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* ANNOUNCE: TECHWR-L Turns Nine Years Old! (NEW)
* STORY: Dan the Tech Writer and his support group
* TRAINING: MARCH 2002 ACROBAT TRAINING, PLUS FRAME AND INDEXING
* RoboHelp Enterprise 2002 for sale for $899 off list price
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* ANNOUNCE: 20% off for techwr-lers who document APIs!
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Hello, my name is Dan, and I'm a technical writer.
Hello, Dan, the support group chorused.
I've been addicted to technical writing for some time now. First, I
started small, with little contract projects here and there . . .
before I knew it, I had a full time job for a software company. I was
just churning out documentation . . .
I knew there was no turning back when I joined the TECHWR-L discussion
list. I enjoyed debating about one or two spaces after the period,
identified with the Deer in Headlights Syndrome, and even spent a lot
of time discussing whether or not I was a writer and if I was indeed
an artist.
Dan cleared his throat and shook his head.
I thought it couldn't get any worse -- then SnagIt came into my life.
The group members nodded their encouragement.
I don't know how I ever accomplished anything before SnagIt! It's
such a time saver - with profiles, I created and stored my most
frequently used settings so I didn't have to constantly change my
configuration. Then with multiple outputs, I could simultaneously
send my capture to as many outputs as I wanted. And, SnagIt offers
more input and output options than any other screen capture program
--input an object, web, text, video, direct x, graphical or program
file!
Not only that, but in SnagIt Studio I added annotation like text, arrows
and clipart, and in the Catalog I easily selected multiple files to save,
convert, print and e-mail in batches!
Dan, spent, flopped into his chair.
A member turned to him and whispered desperately, Is SnagIt really as good
as you say?
Dan nodded weakly. He looked around him and realized that he hadn't
helped at all - every support group member was itching to get to a
computer to download SnagIt.
Inwardly, he smiled. At least if he couldn't help them, he'd enjoy
the company in the SnagIt online forum.
TRAINING: MARCH 2002 ACROBAT HANDS-ON TRAINING, PLUS FRAMEMAKER AND
INDEXING WORKSHOPS
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
PLUS -- Currently seeking guinea pigs for roll-out of new FrameMaker+SGML
Structured Document Publishing class. Class will be held in Research
Triangle Park in June 2002. Email me to be placed on the list. Guinea
pigs will have a reduced rate for the class (from $2K down to $995).
Reduced fee only applies to June date.
Contact:
Kay Ethier
BRIGHT PATH SOLUTIONS
100 Park Drive, Suite 102
Research Triangle Park NC 27709-4265 USA
PHONE: 919.244.8559
RoboHelp Enterprise 2002 for sale for $899 off list price
I was recently given a copy of RoboHelp
Enterprise 2002 by eHelp
(https://www.ehelp.com/products/robohelp/).
However, while this application is really cool
and does some pretty powerful stuff, I use
FrameMaker and WebWorks Publisher to single-source
my work, and I don\'t have time to learn a new
piece of software. Therefore, I am selling my
unopened copy of the software for $1,000.00.
That\'s $899.00 off of the list price. I can
accommodate U.S. postal money orders, PayPal, or
can even set up a way for you to pay with a credit
card, if necessary. If you are interested, email
me at email -at- davidcastro -dot- com -dot-
ANNOUNCE: 20% off for techwr-lers who document APIs!
Documenting APIs isn't easy, and it's not for everyone.
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And for the entire month of March, techwr-lers get 20% off.
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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
theory and practice, between writing and technology.
April 6th is the deadline for proposals for the conference.
Please send proposals directly to the program chair:
Michael Priestley
mpriestl -at- ca -dot- ibm -dot- com
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