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cool- and there are others there too. One is on the 15th, topic-based
authoring.
Uh, that's JAN 15, probably 'today' when most are reading this...
cheers
Jay
John Hedtke wrote:
> Hey, I've got a free webinar coming up that you may want to sign up
> for. It's "Planning Topic-based Authoring: Working in a Use Case or
> Scenario-based Environment." I'm going to be talking about how to do
> topic and project planning when you're working with use-case-based
> development. The seminar is on April 9 at 9am (Pacific). It's
> through MadCap, who I'm very pleased with for doing all of these free
> webinars on topics of general interest.
>
> >>No money is changing hands--I'm doing this purely pro bono publico
> and you can get this all for free, too. My presentation isn't
> tools-dependent, either: this is not some kind of pitch for MadCap
> products or anything like that. I can spell Flare 2 outa 3 times,
> but that's currently the limit of my product knowledge.<<
>
> BTW, if you're not familiar with topic based authoring, let me
> encourage you to sign up for the MadCap presentation tomorrow, Jan
> 15: "Topic-based Authoring: Doing more with less," which is also
> tools-independent from my understanding. I think the idea is cool
> because you get a better user-oriented document at the end that was
> MUCH EASIER TO ESTIMATE ACCURATELY! :)
>
> For info on signing up for either of these, check out
>http://www.madcapsoftware.com/demos/webinars.aspx .
>
>
> Yours truly,
>
> John Hedtke
> Author/Consultant/Contract Writer
> www.hedtke.com <-- website
> 541-685-5000 (office landline)
> 541-554-2189 (cell)
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