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Subject:RE: keeping writing samples for a portfolio From:Diane Evans <Diane -dot- Evans -at- marconi -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 2 May 2002 14:57:38 -0700
>because it's online help and therefore
>somewhat context-sensitive, how can I keep samples
>that would be meaningful to a potential employer?
I once kept a table-of-contents report from RoboHelp. Although it didn't
show any proprietary data, it did show the categories of information and how
they were displayed, as well as the number of topics that I had written.
Ask for the moon, but settle for its reflection in the pond in your
backyard.
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