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* ANNOUNCE: Draft and Discussion System for Word & Frame Authors (NEW)
* STORY: Screen Capture Software You've Always Dreamed About
* UPCOMING XML TRAINING: Intro, Single Sourcing, Reuse, XSLT, DocBook
* ANNOUNCE: Gordon & Gordon spins off new publishing company
* ANNOUNCE: Grow your career from the comfort of your own home!
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* ANNOUNCE: Outsource Yourself!
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ANNOUNCE: Draft and Discussion System for Word & Frame Authors
NEW FROM WEBWORKS!
Browser-Based Draft and Discussion System for MS Word And
Adobe FrameMaker Authors
WEBWORKS FINALDRAFT is the edit-and-review system content providers
have been waiting for! Generate easy-to-use, browser-based drafts
directly from your Word or FrameMaker content, and distribute them to
an unlimited number of reviewers. Engage in two-way and multi-party
discussions without a Web server. Easily manage discussions and
incorporate reviewers. feedback into your source document. True
single-source workflow, total document lifecycle management, custom
discussion status codes, and much more.
STORY: Screen Capture Software You've Always Dreamed About
Dan the technical writer was having a very vivid dream. He was a
competitor on Jeopardy, and all of the categories were ones he
would've picked himself. He knew everything!
Finally, he went to the category labeled, "SnagIt- the leading screen
capture software."
· Number of Microsoft applications in which you can add SnagIt to your
toolbar. "What is five?" Dan answered.
- Awards SnagIt won from PC Magazine in 2003.
"What is the Editor's Choice and Best of the Year?"
- Price for an individual license.
"What is $39.95?" Dan yelled.
- One new option in SnagIt 7.
"What is Convenient new profile management?" Dan said.
He was on a roll! And then the $1000 answer . . .
"Name of the most dedicated SnagIt user ever."
- "Who is Dan the technical writer!" Dan yelled jubilantly.
"No, sorry," Alex Trebek answered. "The correct answer is Bob the
technical writer."
Dan woke up in a cold sweat. Time to get to work - he obviously had
some serious screen capturing to do.
See the SnagIt page dedicated to technical writers! Log onto
www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/technicalwriters.asp?DCMP=BAC-Techwrl.
UPCOMING XML TRAINING: Introduction, XML for Single Sourcing,
Store/Retrieve/Reuse, XSLT, DocBook
- XML Introduction, April 19-20, 2004
- XML Transformation (XSLT), April 21-23, 2004
- XML Boot Camp (both classes above), April 19-23, 2004
- XML for Single Sourcing, May 3-5, 2004
- Storing, Retrieving, and Reusing XML, May 10-12, 2004
- Working with DocBook, May 24-26, 2004
Training is being held in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina USA.
These class dates are specially priced starting from $700/student. This
is hands-on training, with limited seating in each class (maximum 6
students for most classes). Please contact our sales office to find out
more:
Contact:
George Luke
Solution Sales Manager
BRIGHT PATH SOLUTIONS
DIRECT PHONE: 919.481.0393 http://www.travelthepath.com
NOTE: Bright Path Solutions has a new whitepaper available on the
benefits of structured authoring and XML. Email Kay Ethier if you would
like to receive this as a PDF: mailto:kethier -at- travelthepath -dot- com?subject=XMLbenefits_techwrl .
ANNOUNCE: Gordon & Gordon spins off new publishing company
Well known tech writing gurus, Gordon & Gordon have licensed spin-off
company, Third Wave Studios to publish and distribute most of their
current stable of workbooks and instructional DVDs. The new company
will be owned and operated by their former VP of product sales, Marc
Proulx. The transition will be seamless. The only change significant
to the public being a new website address, www.thirdwavestudios.com,
from which the following products will now be available:
VIDEO:
- Documenting APIs and SDKs: The DVD (US$299.95 + $14.00 s&h)
WORKBOOKS:
- Documenting APIs and SDKs: 2nd Edition (US$49.95 + $8.00 s&h)
- Just Enough Java (US$49.95 + $8.00 s&h)
- Just Enough C and C++ (US$49.95 + $8.00 s&h)
- Understanding Complex Software (US$49.95 + $8.00 s&h)
- Bundle of: Technical Writing 101: The Basic Skills &
Good Enough Documentation (US$49.95 + $8.00 s&h)
ANNOUNCE: Grow your career from the comfort of your own home!
Grow your career this spring from the comfort of your own home. UCLA
Extension's spring quarter begins April 3, and courses are filling up.
There's still time to enroll by visiting
uclaextension.edu/online_tech_com.
As an STC member, you are entitled to a special $50 discount on all
Technical Communication courses including:
· Technical Writing, April 19
· Making Sense of Knowledge Management, April 20
· Technical Editing, April 21
· Managing Effective Proposals, April 22
· Project Management Communications, April 22
· Information Design, April 22
UCLA Extension limits enrollment in its virtual classrooms, so each
student can benefit from the instructor's attention and feedback.
Join the more than 30,000 students from across the country and around
the world who have studied with UCLA Extension online. And be sure to
take advantage of your $50 discount as an STC member.
For more information about Technical Communication courses online,
visit uclaextension.edu/online_tech_com or contact Helen Williams
at hwilliam -at- uclaextension -dot- edu, tel: 310-825-7729.
ADVANCED FRAMEMAKER TRAINING -- Boston, Mpls, Toronto, RTP & SF Bay Area
Instructor: Shlomo Perets, MicroType
* FRAMEMAKER TEMPLATE DESIGN
Boston: Apr 22-23 -- Mpls: Apr 26-27 -- SF Bay Area: June 21-22
* FRAMEMAKER-TO-ACROBAT ADVANCED TECHNIQUES
Boston: Apr 20-21 -- Mpls: Apr 28-29 -- Toronto: June 14-15
RTP (NC): June 17-18 -- SF Bay Area: June 24-25
* SINGLE-SOURCING WITH FRAMEMAKER
Boston: Apr 19 -- Mpls: Apr 30 -- SF Bay Area: June 23
* ROBOHELP FOR FRAMEMAKER hands-on course
SF Bay Area: June 28-29
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