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STORY: Dan and the Saga of the Print Screen Key

"Okay, Uncle Dan, I want a good bedtime story tonight," Caroline solemnly
informed him.

"Well, this one's even a true story, so of course it'll be good," he
began.

"When I started technical writing, I used a keyboard button called 'Print
Screen'.  This falsely named key doesn't even send screens to the printer
- it sends them to the clipboard.  First, you'd paste your image into
Word, then send it to the printer.  To edit it first, you'd have to paste
it into Paint, painstakingly crop it, take your new image and paste it
into Word, and then print it.  Tedious work, all of it."  

"With Print Screen, I couldn't capture scrolling web pages.  I couldn't
specify what region of the screen I wanted to capture.  I couldn't create
and store my most frequently used settings.  I couldn't even directly
send my capture to a file, an e-mail, or the web!" he thundered.

"No!" Caroline replied, caught up in his enthusiasm.  "What happened?"

"I was depressed, slightly overweight, and considered becoming a
guitarist.  But then, I discovered SnagIt.  I could do all that with
SnagIt and more - SnagIt lets you use filters to edit and annotate images
as you capture.  You can even send captures simultaneously to multiple
outputs.  You can also try it for free before purchasing," Dan said, his
eyes gleaming.

"The Print Screen key is dead to me," he finished to her appreciative
applause. 

As he wished her pleasant dreams, he thought of his own dreams.  His wish
was that someday - yes - someday, he would play in integral part in
replacing the Print Screen key with a key that read: "SnagIt - Can your
Print Screen key do this?"

But for now, Dan was content to do his part by spreading his message to
the youth of the world.

--Find TechSmith and SnagIt at http://www.techsmith.com/twr --

1/1/02-6/30/02
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FM, ACROBAT SEMINARS: Template Design / Single-Sourcing /  
      FM-to-Acrobat / PDF Expert
Shlomo Perets, http://www.microtype.com

FrameMaker Template Design:
- Indianapolis, IN: May 28-29
- New York City, NY: July 25-26

Single-Sourcing with FrameMaker:
- Bethesda, MD: June 5
- New York City, NY: July 24

FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques:
- Chelmsford, MA: May 23-24
- Indianapolis, IN: May 30-31
- Bethesda, MD: June 6-7  (PDF2002 Conference, post-conf workshop)
- Los Angeles, CA: July 15-16
- Denver, CO: July 18-19
- New York City, NY: July 22-23

PDF Expert:
- Bethesda, MD: June 2 (PDF2002 Conference, pre-conf workshop)

04/13/02-04/20/02
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ANNOUNCE: PDF Conference: Leading Edge Practices for Enterprises

PDF Conference: Leading-Edge Practices for Enterprise & Government
June 3 - 5, Bethesda, Maryland

The PDF Conference is the premiere event for users of Adobe
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June 3-5 PDF Conference will be held in Bethesda, MD, USA,
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PDF, Conversion Tips, PDF forms and Databases, JavaScript,
and more. Check www.PDFConference.com
<http://www.PDFConference.com> for early registration
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Also note the Fall 2002 PDF Conference,
"Leading-Edge Practices for Regulated Industries & Government,"
to be held Sept. 17-19 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

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04/09/02-04/17/02
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REMINDER: SIGDOC 2002 proposals due April 15th

ACM SIGDOC 2002 October 20-23
Toronto, Canada
The proposal deadline has been extended. Proposals are now due
by Monday April 15th. Proposals should be in plain text format,
200-500 words, sent to Michael Priestley (program chair) at 
mpriestl -at- ca -dot- ibm -dot- com

For more information see:
www.acm.org/sigdoc
www.within-reason.com/sigdoc

04/06/02-04/13/02
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NEW:  HTML Indexer 4 available now! 

N O W   A V A I L A B L E ! HTML Indexer 4 adds:
 *  Fully integrated support for cross-references
 *  Optional target frames and windows 
      (both project-wide and entry-specific)
 *  Optional framed output 
      (separate frames for navigation and index entries)
 *  Separate files for individual letter groups
 *  Expanded undo-redo memory
 *  Easy "one-step accept" for default entries
 *  ...and more!

HTML Indexer 4 is still the easiest way to create and maintain 
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Download the free demo from our web site:  
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04/06/02-04/13/02
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JOB: Visiting Assistant Professor- Technical Communication/Professional
Writing

Possible one-year, visiting appointment (3-3 teaching load) in Technical
Communication/Professional Writing, beginning August 2002.  Ph.D. and
teaching experience required.  Salary competitive and commensurate with
experience.  OSU offers the B.A., the M.A. and the Ph.D. in Technical
Writing.    For further information on the department, see our web page
at http://english.okstate.edu.  For information on the Technical Writing
Program see http://www.okstate.edu/artsci/techwr/.   To assure full
consideration, applications must be received by May 1, 2002.  However, we
will continue to accept and consider applications until the position is
filled.  Send letter of application, cv, writing sample, and dossier
including three letters of recommendation to Carol Moder, Head.  
Minorities and women encouraged to apply.  AA/EOC.  

Carol Lynn Moder
Department of English
205 Morrill Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078

04/06/02-04/13/02
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04/05/02-04/13/02
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TRAINING: XML and Localization

8 May 2002 City West Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
17 June 2002 Boston, MA

Presenter: Yves Savourel
Cost: $795 reduced rates available for more than 1 registration


Description
The seminar will look at XML from the localization viewpoint: as a format
used more and more to store translatable material, as well as a format
localizers can take advantage of to improve their processes. The seminar
will provide an overview of the basic facets of XML and its related
technologies, underlining the internationalization aspects. It will
present guidelines to create XML vocabularies and to author XML documents
with localization in mind. It will illustrate how to implement
re-usability, localization directives, as well as various some of the
other advantages XML can offer. Localizing XML documents and interfaces
will be covered by looking at the various current solutions, addressing
some of their implementation issues and examining how to take advantage of
interoperability to create alternate efficient processes. The class will
also delve into the different existing localization-related formats, it
will look more especially at XLIFF and how to take advantage of it. All
parts of the seminar will be illustrated by many concrete examples, and
some hand-on exercises.


For agenda, registration information, and other details:
http://www.localizationinstitute.com
The Localization Institute
4513 Vernon Blvd.
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 233-1790 Phone
(608) 441-6124 Fax
ulrich -at- localizationinstitute -dot- com

04/04/02-04/12/02
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