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mtl_techwriter@yahoog...
Apr 1, 2003 12:24 pm
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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Montreal Storyteller's Guild Swapping Ground Date: Friday, April 4, 2003 Time: 8:00PM - 10:00PM EST...
mtl_techwriter@yahoog...
Apr 2, 2003 1:02 am
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Greetings! Does anyone know much a company can charge for a placement fee? For example, if a company asks me to recommend them someone for a position and I...
David Hickey
david.hickey@...
Apr 4, 2003 3:41 pm
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I know that my agencies usually charged a one-time fee based on a percentage of my yearly salary. ... From: David Hickey [mailto:david.hickey@...] Does...
Bill S. Guttman
sguttman@...
Apr 4, 2003 3:49 pm
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Could you ask a couple of agencies what their percentage is? Or could you ask anyone you might know in an HR department what they've encountered in the past?...
Alice Jane Emanuel
jane@...
Apr 4, 2003 4:16 pm
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One web-based referral service for contact writers and programmers I know of charges 20% of the contract value, and they post this information so everyone ...
Howard Kiewe
hkiewe@...
Apr 4, 2003 5:34 pm
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Howard Kiewe suggested: <<You might want to try some type of HR professional's association. They might have industry surveys for this type of thing. Geoff has...
Hart, Geoff
geoff-h@...
Apr 4, 2003 6:17 pm
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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Montreal Storyteller's Guild Swapping Ground Date: Friday, April 4, 2003 Time: 8:00PM - 10:00PM EST...
mtl_techwriter@yahoog...
Apr 4, 2003 7:02 pm
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So, I've posted up to the techwr-ler's group, and I've marked down the next STC date into my calendar, I'm planning on picking up The Tech Writer's Survival...
Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions. We have to create some sort of help file that the end user can modify themselves and is html-based. This ...
Modify themselves? I know that you can make the help file configurable so that certain information collapses (not visible) depending on certain options that...
Luisa Di Meglio
ldimegli@...
Apr 7, 2003 6:24 pm
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Frances McGill wondered: <<We have to create some sort of help file that the end user can modify themselves and is html-based.>> What software will they be...
Hart, Geoff
geoff-h@...
Apr 7, 2003 6:32 pm
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Hi Geoff, Thanks for the feedback. See FM>> ... From: Hart, Geoff [mailto:geoff-h@...] Sent: April 07, 2003 2:38 PM To:...
I'm using DreamWeaver and Deva Tools to generate .chm help for some internal applications. It's all working to my satisfaction except for the fact that I can't...
Bill S. Guttman
sguttman@...
Apr 8, 2003 2:47 pm
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Frances McGill wondered: <<We have to create some sort of help file that the end user can modify themselves and is html-based.>> Everything is possible .......
David Tremblay
tremda2001@...
Apr 8, 2003 3:19 pm
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Ah - I can modify the .hhp with the HTML Help Workshop (which I have to have on my system in order to compile .chm help in the first place). I finally found an...
Bill S. Guttman
sguttman@...
Apr 8, 2003 3:25 pm
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Hi, Can anyone suggest a good Web-based survey? A workmate suggested www.surveymonkey.com, but the free version only allows you to ask 10 questions (I may need...
"Free Online Surveys" (the first Google hit for those same terms) gives you thirty questions: "The free account allows you to create a questionnaire of up to...
Bill S. Guttman
sguttman@...
Apr 8, 2003 3:35 pm
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Thank you, David, for the insightful info. I can just see everyone saving your e-mail and reading the linked pages over the next 2 weeks. I sure will! :) Inese...
Hi David, Thanks for your feedback, I really appreciate it. I think you've summarized pretty much what expected and how it could be done (not simple anyway). ...
Hiya! A while back, I used Zoomerang (www.zoomerang.com) to create a fairly large-scale customer survey. I launched a couple of pilot surveys using the free...
Thanks, Bill. Sorry, I should have made my original request clearer - I meant did anyone have any suggestions of surveys they've used and could recommend...
Thanks, Susan - I do remember you mentioning this a while ago but couldn't remember who you used. I'm glad you had a good experience with your user survey! I'm...
The STC had excellent results with Zoomerang (http://www.zoomerang.com/Login/index.zgi). However, a friend of the society donated the use of his subscription....
Howard Kiewe
hkiewe@...
Apr 9, 2003 2:52 am
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Fantastic, thanks Howard! Howard Kiewe <hkiewe@...> wrote:The STC had excellent results with Zoomerang (http://www.zoomerang.com/Login/index.zgi)....
Greetings! When I create a new table in W2000, the cells are auto-justified no matter what style I apply to them. Even if I select the entire table and click...
David Hickey
david.hickey@...
Apr 10, 2003 3:44 pm
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I just disable everything that appears under Tools > Auto Correct menu. Especially in the AutoFormat As You Type tab. It's evil. Inese...
David Hickey wonders: <<When I create a new table in W2000, the cells are auto-justified no matter what style I apply to them. Even if I select the entire...
Hart, Geoff
geoff-h@...
Apr 10, 2003 5:08 pm
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Greetings! ... The solution was close to this one. I tried the Autocorrection/format options, but it was still not applying them (although I did learn how to ...
David Hickey
david.hickey@...
Apr 10, 2003 6:49 pm
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Sorry if this is reaching you twice, but there were some delivery problems before. <g> So, I've posted up to the techwr-ler's group, and I've marked down the ...