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* STORY: Winning with SnagIt
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TRAINING: ADOBE FRAMEMAKER FOR A NEW ERA: Navigating the Changing Seas
of Publishing
Are you looking for ways to move your documentation into today's world?
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January 26-30, 2004
Five days of training, over 1,000 pages of reference material.
>From $400 up to $1,200 per person, depending on days attended.
You need this class if.
. your most recent FrameMaker "trainer" had a front and back cover
. you need to publish to multiple channels
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. you are moving to Structured FrameMaker
. you are upgrading from a prior version of FrameMaker
. you need to learn more about XML
. your skill set needs updating for job opportunities
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Dan the technical writer picked up his nephew Josh from school.
"What are you going to be for Halloween, Uncle Dan?" Josh asked.
"I'm going as a screen capture software icon - SnagIt," Dan answered.
Josh looked doubtful.
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JOB: Senior level Technical Writer Needed in New York City
Senior Technical Writer position available in NYC
You will be required to maintain existing and create new
in-depth technical documentation for a wide range of client/
server and web applications and technologies with little
guidance in a dynamic environment. Most documentation needs
are based on needs that you perceive through personal
interaction and observation, sometimes based solely on
questions about existing documentation.
You will be required to interact with personnel from a wide
range of technology groups. Also, because much of the system
is based on critical real-time data movement, you must be
prepared to immediately react to user's needs.
You will be required to know how to triage documentation
creation activities when time/urgency requires.
Most important, you must want to create great documentation
above and beyond the required through the application of
imagination, planning, and experience.
Requirements:
Understand:
- how to develop Design and Operational documentation, and
know the difference. This includes documentation such as
"As Built/Design", "Run", and "Build" document sets.
- how to document and diagram business processes and data
flows.
- relational databases, specifically MSSQL; knowledge of
Oracle databases a plus.
- "Enterprise Application Integration" applications;
knowledge of TIBCO and SeeBeyond eGate applications a
plus.
- technologies behind WinDNA, including MSMQ, COM+, and
Soap.
- how to create/edit PDFs
- Java, HTML, CSS, XML, UML
- Graphics; including how to create, how to convert between
formats, and when to apply specific formats.
- how to create HTML Help and Web Help
Hardware/Software Application Requirements:
Adobe FrameMaker, MS Visio, Adobe Acrobat, MS Word, Excel,
Project, MS SQL Server Query Analyzer and Enterprise
Manager, CA Associates ERwin, MS Server OS, SeeBeyond
eGate, and TIBCO
This position is in lower mid-town New York City. Contact
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attached Word resume.
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