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Hi Chris,
I've been using Flare for a year and a half and it's been a steep learning curve! I was fortunate enough to have a boss who paid that high cost to get me a couple of the Flare training classes. I also had no CSS experience when we signed up for Flare and I'm a lone tech writer.
I used a book called "Five Steps to Flare" by Lorraine Kupka and Joy Underhill and I thought it was helpful.
If you ever get the money or chance, I highly recommend getting some training from Scott DeLoach (http://www.clickstart.net/). I've had training courses from others, had support from MadCap's tech support, and used the Flare forums, but IMHO, Scott's the cream of the crop.
Hope this helps,
Jennifer
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Did you use any books or other ancillary tools?
On a related topic, I'm considering the title, "XML In Technical Communication" and wonder if any techwr-lers have read it.
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>wrote:
> Self taught. I used the MadCap forums as a backup. The people there
> are friendly and excellent.
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> > How did you get Flare training? I've already looked at Madcap's
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