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* ANNOUNCE: Popular Workshops Coming to Toronto in April (NEW)
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* REMINDER: WinWriters Conference Discussion List Available!
* ANNOUNCE: Welcome Lingo Systems as a New TECHWR-L Sponsor!
* ANNOUNCE: So you want to know about running a tech comm company?
* STORY: SnagIt's pixel-by-pixel editing grid - and romance
* TRAINING: FRAMEMAKER 7 & XML -- Rochester, New York USA
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ANNOUNCE: Popular Workshops Coming to Toronto in April
Gordon & Gordon presents a week of powerful, cost-effective
workshops in Toronto. We've given these popular workshops
and won rave reviews on three continents!
Choose any or all of these 1-day workshops:
"Documenting APIs and SDKs" -- there's nothing else like it!
"Just Enough Java" to document APIs in Java
"Just Enough C and C++" to document APIs in C and C++
"Understanding Complex Software"
"How to Write Marketing Materials for High-Tech Firms"
When: Monday April 7 to Friday April 11, 2003
Where: in the heart of Toronto
Cost: US$249 (CAD$399) per day before discounts
Discounts are available for early-birds, members of the STC
and ACM SIGDOC, and for attending more than one workshop.
TRAINING: XML FOR SINGLE SOURCING - Research Triangle Park, NC USA
Bright Path Solutions offers a variety of XML classes, from beginning
classes through very advanced topics. Some teach certain XML-related
tools, while others are generic XML classes.
April 28-30, 2003 we are offering "XML for Single Sourcing." You've heard
how XML can be used for all kinds of things; now learn how to apply it to
your publishing. We will teach you how single sourcing with XML can work,
and how you can create customized and personalized documents in multiple
formats, including PDF, HTML, and more. More information is online at http://www.travelthepath.com/training/xml.shtml .
Contact George Luke (mailto:gluke -at- travelthepath -dot- com or 919.481.0393) if
you would like the complete agenda for this class or are interested in
registering. Limited seats are still available, so don't delay!
Bright Path Solutions has been involved with XML since 1998. Yes, that is
1998! We have been providing educational events and training classes in
XML since its very beginnings. Our experience stretches back to SGML and
forward to new technologies like XML:FO and RELAX NG.
REMINDER: WinWriters Conference Discussion List Now Available!
Are you attending (or thinking of attending) the WinWriters
Conference (February 16th through 19th, in Seattle, Washington)?
The WinWriters Conference Discussion List will be available
from January 6th through February 28th, 2003. This list,
sponsored by Bright Path Solutions (http://www.travelthepath.com/)
is an unmoderated list, and provides conference-goers with a
forum to discuss the upcoming conference, travel and get-together
plans, and other related topics.
The WinWriters Conference Discussion List is a free service to the
technical writing community provided by RayComm, Inc., and sponsored
by Bright Path Solutions.
ANNOUNCE: Welcome Lingo Systems as a New TECHWR-L Annual Sponsor!
Join us in welcoming Lingo Systems (http://www.lingosys.com/)
as a new Silver-level TECHWR-L Annual Sponsor!
Lingo Systems specializes in managing large and complex
technical translation projects and providing customized
localization services. Committed to providing on-time
delivery, Lingo Systems services more than 50 target
languages.
Lingo Systems offers a variety of services relevant
to technical writers' needs. Lingo Systems can localize
software, translate training materials, localize Web
sites, and translate documentation. Serving the computer
hardware and software, manufacturing, medical and dental
device, and training industries for more than 10 years.
Lingo Systems joins the growing list of TECHWR-L
Annual Sponsors:
ANNOUNCE: Something you need to know about running a tech comm company?
Are you thinking about starting your own consulting practice or tech comm
company?
If so, LavaCon: The International Conference on Technical Communication
Management is for you! Come to LavaCon and learn about:
* How to transition from contractor to business owner
* How to write contracts and LOAs
* How to transition from selling YOUR services to selling
YOUR COMPANY'S services
* How to deal with difficult clients
* More!
Early registration rates are still available. See www.lavacon.org for
details.
STORY: SnagIt's pixel-by-pixel editing grid - and romance
Dan the technical writer sifted through the bowl of Valentine's Day
conversation hearts that sat on the break room table.
"Dear one - Hot stuff - Be mine - Sweet talk," he read off the hearts. As
he eyed an attractive technical writer across the room, he lamented the
fact that these pieces of pastel sugar just weren't capturing his
feelings.
With one last glance, he returned to his desk. As he began working with
SnagIt - the leading screen capture tool - he marveled at its enhanced
capture preview window. The pixel-by-pixel grid allowed him to select
just one area of the screen, zoom in and apply the effect, with precision,
just to that area.
Dan gave a sudden start. "If I just told her," he thought . . . Dan
quickly created a card introducing SnagIt and the pixel-by-pixel editing
feature to the technical writer he admired. What better way to express
his feelings than by sharing his favorite technical writing tool?
"SnagIt - Screen capture - Auto Scroll - Web capture," he thought. When
were candy manufacturers going to make some conversation hearts that
really spoke to him?
"Candy makers!" he bellowed. "Emblazon them on sugar as they are
emblazoned on my mind!"
TRAINING: FRAMEMAKER 7 & XML -- Rochester, New York USA
FrameMaker 7 and XML Class registration closes soon!
Learn to set up structured applications in FrameMaker, import and export
XML with Adobe Certified Expert Kay Ethier. This intensive 2-day
QuickStart training class is offered only in Rochester, NY on February
28-March 1, 2003. The class covers:
+ Authoring in structure with FrameMaker
+ The power of EDDs and DTDs, how to modify structure
+ Adding structure to existing, unstructured FM files
+ Round-trip XML. in FrameMaker
Registration fee includes workbooks and post-training support. Seating is
limited to 12, to ensure personal attention. Current STC members $475;
non-STC members $600. To register, download the form at http://www.resourx.com/learning.htm, email Dorothy Hoskins at mailto:info -at- textenergy -dot- com, or call 1.585.750.3118.
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