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TECHWR-L Mailing List Archive December 1995

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1117 messages

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<Tina Stella>

• Technical Writer Positions

Al Rubottom

• Teaching/Learning Writing/Grammar
• stress
• usted, as in Como esta usted?
• Re: PCMCIA cards, Internet vs. internet
• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb
• Re: hyphenating email/e-mail/E-mail
• Re: CE Safety Symbols/Verbage vs US Cautions/Warnings?

Alexander Von_obert

• Translation questions
• Word Macro virus
• Gender-specific language (was: your mail)
• Gender Bias in Pronouns
• Document Version Control System
• gender issues and using 'you'
• Changing our Language
• Changing our language
• HELP! ISO info needed...
• Re[2]: Why SGML?
• Thanks to native speakers
• Project estimates
• Re. More notes on translation
• CE Safety Symbols/Verbage vs US Cautions/Warnings?
• Technical Writer Backgrounds
• A disturbing trend?
• Tech Speak: The Sex Scene
• Hobbys (and other stuff) on resumes

Amy Welden

• Re: "Learning" Language

Anderson,Mark

• Value Added

andrew dolan

• Newbie Seeks Advice on Contract Editing
• Re: Ethics of Helping with Student Papers (summary-long)

Andrew Woodhouse

• Re: Boring discussion
• Please stop vague language discussions
• Re: Use of language
• Re: PCMCIA cards, Internet vs. internet

Andy Todd

• [no subject]

Angela Williams

• Problems Compiling Localized Online Help Files

Anita Z. Fite

• Re: Engineerspeak (was: an observation about writing)

Anne Weiler

• Re: hobbies & interests on resumes

Arlen P. Walker

• Re[2]: FWD: "Illiterate America"
• Re[2]: Collecting Receivables
• Re[2]: We don't "learn" language!
• Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• Re: C-I-V-I-L-I-T-Y
• Re[2]: "Learning" Language
• From Guy McDonald (Looong)
• Re: What's a Webmaster?
• Re: Job Posting, Milwaukee Wisconsin
• Re: PCMCIA vs PC Card
• Re[2]: Certification (long)
• Re[2]: Certification (long)

Arlyn Lee

• Questionnaire - How to do?

Audrey Anglemyer

• Re: Tech Writers that can't write a Resume
• Re: Certification

B.G. Mahesh

• Re: Nice HTML Style Guide

Bachison, Cliff W. @ SLG

• CE WEEKLY

Barbara Weiss

• Re: your mail
• Re: Gender-specific language (was: your mail)

Ben Kovitz

• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb

Bennett Zucker

• Freelance Telecom Analysts Needed

Beryl Doane

• Cross-Platform Help
• Re: gender issues and tech.write
• Re: Gender Bias In Re Apostrophes Within Pronouns
• Re: PCMCIA cards

Bev Parks

• Re: gender neutral stuff
• Re: Drop out
• Re: Solipsism
• Re: Acronyms in section headers
• Re: PCMCIA cards
• Re: Acronyms in section headers
• Re: Solipsism
• Re: Solipsism
• Re: hyphenating email/e-mail/E-mail
• Re: Resumes - writing your own

Beverly Parks

• Help: Trade Show Display
• Re: small caps and acronyms
• Re: How much has tech writing increased?
• Re: We don't "learn" language!
• Re: gender issues and tech.write
• PCMCIA cards
• Re: Resume Scanning
• Re: My, we're all just working like DOGS around Christmas, aren't we?
• Internet vs. internet
• Re: PCMCIA cards, Internet vs. internet
• Re: S/he discussion
• Re: hyphenating email/e-mail/E-mail
• Re: ... (and e-mail/email)
• Subscribing to Copyediting-L
• Re: Suggested topics other than grammar and language
• Gender-Free Pronoun FAQ
• Re: Literature & tech writing (was: I am a trademark)
• Re: Picking at scabs

Bill Brucksch

• technical marketing communications

Bill Sullivan

• Re: ... (and e-mail/email) -Reply
• "Increment" as a verb -Reply
• e-mail/email -Reply
• American Military-Style Style Manuals -Reply
• Re: Hobbies on resumes -Reply

Binion Amerson

• Re: Conferences

Bob Morrisette

• User Survey Questions
• Resume Scanning: was Tech writer who can't write a resume
• Sources for software (Frame)
• Re: e-mail or email

Bob Morse

• AN EXAMPLE OF OUTSTANDING WRITING

Bonni Graham

• Re: Sharon Rosenthal's comments re: finding a new job
• Re: Paid vs. unpaid internships
• Re: features gone mad
• Re: Humorous musings passed on via a med student (Happy Holiday
• Re: Boring discussions
• Re: Certification
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: Certification
• Re: Certification (long)
• Certification Redux (short)
• Re: the document development process
• Re: TW on the development team (long)
• Re: Re[3]: Certification & improvement (longish)
• Resume

Brad Barnes (T)

• Re: You, you, you . . .
• Re: "Y'all" is the Southern plural of you

Brad DeMond

• Fig./Figs. [wide-ranging summary/long]

Brenda Huettner

• the use of "you" - was gender issues

burgamw1

• Re: Boring discussions

Callaghan, Dennis V.

• What's a Webmaster?

