
Applied Indexing (best practices; not tool specific):
March 21-22, Research Triangle Park NC
TRAINING: INDEXING SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS
Presented by Lori Lathrop (LoriLathrop -at- compuserve -dot- com / http://www.indexingskills.com)
"An index is as important to your documentation as your documentation is
to
the product." (Lori Lathrop)
DATE: Friday, April 19, 2002
TIMES: 8 AM to 4:30 PM
LOCATION: Wingate Inn, 5661 Windhover Drive, Orlando, FL 32819
AUDIENCE: 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.
NOTE: Registration fees have not increased this year!
EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATIONS ( received by March 28):
$300 (single registration) / $275 (per attendee - group rate for 3-6
registrations)
LATE REGISTRATIONS (subject to availability after March 28):
$335 (single registration) / $325 (per attendee - group rate for 3-6
registrations)
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.
To request a workshop brochure, send an e-mail message to
LoriLathrop -at- compuserve -dot- com
For more information on upcoming workshops and presentations, please see http://www.indexingskills.com/wkshpsch.html
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