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ANNOUNCE: Conference in Maui now open for registration!
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Filled with the holiday spirit, Dan the technical writer quickly passed
out gifts to his nieces and nephews at the family Christmas party.
The room was soon filled with the joyful sounds of children asking, "What
is it?"
Dan stood, and with a thunderous voice, said, "What you've received is the
screen capture program SnagIt."
They circled around him, clutching their SnagIt software.
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He cleared his throat. "And since that's what ALL of you want to be when
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Jan 27-31: FrameMaker Structured Document Publishing Boot Camp - RTP NC
Feb 03-04: XML Basics - RTP NC
Feb 05-07: XSL Basics - RTP NC
Feb 10-14: FrameMaker Boot Camp (basics & advanced) - Pittsburgh PA
Feb 17-18: Mastering WebWorks Publisher Professional 7 - RTP NC
Feb 19-21: Understanding DocBook - RTP NC
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Here's what's new in December, 2002:
* Welcome Information Mapping, Inc. as a
New TECHWR-L Annual Sponsor
* TECHWR-L Contributing Author Doug Isenberg
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* New Articles Published: Spotlight on Geoff Hart
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