Caplan, Michael

• Re: TW on the development team

Carl Stieren

• DOS Screen capture under Windows 95
• [no subject]
• DOS Screen Capture in a Win 95 DOS Box
• DOS Screen Capture under Windows 95

caroline nachman

• how do you manage your lists of interesting sources and bright ideas?
• what's best way to store, index, retrieve your ideas, notes, clippings for writing?

Caryn Rizell

• Re: Job Decriptions and Salary Justification
• Re: New Freelance Writer - Any Tips?
• Re: We don't "learn" language!
• WinHelp Conference in Seattle
• Re: Cross-Platform Help
• Re: ??
• Why SGML?
• Re: Cross-Platform Help
• unix man pages

Cathy Luther

• Re: Tech Writer's test
• Re: Tech Writers' test

Chancellor & Chancellor

• Tech writer job in Alameda, CA: on-line Windows Help system

Charles Good

• Re: how does one become a techwriter
• Re: White Papers?
• Re: Why SGML?
• Re: Document Management Software
• Re: technical marketing communications
• Re: Windows Documentation Style Guide

Cheryl Kidder

• Politically correct vs. accurate

Chet Ensign

• Re: sgml
• SGML/Structured Documentation Seminar
• SGML & Databases at the January SGML Forum of NY

Cheverie, Paul [Cont]

• Re: Collecting Receivables
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Going No mail
• Going NoMail??

Christy Langley

• Give'em what THEY want!
• [no subject]
• Strunk & White Online

Cobb, Bryan K (B. K)

• PCMCIA vs PC Card
• PC Card / PCMCIA

Cody Jones

• Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Colleen Dancer (02) 333-1862

• Re: "Proper use of commas in England?"
• Re: "the Queen's English"
• Re: the Queen's English"
• Re: "Teaching writing"
• S/he discussion

Connie Winch

• Re: State of the art
• Re: Sharon Rosenthal's comments re: finding a new job
• how we learn English
• Help: "Increment" as verb
• certification
• Final post (from me anyways) on "increments"

Constance Joanna Sheldon

• Re: FWD: "Illiterate America"

Cornelisen, Renee @ SLG

• source code
• Changing the Language

Craig Cockburn

• Re: Nice HTML Style Guide

Craig Patchett

• Re: your mail
• Re: your mail
• Re: Sexism and Pronouns
• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns

Dan Lupo

• Internships
• White Papers?

Dan Martillotti

• Re: Re. Certification (sorry, its long)

Dan S. Azlin

• Re: DOS Screen capture under Windows 95
• Re: -No Subject-
• Re: Acronyms in section headers
• Re: an observation about writing
• Re: an observation about writing

Daniel Fierro

• R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• writing own resume

Dave L. Meek's User Account

• Art of the Edge?
• Re: Gender Bias In Re Apostrophes Within Pr
• Re: Re[2]: Tech Writer's test

David Blyth

• Re[2]: We don't "learn language!
• Re: how does one become a techwriter
• single source docs (rather long)Dec 1995
• Re: Boring discussions
• Tech Writer's test
• Tech Writer's Test
• Re: unix man pages
• Re: unix man pages
• TW on the development team (short)

David Carr

• Re: technical marketing communications

David Dubin

• R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• Re: Boring Discussions
• [no subject]

David Dvorkin

• Learning English Thread
• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb

David Farkas

• Online editing and review

David Fisher

• Re: Changing our Language

DAVID IBBETSON

• Re: Ethics - Helping with a Thesis
• Re: Collecting Receivables
• Re: writing own resume
• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns
• Re: gender issues and using 'you'
• Re: Sexism and Pronouns
• Re: Why SGML?
• Re: Changing our Language
• Tech Writers' test
• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns
• You/thou
• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns
• Re: Why SGML?
• he/she/it again
• Tech writer's test
• Re: Use of language
• Give 'em what THEY want
• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb
• increment
• Re: Certification
• Re: hyphenating email
• Re: Certification
• Re: Certification (long)
• Re. Re. Certification
• Strunk and White
• References -- just the facts
• Re: Request help

David L. Bergart

• Multiple copies of digest and odd file

davpic

• UNIX online help viewers

Debbie Lemasters

• Sources for software (Frame)

Dennis Hays/The Burden Lake Group, Ltd.

• Re: TW on the development team (long)
• Re: Resumes - writing your own
• More on salaries

DFIERRO

• Happy Holidays

Diane Brennan

• Re: What's a Webmaster?

diane haugen

• Re: FWD: "Illiterate America"
• teaching writing
• Teaching Grammar (long
• Popular book contract

Diane K. Ritchey

• Translation questions summary (LONG)

Diane Peters

• the Queen's English (was Re: "Proper use of commas in England?")
• Re: Advice on User's Manual
• Talking Birds (was Re: the Queen's English)

Dick Buchanan

• Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 18 Nov 1995 to 19 Nov 1995

DIGEST Jason Pare

• Re[2]: Writing internships?

Dimock, Dick

• Electronic Review of Documents
• Christmas Humor, Big Corporation-Style
• Short Sigs? OK, you got it.
• Data^Base, Database
• Bonnie's document development process

Don Edwards

• Project estimates

Donna Blakeslee

• "The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing" by Casey Miller and Kate Swift

Donna Ellis

• Re: Tech Writing Job Stress

Doug Ingram

• Job Decriptions and Salary Justification

Doug, Data Librarian at Ext 4225

• Re: Writing internships?
• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb
• Re: Project estimates
• Re: Project estimates

E. Hadjimichael

• STW...??
• Re: New Freelance Writer - Any Tips?
• Re: New Freelance Writer - Any Tips?
• Re: how does one become a techwriter
• Re: Tech Writer's Test

Ellen Fenwick

• Ethics of Helping with Student Papers (summary-long)

Emily Skarzenski

• Grammar, English, and foreign languages

Eric J. Ray

• Portland Chapter President
• Job, Science Writer, PA
• Job, Maryland
• Standard Information from Listowner
• Re: Solipsism
• Salaries From State to State U.S. (fwd)
• MS Exchange etc.

