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* ANNOUNCE: Online-Learning.com announces affiliation with Ohio U. (NEW)
* STORY: Calming Anticipation with SnagIt
* JOB: Technical Writer Needed in Central NJ and PA
* ANN: New training sessions at PDF Conference in Las Vegas
* ANNOUNCE: SIGDOC 2002 in Toronto! Hotel cut-off is Sept 27th
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ANNOUNCE: Online-Learning.com announces affiliation with Ohio U.
Online-Learning.com (OLL)-a leader in the development and delivery
of online courses-is now affiliated with Ohio University,
offering course certification in both Canada and the U.S.
The affiliation is with Ohio University's Office of Community and
Professional Programs, which will certify OLL's non-credit
professional development courses upon successful completion.
These Certificate Programs provide students with professional
status relative to the course subject matter taken, attest to
the student's competency in the subject matter and helps students
qualify for professional relicensing and recertification.
OLL, with over 25 years of experience in distance education, has
been delivering courses online since 1995. It offers high-quality
content using an instructor-mentoring approach that combines
traditional classroom techniques with the communications
convenience of the Internet. For further information please visit http://www.online-learning.com/php_bin/ht.php?a=onlinelearning&b=t3
or contact info -at- online-learning -dot- com
Tracy returned home after her interview for the technical writer position.
She sat down at her personal computer and played the interview over again
in her head.
"I think I impressed the committee . . . I hope I mentioned everything . .
.
Did I play up SnagIt enough?"
She thought about SnagIt and how it makes it easy to capture an exact copy
of anything that appears on your screen, apply edits and annotation, and
send the screenshot directly to the printer, a file, an e-mail, and the
Web.
"Did I mention how SnagIt lets me capture an entire Web page as a single
image - even the part that appears off-screen?" she mused.
She looked at the phone and willed it to ring. When it didn't, she turned
to her computer. Listlessly, she looked at the screen and was immediately
warmed by the sight of the SnagIt icon. It looked like an old friend.
Maybe she'd use it to capture some job information off the Internet.
"Well!" she said cheerfully. "As long as I'm waiting, at least I have you
to keep me company."
If she felt funny talking to an icon, she didn't let on. Instead, she
happily moved on to brush up on her job skills.
We are looking for several technical writers to work at our client site
for a period of 6 months. The client has locations in Central NJ and in
PA outside of Philadelphia.
Knowledge of a typical Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC.)
Personal involvement in the creation of the following documents:
-Functional Requirements Specification (FRS)
-System Design Specification (SDS)
-Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
-Master Test Plan (MTP)
-Test Specifications
-Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
The ability to extract content from developers and testers to create
working documents using a base knowledge of programming languages.
Knowledge of pharmaceutical industry, including FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and
Good Clinical Practices (GCP).
Please forward your resume and salary requirements to
eileen -at- atlasdata -dot- net -dot-
Also indicate if you are available for the NJ or PA site or both.
ANN: New training sessions at PDF Conference in Las Vegas
FREE ADOBE AND ACTIVEPDF TRAINING CLASSES OFFERED AT PDF CONFERENCE
Phoenix, AZ, September 24, 2002 - Two leading PDF software companies will
offer free training sessions on their product lines during the November
PDF Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Adobe Systems, Inc. and activePDF
will hold the special training classes on Saturday, November 23rd, from
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Adobe Forms Designer Training
Saturday, Nov. 23, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Adobe will offer a free one-hour, hands-on training session in Adobe Forms
Designer (formerly known as Adobe Accelio Capture Designer). Attendees
will learn:
~ how to create a Form from "scratch"
~ how to work with a scanned image
~ how to design from an Acrobat PDF form
~ how to add advanced form intelligence through scripting
Requirements: The session is limited to 25 registered attendees of the PDF
Conference. Each attendee must bring a laptop running Windows 98 or
higher. Adobe will supply the software to load, as well as a box lunch.
activePDF Toolkit Training
Saturday, Nov. 23, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
In addition, activePDF will offer a free one-hour training session for
their highly popular activePDF Toolkit product. This session will focus on
how companies can benefit from dynamic server-based PDF generation and
manipulation. Attendees will learn:
~ how to dynamically populate a PDF form template with information from a
database
~ how to stamp text and images and add page numbering
~ how to merge multiple PDF documents
~ how to add 40-bit or 128-bit encryption to ensure document security
~ how to add linearization (fast web view) to a PDF document
Requirements: The session is limited to 25 registered attendees of the PDF
Conference. Each attendee is required to have rudimentary knowledge of
Visual Basic and must bring a laptop running Windows NT, 2000 or XP.
activePDF will supply each attendee with a box lunch as well as an
activePDF T-shirt and evaluation CD.
Individuals may sign up for either of the special training classes at the
same time they register for the PDF Conference, either online at
www.pdfconference.com or by calling 1-877-278-2131. The upcoming
conference will be held Nov. 22-24, 2002, at the Alexis Park Resort in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
About PDF Conference: The PDF Conference, produced by DigiPub Solutions
Corp., is a skill enhancement event for creators of *.pdf (portable
document format). Held twice a year, it features over 30 sessions on all
aspects of creating and managing PDFs in government, enterprise,
educational and non-profit settings. For more information, contact
www.PDFconference.com or call toll free 1-877-278-2131.
ANNOUNCE: SIGDOC 2002 in Toronto! Hotel cut-off date is Sept 27th
SIGDOC 2002 in Toronto! Hotel cut-off date is Sept 27th - be
sure to book your room by Sept 27th to get the guaranteed room
and room rate of $208 Cnd (about $133 US, depending on exchange
rate).
This is an exciting conference with top notch award winners and
a strong program. Check the conference web site for more
information: http://www.acm.org/sigdoc/ and click on the conference link.
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