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* ANNOUNCE: STC Conference Proposals Due 8/1/01 (NEW)
* JOB: Technical Writer Needed in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands
* Training: SHLOMO PERETS' Acrobat/FM Workshops at EuroPDF Con
* ANNOUNCE: INDEXING SKILLS WORKSHOPS FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS
* ANNOUNCE: SnagIt & Camtasia to capture, edit, present

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ANNOUNCE: STC Conference Proposals Due 8/1/01

Reminder: Proposals for the STC's 48th Annual Conference in
Nashville are due AUGUST 1, 2001.

You are invited to join your fellow technical communicators from around
the
world for STC's 49th Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Present
your ideas, strategies, and best practices in any number of the six
conference stems or at the post-conference workshops or tutorials. Share
your radical innovations and help lead the technical communication
revolution. The conference will be held May 5-8, 2002.

For more information about the STC and the conference, and to download the
call for proposals, visit the STC web site at www.stc.org.

Charles Fisher
Technical Program Manager, STC 49th Annual Conference
Documentation Manager, Datatel, Inc.
cdf -at- datatel -dot- com

7/23/01-7/30/01
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JOB: Technical Writer Needed in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands

We are seeking a full-time, permanent TECHNICAL
WRITER to provide our programmers with technical
designs to help them develop our applications. Can
you translate functional specifications to a
technical solution?
You must be familiar with software development and
systems, master the English language (Native),
good-excellent Dutch verbal skills (negotiable), be
able to gather info you need and you're currently
living in the Netherlands and/or are authorized
to work in the EU.

We offer a large package of employee-benefits such
as: competitive salaries,company-car (or extra
salary), pension scheme, company savings, bonuses
depending on performance, option schemes, dividends,
FLEXIBLE work hours and other negotiable terms (such
as 1 day per week telecommuting).
Send your cv to jobs -at- fiqas -dot- nl or contact
Tricia at tricia -dot- visser -at- fiqas -dot- nl for information

7/20/01-7/28/01
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Training: SHLOMO PERETS' Acrobat / FM Workshops at EuroPDF Conference

Make your PDFs come alive -- turn your files into high-quality
interactive, efficient delivery systems!

New Acrobat-related workshops offered at the European PDF Conference
in Edinburgh, Scotland (http://www.europdf.com), September 17-21:

* Designing Access to Information in PDF Document Collections (1/2 day)
* Acrobat & Multimedia (1/2 day)
* Testing Online and Interactive PDFs (evening class)
(These three workshops are independent of the authoring tools used)

* FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques seminar (1 day)
This special 1-day offering covers the essentials of the seminar (which
is usually 2 days long), while specific topics such as Testing PDFs and
Multimedia are offered as separate conference workshops.

All workshops are also open to participants not attending the conference.

See http://www.microtype.com for more information and free resources

7/17/01-7/25/01
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ANNOUNCE: Upcoming INDEXING SKILLS WORKSHOPS FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS
presented by Lori Lathrop

"An index is as important to your documentation as your documentation is
to the product."
(Lori Lathrop)

The one-day workshop is for writers and editors who need to create usable
indexes for either printed or online documents. Writers will learn to
apply several productivity tips and techniques in indexing technical
documentation.

U.S. DATES AND LOCATIONS:
August 31 - Ann Arbor, MI
September 28 - St. Louis, MO
November 16 - Seattle, WA

To request a brochure for any of these workshops, contact
LoriLathrop -at- compuserve -dot- com or call 704-531-0021. You may also download a
brochure as a PDF file from the IndexingSkills Web site
(http://www.indexingskills.com).

DOWN UNDER DATES AND LOCATIONS:
October 18 & 19 - Brisbane, Australia
To be announced - Melbourne, Australia

If you are interested in attending a workshop in Brisbane or Melbourne,
send an e-mail message to LoriLathrop -at- compuserve -dot- com

INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS:
Lori Lathrop is a Past President of the American Society of Indexers (ASI)
and a Senior Member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). The
second edition of her book, An Indexer's Guide to the Internet, was
published by Information Today Inc. in 1999, and she is currently writing
Indexing Skills for Technical Communicators, which is based on her
workshops.

7/8/01-7/31/01
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ANNOUNCE: SnagIt & Camtasia to capture, edit, present

TechSmith's SnagIt and Camtasia software give you the power to
capture and edit anything you see on your PC screen, plus your
narration, and present it to anyone, anywhere! You won't find better
tools for creating effective training, tutorials, demos and more in
industry standard AVI and streaming media formats.

Visit our web site to learn more and download FREE trial versions
of SnagIt and Camtasia. http://www.techsmith.com/twr

7/1/01-12/31/01
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