Eric Ray

• Re: Please stop vague language discussions

Esther Wheeler

• Re: gender issues and using 'you'
• Certification "benefits"

Faith Weber

• "Increment" as a verb

Fionnuala Broughan

• single source docs (rather long)

Frank Harper

• Re: Screen Captures

Fred Wersan

• job opening Burlington, Mass

Gaignard, Karen

• Designing a Catalogue

Garret Romaine

• Re: gender issues and using 'you'
• Re: PCMCIA cards
• Re: Word 6 Chapter Management
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: Much of the Net is Humor Impaired
• Re: Humor, or manners impaired?

Gary Merrill

• Re: Ethics - Helping with a Thesis
• Re: Ethics of editing theses
• Re: Electronic Review
• Re: Electronic Review
• Re: Cross-Platform Help
• Re: Cross-Platform Help

Gene H. Barron

• Tech Writer wanted

Geoff Hart

• Re. Toolbar button
• Re. More notes on the toolbar icon
• Re. Online org. chart
• Re. Use of multimedia
• Re. Ethics of editing theses
• Re. Editor = idiot
• Re. Learning to speak/write
• Re. Catalog design
• Re. Small caps for acronyms
• Re. Nonstandard standard paper sizes
• Re. Gender neutrality yet again!
• Re. Verocious readers
• Re. Use of voice in instructions
• A disturbing trend?
• Re. Keywords and resumes
• Re. PC Cards
• Re. (Groan...) Gender neutral pronouns
• Re. More notes on translation
• The graphistes strike back!
• Re. Alternating he and she in examples?
• Re. Safety symbols
• Re. Contractions in translations?
• Re. Resume vs. CV?
• Re. Certification
• Re. Crummy local newspapers?
• Re. Certification rebuttal/follow-on

George Allaman

• Re: Screen Captures
• Gender Bias in Pronouns
• Re: Cross-Platform Help
• Boring Discussions
• Resume Scanning
• Re: Sexism and Pronouns
• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns
• Use of Second Person
• Re: Resume Scanning
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns

George Hayhoe

• Re: Job Decriptions and Salary Justification
• Gender-Neutral 3rd Person Singular
• Footnote to the "You All" Controversy

GINGER JONES

• [no subject]

Glenda Jeffrey

• Re: Screen Captures
• Re: small caps and acronyms

Grant Hogarth

• Re: How much has tech writing increased?
• (Fwd) S/he, "you," etc.
• Re: Technical Writer Backgrounds
• (Fwd) FW: The Polar Express Share the Spirit '95 Campaign
• Re: Project estimates
• Re: 2 words or one
• Re: Resumes - writing your own- Hobbies
• Re: Certification (long)
• Re: Project estimates (in a perfect world)
• Re[3]: Certification & improvement (longish)
• Re: Resumes - writing your own - Hobbies

Grant Lowe

• Acronyms in section headers

Greg Cento

• gender issues and tech.write

Gregory Keith

• Ventura 5.0 -> FrameMaker 5.0?
• Re: Where is usability WEB site?
• Re: Windows Documentation Style Guide

Gretchen Toth

• [no subject]
• Phantom emailer

Guy K. Haas

• Re: Changing our Language

Guy McDonald

• Holiday Humor for Tech Writers\Engineers
• Fwd: Re: Please Help this Lady
• Hate Mail (or food for the trash can)
• Re: Resume Scanning
• Re: -No Subject-
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: TW Backgrounds
• Re: Changing our Topic (please)
• Re: Dropped?
• Re: Changing our Language
• Resume Subject (cleaning out my system, sorry if a repeat)
• MS Exchange vs. IBM Mainframe Configuration Warning
• Re: Certification
• Re: Certification, sign me up (NOT)
• [no subject]
• Re: CE WEEKLY
• [no subject]
• Damn Lawyers, damn lawyers, damn lawyers
• Re: Unintentional attachment??
• Dead lawyers give good advice
• Request help
• VIRUS ALERT ON THIS LIST !!!!

Gwen Barnes

• Re: PCMCIA cards
• S/he, "you," etc.
• Re: an observation about writing

Heilan Yvette Grimes

• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns

Helen Hegelheimer

• Re: small caps and acronyms
• Re: Cross-Platform Help
• Re: A disturbing trend?
• Re: A disturbing trend?

Heli Roosild

• Re: State of the art
• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume
• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume

Herman Holtz

• Tech writers and proposal writing
• Re: teaching writing
• Re: Military Style Manuals
• Re: Resumes - writing your own

Hilary Lane

• Cyber-censorship

Hofer, Theresa M PL

• Re: Teaching writing (was FWD: Illiterate America)
• Re: Re. Editor = idiot (now writer = ignoramus)
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: Contractions in User Guides
• Re: Use of Second Person

Huber, Mike

• Re: Proper use of commas in England?
• Re: Learning English Thread
• Re: Teaching/Learning Writing/Grammar
• Re: Grammar and learning to write
• Re: "Learning" Language
• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns
• Re: Sexism and Pronouns
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: ... (and e-mail/email)
• Re: ... (and e-mail/email)
• Re: Certification

HUNTER_W

• Tech writer who can't write a resume

Ian Macdonald

• Re: freelancer questions
• Re: Translation questions summary...

