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   ANN: Dr.Explain Reduces Time to Document Software Apps
   ANNOUNCE: Cash for Clunkers Trade In Program from MadCap
   ANN: 25% off on Documenting APIs and "Just Enough Java"
   HELP & MANUAL: The all-in-one help authoring tool

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ANN: Dr.Explain Reduces Time to Document Software Applications

Dr.Explain is a tool that lets drastically reduce the time
required to produce help files and documentation for software.
The unique technology automates the process of software user
interface documenting as it has eliminated much of the drudgery
of screenshots capturing, editing and annotating.

Dr.Explain captures screens from your live application,
analyzes them, and makes stunning screenshot images. Each
screenshot is automatically annotated with numbered references
to all Windows buttons, edit fields, radio buttons, dropdown
lists, toolbars, trees, and other controls. In addition,
Dr.Explain creates a numbered paragraph with preset text for
each of these numbered controls. Simply alter text in each
numbered paragraph, and you'll have almost everything that
you need to document your applications GUI.

Dr.Explain keeps your documentation in a single source project
file, and makes it easy to make modifications and revisions.
It produces help files in CHM or HTML format (online manuals),
as well as RTF documentation files that can be printed or loaded
online.

Dr.Explain takes much pain out of creating documentation. By
automating the process, the savings in time and tedium on a
single development project will pay for the software many times
over.

Dr.Explain runs under Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. It processes
the applications made with all major Windows and web development
environments, including Visual Studio C/C++/C#/.NET/MFC/WTL/WinForms,
Visual BASIC, Delphi, Clarion, Java (SWING), HTML web pages,
and SWF flash applications.

Dr.Explain costs $125(US) for a single-user Regular License. The
single-user Advanced License costs $165(US), and includes
additional tools and features, command line support. You can
download a free trial version from the product's web site -
http://www.drexplain.com/ .

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ANNOUNCE: Cash for Clunkers Trade In Program from MadCap

Are you still driving yesterday's technology? Trade in your
old clunker for a new model!

The team at MadCap Software has been developing, innovating and
leading the authoring industry for over a decade.

Superior capabilities and functionality

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   right waywith a focus on getting the most out of your work
   through single-sourcing and multi-channel publishing. Create
   once and re-use.
 * INNOVATIVE! Flare uses the latest-greatest technologies
   available and finds new ways to solve old problems, whether
   that means a one-of-a kind user interface or support for DITA.
 * POWERFUL! Flare is powerful enough to handle all of your
   documentation and publishing needs for online, print, and even
   DITA. Why create your online and print-based output in different
   tools when you can do everything in one place?
 * COMPLETE! Flare has all the bells and whistles you would
   expect in a high-end XML-based publishing system, including
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 * SENSIBLE! No proprietary files - all content and project files
   are stored as open, transparent, accessible XML files.
 * AWARD WINNING! Flare was chosen by Microsoft® as a showcase
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Industry leading customer care and support

 * CUSTOMER FOCUSED! MadCap Software is committed to the customer.
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 * KNOWLEDGEABLE! When you talk to our sales staff, youre talking
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   are well-trained, certified Flare usersnot located on another
   continent, but in the same facility as management and programmers.
 * WORLDWIDE! No matter where you are in the world, MadCap has a
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A complete suite of supporting applications

 * TIGHT INTEGRATION! Whether its just you or a large team of
   writers working together, MadCap Software has the tools you need.
   Best of all, the tools are all tightly integrated; they work
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 * TOTAL WORKFLOW! With MadCaps suite of products, you have a
   complete end-to-end workflow solution, from authoring and
   multimedia creation; to reporting, analysis and collaboration;
   to translation and localization.

Save $400! Trade in your legacy authoring tool and get $400 off
MadPak or Flare. Plus, if you buy maintenance, get jumpstart
training free (a $299 value). Offer expires 12/31/09.

Email sales -at- madcapsoftware -dot- com or visit
 http://www.madcapsoftware.com/


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ANN: 25% off sale on Documenting APIs and
     Just Enough Java videos

As a Documentation Specialist, you need to continue evolving
your tech-writing skills. But in todays economy who can
afford the time and money to attend an out-of-state (or
country) seminar? With our line of Workshops-on-a-DVD and
workbooks we bring the seminar to you.

Fall Special: 25% off our DVDs. Thats a savings of $100!

** Documenting APIs and SDKs: Workshop-on-a-DVD **
This unique video explains, step-by-step, how to create
useful documentation for a Software Development Kit.
Topics include:
 - How to structure the documentation set for an SDK
 - What programmers really want
 - How to outline a Developer's Guide
 - How to automatically generate a Reference Manual using DGP
   tools
 - And much more.

** Just Enough Java: Workshop-on-a-DVD **
You don't have to know everything about Java to work on an
API written in that language. You just need to know enough
to decode the source files and actually start writing,
instead of having to rely on the programmer's notes. At the
end of this video, you will be able to do exactly that!

Full of illuminating advice, easy-to-follow examples,
practical exercises and a hard copy workbook, these
Workshops-on-a-DVD are designed and presented by
award-winning, 25-year veteran writer-programmer,
Manuel Gordon, based on his highly popular Gordon &
Gordon seminars.

Learn at your own pace, and in the comfort of your own space.

http://www.thirdwavestudios.com - 800-481-6728  514-733-0354

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HELP & MANUAL: The all-in-one help authoring tool

Help & Manual is a complete help authoring and technical
writing package. It comes with everything you need out of the
box and combines intuitive operation and a fast learning curve
with full access to the nuts and bolts of your projects for
unlimited customization.

Highlights include team authoring, multiple versions from a
single project, reusable content libraries, direct translation
with Trados and one-click layout and formatting with skins and
PDF templates.

Everything you need comes with your original
purchase - including a graphics editor with layers for
screenshots, a PDF layout tool, a screen capture tool and an
index tool that lets you edit the finished index in real time.
Fast and competent email support is also included in the purchase
price.
      "I've tried several different apps, some of them
      quite expensive, and none comes close to H&M for
      depth of features, stability and ease of use. Each
      time I use it, I discover some new 'Wow!!' feature."
      Steve Rindsberg, Microsoft MVP

Who needs Help & Manual?
Help authors and documentation teams:
Produce full-featured, context-sensitive application help for
both MS Windows and cross-platform and Web-based applications. Build
different electronic documentation and printed manual versions
fast from a single project with no unnecessary repetition.

Corporate information managers:
Build Internet or intranet-based corporate information systems
working alone or in a team. Update fast and make all the latest
information available instantly, company-wide.

Corporate technical writers:
With its wealth of output formats, team authoring and powerful
single-sourcing and conditional output capabilities Help & Manual
is ideal for producing, maintaining and updating documentation
of all kinds.

Electronic book authors:
Help & Manual does eBooks, both the universal ePUB format and
self-contained EXE format that runs on any Windows computer.
Get your documentation out onto the new generation of mobile
devices before the competition.

http://www.ec-software.com/


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