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Re: Recommended apps to learn as a new tech writer...
Subject:Re: Recommended apps to learn as a new tech writer... From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:44:08 -0700 (PDT)
FrameMake is very big in the telecom field. I'd learn FM for words,
Visio for drawing, and Robohelp for help systems...yes, RH is no
longer being developed, but that's most of what they ask for.
> recommend 2-3 software apps that I should focus on learning before
> I
> applying for work in this field? I've looked through the archives
> and
> seen quite a few mentioned (RoboHelp, FrameMaker, DocToHelp) but
> I'd like to know which would be most beneficial to learn starting
> out.
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