Ian Rosner

• Training

Ian White

• Re: Proper use of commas in England?
• Re: Misc Contracting Tip About Pricing

Isabelle Delalande

• superscripts - software interface

Jack Shaw

• Re: Here's one for the "I Hate Doing Books in WORD" Fan Club
• Re: PCMCIA cards = Microcards? Minicards? Cardettes? Slotcards?...

James Hom

• Some usability-related web sites...

Jane Bergen

• Re: "Learning" Language
• Re: We don't learn language
• Re: Resume Scanning
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: White Papers?
• Re: A disturbing trend?What???

Jane Sluijk-Brooks

• Technical Writing Opportunity in the Netherlands!

JANET KAY RODINA

• Re: Generic "he"

Janet Renze

• Re: Tufte's seminars
• Employment Opportunity--IL

Janet Valade

• Framemaker Vendors
• Scanning resumes

jankwig

• Re: salary ranges

Jared M. Spool

• Re: Advice On User Manuals
• Building Paper Mockups (was: Advice On User Manuals)
• Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 18 Nov 1995 to 19 Nov 1995
• Re: WinHelp Conference in Seattle

Jay Jordan

• Re: Strunk & White Online

Jeffrey Pittman

• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: Tech Writer's test

Jennie Achtemichuk

• Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• Re: "the Queen's English"

Jesse Kaysen

• Re: Talking Birds (was Re: the Queen's English

Jill Clay

• -No Subject-

Jim Grey

• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb
• Re: ... (and e-mail/email)

Jim Kitzmiller

• Grammar, English, and foreign languages -Reply

Jim T. Lindsey

• Converting Frame 5 to Word 6
• Re: Boring Discussions

Jim Venis

• Re: Changing our Language

Joan Smith

• Palm Beaches STC Chapter December Dinner

Joanna Sheldon

• Re: Advice On User Manuals
• Re: your mail
• Re: The singular 'they'

Joe Thornell Sr.

• Re: Technical Writer Backgrounds

Joel Cambron

• Re: Contractions in User Guides

John Bell

• Document Management Software
• Certification
• Certification
• Spelling
• Certification

John Gabbert

• CE Safety Symbols/Verbage vs US Cautions/Warnings?

John Gear

• Re: State of the art
• Paid vs. unpaid internships
• Teaching Grammar
• Tech writing and stress
• Censorship and Technical Communicators
• Re: internships (long post)
• Make those calls, ASAP!

John P. Brinegar

• Re: What do we need before passing GO...
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: Becoming a TW from a technical background
• Suggested topics other than grammar and language
• Re: Project estimates
• Re: Time-Saving Doc. Development Process
• Saving time in the doc development process
• Re: TW on the development team (long)

John Posada

• Re: Tech writers and proposal writing
• Re: How much has tech writing increased?
• Conversion software
• Conversion SW
• Re: Resumes - writing your own
• Re: Resumes - writing your own

John Renish

• Hobbies on resumes
• Gender-specific pronouns

John Wilcox

• Phantom emailer (fwd)
• Jobless in Seattle
• Re: HELP! ISO info needed...
• Re: unix man pages

Johnny One Note

• r e s o l u t i o n f o r 1 9 9 6

Johnson, Mike C. @ SLG

• TW Job Stress
• Neologism Discovered!
• Increment

Jonathan Leer

• Curious about Job Search Methods
• Collecting Receivables

Joyce Flaherty

• Re[2]: "Learning" Language

Julie A. Zagorski

• Re: Cross-Platform Help
• Re: Portfolio Design
• Comparisons

Julie MacAller

• Help Wanted--Contract Position

K Watkins

• Word and auto-generated cross-references (Part 1 of 2)
• Word and auto-generated cross-references (Part 2 of 2)
• Re: Screen Captures
• Re: Use of Second Person
• Re: "Increment" as verb
• Gender-specific pronouns

Kahn, Stacey

• Re: Re[2]: Illiterate America... verging off-topic
• small caps and acronyms
• Re: How much has tech writing increased?... verging off-topic
• Re: Use of language
• Re: Certification
• Yet another Word question

Karen Kay

• Re: PCMCIA cards
• Re: PCMCIA cards
• Re: Salaries
• Re[2]: Certification (long)
• Certification vs curriculum
• Comparing Apples to Apples
• Re: Certification vs curriculum

Karen Mayer

• Re: Tech Writers that can't write a Resume
• Re: Word 7.0/95
• Re: "Learning" Language
• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume
• Contractions in User Guides
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: Use of Second Person
• Re: "Y'all" is the Southern plural of you

karen randolph

• Re: Gender in languages (long)
• Re: gender in writing
• Remember the Audience

Karyl Severson

• Boring Discussions/Setting Expectations

Kat Nagel/MasterWork

• Working from engineering specs
• Re: Managing diagrams & screen shots for paper/online
• Teaching writing (was FWD: Illiterate America)
• Re: Phantom emailer
• Phantom emailer
• design reference
• Boring? Naaaah! (long)
• Re: technical marketing communications
• Re: Thanks to native speakers
• Re: damn laywers (long)
• Re: Unintentional attachment??
• Re: Email woes and Eudora

Kate M. Jarsulic

• any webmaker users??

Keith Calvert Ivey

• Re: hyphenating email/e-mail/E-mail
• Re: Request help (WINMAIL.DAT)

Keith Wilkinson

• Japanese/Chinese translation

Kelly Harris

• Paige: All Ya'll

kelly mullins

• [no subject]

Kendall V. Scott

• System Documentation Book: Would YOU Buy It? [Long]
• Gender Bias In Re Apostrophes Within Pronouns
• Re: "The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing" by Casey Miller and Kate Swift

Khalil, Alexandria G.

• Re[2]: Review tool for FrameMaker?
• Re[2]: Why SGML?

Kim Adams

• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb
• combining threads

Kim Fawcett

• Re: Contractions in User Guides

Kim Whitney

• Re: Blind studies etc.

Kirby Chavez

• Screen Captures
• Screens

Knox, Phebe

• Re[2]: Changing our Language
• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns
• You all is the plural of you
• Re: Document Management Software
• Re: S/he discussion
• Humor, or manners impaired?
• E-mail/e-mail
• e-mail, e-jobs, e-cash, e-credit.....
• Certification

KnoxML1

• Re[2]: Strunk & White Online
• Re: Damn Lawyers, damn lawyers, damn lawyers

Kris Olberg

• Re: State of the art
• Re: Advice on User's Manual
• Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• Re: What do we need before passing GO...
• Re: No Subject
• Re: From Guy McDonald (Looong)
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: Tech Writer's test
• Re: -No Subject-
• Re: Tech Writer's test
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: Tech Writers' test
• Re: Tech writer's test
• Re: Re[2]: Tech Writer's test
• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb
• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb
• Our identity as technical writers (long)
• Re: Project estimates
• Re: Tech Speak: The Sex Scene
• Re: Project estimates

Kristina Ricks

• English, Queen's and American

Kyle Clarke

• Re: -No Subject-

Larry Kunz ((919) 254-6395)

• Creativity
• Paid vs. unpaid internships

Laurel Nelson

• Project Estimates--References

Laurie Anderson

• Re: Y'all Yousage

LaVonna Funkhouser

• temp to perm job opp. (N. California)
• fun with type
• hyphenating email/e-mail/E-mail
• Time-Saving Doc. Development Process
• e-mail/email
• [no subject]
• Re: Caution and Warning Symbols
• salaries from state to state U.S.

Lazarus Slater

• Screen Captures
• Electronic Review
• Re: small caps and acronyms
• Conferences
• Re: Electronic Review
• Document Design

Lee Bumgarner

• internships (long post)

LeeAnn Smith

• Re: Electronic Review (fwd)
• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume

Leif Wennerberg

• Becoming a TW from a technical background

Len Olszewski

• Re: how we learn English
• Re: Why SGML?

Linda Gallagher

• New Freelance Writer - Any Tips?

Linda H. Schoenhoff

• Sacramento job opening

Lisa Leone

• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume
• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume

Loren Castro

• Re: gender issues and tech.write
• Re: Boring? Naaaah! (long)
• Re: Use of voice in instructions

Lori Lathrop

• Let's hear it for technical writers!

Loryn Jenkins

• Re: We don't learn language
• Re: Learning language
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: Contractions in User Guides
• Re: Sexism and Pronouns

Lynda Shindley

• Tech writing and Stress

M. David Orr

• Where is usability WEB site?
• Re: tips for new free-lance writer
• Job Openings - Project Mgr/Tech Writers

Malcolm Graham

• Re: Managing diagrams & screen shots for paper/online

Marci Andrews

• Sexism and Pronouns
• Sexism and Pronouns
• Re: Sexism and pronouns - P.S.
• Quoting each other

Marcia B. Reynolds

• What do we need before passing GO...
• Who Sent - What do you need before passing GO?

Margaret Thomas

• Job open--Sr tech writer, L.A. area

Margie Monforton

• how we learn English
• grammar - knowing the rules to break them
• Learning Language
• S/HE DISCUSSION

Maria Hunt

• Using Editing Services
• Changing our Language

Marie Clear

• New Freelance Writer - Any Tips?
• Re: Screen Captures
• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume
• Re: gender issues and tech.write
• Re: You, you, you . . .
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Tech Speak: The Sex Scene

Marilynne Smith

• Re: System will not read my disk
• Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• Re: Acronyms in section headers
• Re: Certification
• Re: unix man pages
• Re: Certification (long)
• Re: Taking Tests
• Re: Request help

Mark Ace

• Re: STW...??
• Re: Designing a Catalogue
• Re: New Freelancer Tips
• Freelancer tips: estimating
• Re: Boring Discussions

Mark Duerfeldt

• JOB POSITIONS IN MARLTON, NJ

Mark I Halpern

• screening of resumes by HR clerks, machines

Mark Levinson

• Re: Faster than the speed of morph...
• Re: We don't "learn" language!
• Re: Boring discussions
• Re: Changing our language
• Re: Use of language
• Re: translation questions
• email v. e-mail
• Re: Resumes - writing your own

Mark Merkow

• Re: Cross-Platform Help

Mark W. McBride, president, SPCS, Inc.

• FWD: "Illiterate America"
• FWD: Barcode Humor ;)

Marvin W. Miller

• Re: How much has tech writing increased?
• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume
• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume
• Re: Cross-Platform Help
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: Salaries

Mary Deaton

• [no subject]
• Online PICS and SIGS: info wanted
• Doc-To-Help training openings this week
• Re: Conferences
• Re: WinHelp Conference in Seattle

Mary Howe

• freelancer questions
• Re: freelancer questions (fwd)
• Re: "Learning" Language (Long and fierce)

Matt Ion

• Re: the Queen's English
• Re: PCMCIA cards
• Re: Tech Writer's test
• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns
• HELP! ISO info needed...
• Re: Engineerspeak (was: an observation about writing)
• Re: Resumes - writing your own- Hobbies
• Re: Certification
• Re: Hobbies on resumes
• Re: Request help
• Re: Request help

Matthew B. Hicks

• Re: HUMOR: Docs you'd love to know the author of
• an observation about writing

Megan Shult

• Re: Boring Discussions

Melissa Burton

• Technical Writing Job Posting, Portland OR

Melissa Hunter-Kilmer

• Re. Editor = idiot (now writer = ignoramus)
• Re: Politically Correct TechDoc
• S/he, "you," etc.
• Certification
• Salaries

Mercedes Abels

• Re: Generic "he"
• Re: Use of Second Person
• Re: Gender bias/pronouns
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: CE Safety Symbols/Verbage vs US Cautions/Warnings?
• Re: the document development process
• Re: Certification Redux (short)
• Re: Damn Lawyers, damn lawyers, damn lawyers
• Re: Hobbys (and other stuff) on resumes (long!)

Michael Collier

• Epiphanic Experiences and TW (was Re: Boring Discussions)
• Re: stress

Michael Gos

• "Learning" Language
• Chomsky Quote

Michael J. Maloney

• R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Michael Keith Anderson

• Portfolio Design
• Portfoilio Design (Summary - Long)

Michael LaTorra

• SUMMARY 2: HTML products
• Re: SUMMARY-HTML criteria

Michael Maloney

• C-I-V-I-L-I-T-Y

Michael P. O'Lear

• Multiple copies of digest and odd file

Michael Priestley

• Re: sgml
• Re: sgml (long)
• Re: sgml (attribution info)

Michael Uhl

• Resume Scanning

Michelle Nichols

• Re: Cross-Platform Help

Mike

• Unsubscribe

Mike McGraw

• HUMOR: Docs you'd love to write

mir

• Free Faculty Internship Booklet

Nancy Hayes

• Re: Ethics of editing theses
• Re: How much has tech writing increased?
• TAN: Teaching Writing (was "Illiterate"--LONG!)
• Re: Resume Writing and Letter Writing
• Anyone heard of ASTM E 380???
• Re: Politically correct vs. accurate
• Nice HTML Style Guide
• Re: Tech Writing Job Stress
• Re: Nice HTML Style Guide
• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume
• Re: Certification
• Re: System Lifecycle Management methodology

Nancy McDonald-Kenworthy

• Re: Changing our Language

Paige A Medlin_ (PAM)

• Idiot editor with grammar expertise
• Y'all Yousage

Pat Madea

• Re: Training
• Re: small caps and acronyms

Patrick B Bjork

• Re: FWD: "Illiterate America"

Patrick O'Connell

• Sharon Rosenthal's comments re: finding a new job
• Been there, done that! (re: job classification)
• About the Phantom Poster and SMTP (Internet) mail
• My, we're all just working like DOGS around Christmas, aren't we?
• "Farnsworth Ferret's..." Windows educ. program for kids

Patty Ewy

• The boss is opening his checkbook ...

Paul Tremblay

• ASTM E 380
• Re: Tech Writing Job Stress
• The singular 'they'

Paul Zinn

• Review tool for FrameMaker?

Paula R Berger

• Re: your mail
• Re: Sexism and Pronouns

Peter Kent

• Re: Proper use of commas in
• Re: the Queen's English
• Re: Collecting Receivables
• Re: Phantom emailer
• Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Philip Sharman

• Windows Documentation Style Guide

Renee Harper

• Re: SGML/Structured Documentation Seminar

Richard Austin

• Re: Nice HTML Style Guide

Richard G Harris

• Multimedia Use
• Writing the manual concurrently -- a Project Manager's perspective
• Portfolio Design

Richard Mateosian

• Re: Software project (mis)management
• Re: Job Decriptions and Salary Justification
• Re: We don't "learn" language!
• Small caps for acronyms
• Writing your resumes
• Re: "Learning" Language
• Re: "Learning" Language
• Re: HUMOR: Docs you'd love to write
• Alice Molloy
• You, you, you . . .
• Re: HUMOR: Docs you'd love to write
• Re: You, you, you . . .
• Re: PCMCIA cards & MS
• Re: Tech Writer's test
• Using "they" for generic singular
• Re: Boring Discussions/Setting Expectations
• Re: S/he discussion
• Re: HUMOR: Re: More for Techies (fwd)
• Re: hyphenating email/e-mail/E-mail
• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb
• Re: e-mail or email
• Re: ... (and e-mail/email)
• Re: Project estimates
• Re: translation questions
• Re: email v. e-mail
• Re: Project estimates
• Re: hyphenating email
• Re: unix man pages
• Re: unix man pages
• Re: Certification
• Re: Certification
• Re: Certification (long)
• Re: Vital Skills, Spell Checkers :-)
• Certification vs curriculum
• December column on web page
• Re: Certification vs curriculum
• Mail crashes
• Re: Mail crashes

Rick Lippincott

• Re: Faster than the speed of morph...
• Re: Job Decriptions and Salary Justification
• Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• Tech Writing Job Stress
• Re: Contractions in User Guides
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: how does one become a techwriter
• Re: Use of voice in instructions
• Re: CE Safety Symbols/Verbage vs US Cautions/Warnings?
• Re: Resumes - writing your own
• Re: Picking at scabs
• Re: Re. Resume vs. CV?

Rob Newberry

• Re: Nice HTML Style Guide

Robert Crews

• Re: Review tool for FrameMaker?

Robert Plamondon

• Re: Marketing Writing
• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb
• Re: Testing Technical Writers
• Re: Certification
• Re: Certification
• Re: Hobbies on resumes
• Re: TW on the development team
• Re: hobbies & interests on resumes
• Re[2]: Certification (long)
• Re: Hobbys [sic] (and other stuff) on resumes (long!)
• Re: Certification

Rogers George

• Re: Certification

Romay Jean Sitze

• Re: State of the art
• Re: Ethics - Helping with a Thesis
• Re: Collecting Receivables
• Re: Re[2]: FWD: "Illiterate America"
• Re: Learning English Thread
• Re: Learning English Thread
• Re: Designing a Catalogue
• Re: We don't "learn" language!
• Re: How much has tech writing increased?
• Re: How much has tech writing increased?... verging off-topic
• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume
• Re: Re. Catalog design
• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns
• Re: Changing our Language

Ron Miller

• Re: We don't "learn" language!
• Re: Page Count Estimates

Rose Wilcox

• Re: Job Descriptions and Salary Justification
• Re: Curious about Job Search Methods
• Re: Learning English Thread
• Re: How much has tech writing increased?
• Re: How much has tech writing increased?... verging off-topic
• Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• Re: Tech writing and stress
• Re: Writing your resumes

Ross Squire

• Job Opportunities
• A new approach to documentation development

Roy Zornow

• boring discussions

Rugo, Michael

• Word 7.0/95

Sally Derrick

• Re: Nice HTML Style Guide
• Re: unix man pages
• Re: Re. Certification (sorry, its long)

Sally Yeo

• Job Posting, Milwaukee Wisconsin

Sanford Carr

• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume

Sarah Lee Bihlmayer

• Win 95 Humor
• Re: Solipsism

scot

• sgml
• SGML
• A disturbing trend?
• [no subject]

Scott Goodhue

• Art of the Edge?

Sharon Rosenthal/MANUGISTICS

• Re: Finding a new job
• Re: Comments on finding a job
• Re: Please stop vague language discussions

Shelley Hatfield

• Translation Houses: Tell me your experiences

Simon North

• Re: Why SGML?
• Re: TW Backgrounds
• Re: Why SGML
• Re: SGML/Structured Documentation
• Re: translation questions

Smith, Amy

• We don't "learn" language!
• Ooops - missing signature
• Re: "Learning" Language -- going offline

Stan Brown

• Solipsism (was Fig./Figs./Figures)
• Winword 6: Forcing chapters to start on odd page
• Safety words

Stan Radomski

• Re: Re[2]: FWD: "Illiterate America"

Stephen & Suzan Curtin

• Looking for RoboHelp

Stephen Victor

• Re: Tech Writer's test
• Re: Tech Writer's test
• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb

Steve Deem

• TECH WRITER WANTED
• JOB OPPORTUNITY

Steve Dynako

• Web site for "Leading Edge Design"

Steve English

• Re[2]: Tech Writer's test
• Re[2]: Tech Writer's test

Steve Evanina

• Re: Humorous musings passed on via a med student (Happy Holi

Steven J. Owens

• Humor, Etiquette, Posting & Rules

Stuart Burnfield

• Re: Electronic Review of Documents
• Re: Questionnaire - How to do?
• Sweet embraceable you...
• Re: an observation about writing

Stuart Reynolds

• Re: PCMCIA cards
• Re: PCMCIA cards & MS
• Re: PCMCIA cards & MS
• mil spec.. hmmmm....
• Fonts..
• Re: Cert, licensing and experience
• Re: Request help
• Re: Mail crashes

Stuart Selber

• Call for Papers/Computers and Compostion
• Call for Papers/Computers and Composition

Sue Ellen Adkins

• Re: Designing a Catalogue
• Re: Electronic Review
• Re: Acronyms in section headers
• Re: A disturbing trend?
• Re: A disturbing trend?
• Re: Technical Writer Backgrounds
• Resumes - writing your own
• Re: Page Count Estimates
• Re: Project estimates
• Re: Resumes - writing your own

Sue Heim

• Genders & PC

Susan Self @ignite

• Re: Boring Discussions

Susan W. Gallagher

• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume
• Re: "Learning" Language
• Re: What do we need before passing GO...
• Re: Conversion software
• Re: Resume Scanning
• Re: gender issues and tech.write
• Re: Contractions in User Guides
• Re: Resume Scanning
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: Acronyms in section headers
• Re: Resume Scanning
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: White Papers?
• Re: an observation about writing
• Re: an observation about writing
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: Where is usability WEB site?
• Re: Review tool for FrameMaker?
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb
• translation questions
• Re: Tech Speak: The Sex Scene
• Re: hobbies & interests on resumes
• Re: Certification (long)
• Re: Salaries
• Re: Certification (long)
• Re: Resumes - writing your own
• TW on the development team (long)
• Re: hobbies & interests on resumes
• [no subject]

Suzanne M. Faubl

• Grammar and learning to write

Suzanne Pyle

• I've moved...!

Suzanne Schoenfeld

• Follow-up on system will not read my disk

Suzanne Townsend

• TOOLS (on-line): Your most useful
• an aside : how quarks got their names (fwd)
• Tech Writer's test
• Re: Tech Writer's test
• Re: Tech Writers' test
• HUMOR: Re: More for Techies (fwd)

Tamara Larsen

• Page Count Estimates

Tammy Hale

• Tufte's seminar
• salary ranges
• the document development process

The Tech Writer

• Re: Job Decriptions and Salary Justification

Thomas E. Potter

• Re: freelancer questions
• Re: Freelancer tips: estimating
• Re: Job Openings
• Re: small caps and acronyms
• Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 18 Nov 1995 to 19 Nov 1995
• Re: HUMOR: Docs you'd love to write
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: Boring discussions
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: an aside : how quarks got their names (fwd)
• Re: Re. Use of voice in instructions
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: Certification
• Change Bars with Word 6.0
• Re: Make those calls, ASAP!
• Caution and Warning Symbols
• Military Style Manuals
• Re: Resumes - writing your own
• Re: Salaries
• Re: Hobbies on resumes

Thomas F. Remington

• Gender bias/pronouns
• certification for tech writers

Thomas Kolano

• Re: Electronic Review

Tim Altom

• Politically Correct TechDoc
• Re: Changing our Language
• Re: Project estimates
• Re: Certification
• Re: Certification
• Cert, licensing and experience

Tim Owens

• Document Version Control System

Tom Davey

• Re: Cross-Platform Help
• Re: Use of Second Person
• Re: Contractions in User Guides

Tom T Kiersted/asf

• Vital Skills, Spell Checkers :-)
• Re: Certification (long)
• Picking at scabs

Tom Tadfor Little

• Re: PCMCIA cards
• Re: Remember the Audience
• Re: PCMCIA cards, Internet vs. internet
• Re: Help: "Increment" as verb
• email v. e-mail

Tom Warren

• Testing Technical Writers

Tomohiro Hori

• Join INTERNET DAY OF PROTEST TUESDAY 12/12/95

Tony Rocco

• Using MailManager for QMail
• References- Just the facts

Tracey Bryant

• Florida Aquarium STC Event

TRACY BOYINGTON

• Re: Tech Writers that can't write a Resume
• Re: Collecting Receivables
• Re: Politically Correct TechDoc
• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume
• Re: Tech writing and stress
• [no subject]
• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns
• Re: Sexism and Pronouns
• Am I still here?
• Re: Use of Second Person
• Re: Sexism and Pronouns
• Re: Gender Bias in Pronouns
• Re: an observation about writing
• Re: Tech Writer's test
• I have the writing test now...
• Re: You/thou
• Re: S/he, "you," etc.
• Re: Certification
• Re: certification
• Re: S/he discussion (and e-mail/email)
• Hobbys (and other stuff) on resumes (long!)
• Re: Certification
• Re: Re[3]: Certification & improvement (longish)
• Re: Hobbies on resumes

UC Bobby Collins

• Re: New Freelance Writer - Any Tips?

Unknown

• [no subject]
• [no subject]

Vince Swanson

• Re: PCMCIA cards

Virginia L. Krenn

• Re[2]: You, you, you . . .
• Re: Use of Second Person
• Re[2]: ... (and e-mail/email) -Reply

Wayne Hausmann

• Re: Windows Documentation Style Guide

wburns

• Re: SUMMARY 2: HTML products
• Re: Teaching writing (was FWD: Illiterate America)
• Re: Teaching Grammar (long
• Re: "Learning" Language
• Re: grammar - knowing the rules to break them
• SGML/Structured Documentation Seminar
• Re: ... (and e-mail/email)
• Some inaccuracies in my post
• Re: Certification
• Re: Certification "benefits"

Willard Brooks

• Re: Learning language
• Re: Boring Discussions

Win Day

• Re: Teaching writing (was FWD: Illiterate America)
• Re: How much has tech writing increased?
• Re: Tech writer who can't write a resume
• Re: Tech Writing Job Stress
• Re: gender issues and tech.write
• Re: Re[3]: Certification & improvement (longish)

Wolf Lahti

• Re: C-I-V-I-L-I-T-Y
• Re: grammar - knowing the rules to break them
• Re: Neologism Discovered!
• Re: Okay,
• Re: What's a Webmaster?
• Re: Sexism and Pronouns
• Re: What's a Webmaster?
• Re: Resume Scanning
• Re: Boring Discussions
• Re: gender issues and tech.write
• Dropped?
• Re: an aside : how quarks got their names (fwd)
• Re: Solipsism
• Re: Dropped?
• Use of language
• Re: Re[2]: Tech Writer's test
• Help
• Re: References- Just the facts

Wollt, Richard C RV

• PC card

Yvonne DeGraw

• Re: State of the art
• Re: New Freelance Writer - Any Tips?
• Popular book contracts
• Re: Certification

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