Montreal Techwriter Forum Posting Rules (updated August 12th 2005) ======================================= Greetings! This is your monthly reminder of the...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 -- 10:00AM EST / 3:00 PM GMT X-Pubs presents: CMS & Change - Love it, Hate it, Master it! (with Scott Abel & Emma Hamer) Reserve...
I am looking for information on productivity rates (pages/words per hour or per day) for technical writing and translation. I have plenty of information on...
Poppy Quintal wondered: <<I am looking for information on productivity rates (pages/words per hour or per day) for technical writing and translation. I have...
Hi Poppy, I usually plan half a day per topic, a topic being an explanation (detailed definition - 1/2 to 1 page), a procedure (12 steps approx), a reference...
Montreal Techwriter Forum Posting Rules (updated August 12th 2005) ======================================= Greetings! This is your monthly reminder of the...
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Jan 2, 2007 5:48 am
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The 8th Annual Documentation and Training Conference held for the first time on the west coast in beautiful downtown Vancouver, BC. This year, we focus on the...
Ever wonder why you can't use a code management system to manage tech pubs content? Need to understand why a relational database can't keep pace with an XML...
STC Montréal Event Everything I know about freelancing I learned from someone else: What I can teach you about the business of freelancing With Phillipa...
Hello. I have a friend who is a Francophone but is required to write some technical and scientific papers in English. He's looking for something like...
Ed Hawco wondered: <<I have a friend who is a Francophone but is required to write some technical and scientific papers in English. He's looking for something...
Hi Ed, Although I cannot personally recommend any of them, I googled 'english grammar checker' and got a page full of possibilities. Of course, the person...
Thanks Jane. I'll advise him to do the same Google search. Geoff, I'm not recommending anything. He asked if such a thing existed so I said I'd ask around. I...
Ed Hawco provided more details: <<Geoff, I'm not recommending anything. He asked if such a thing existed so I said I'd ask around. I don't think he expects the...
[2007-01-24 13:47] - Geoff Hart a écrit / schrieb : [...] ... I fully agree that it is not a good idea to rely solely on whatsoever software to translate a...
I'm currently doing some preliminary research to find a printer capable of publishing "trade paperbacks" -- those are the perfect- bound volumes, typically...
Geoff: Are you thinking digital or offset? Given the superior quality of digital these days, the choice between the two usually comes down to the size of the...
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Jan 31, 2007 6:26 pm
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Susan Hargrove responded to my plea for printers: <<Are you thinking digital or offset? Given the superior quality of digital these days, the choice between...
I know of two, possibly three, local printers that do books. Binders are almost certainly the hen's teeth in your equation. Printers will be associated with a...
Susan Hargrove
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Jan 31, 2007 11:43 pm
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Susan Hargrove reports: <<Binders are almost certainly the hen's teeth in your equation. Printers will be associated with a binder if they do books. Rarely...
Montreal Techwriter Forum Posting Rules (updated August 12th 2005) ======================================= Greetings! This is your monthly reminder of the...
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Feb 1, 2007 4:37 pm
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Geoff, another option you might want to consider is Nap-art, I've had some very good dealings with them in the past, and I know that they print perfect-bound...
STC Montréal Event Everything I know about freelancing I learned from someone else: What I can teach you about the business of freelancing With Phillipa...
Interested in DITA? Plan to attend the Documentation and Training Conference in Vancouver, BC this April 18-21, 2007. We've got the following DITA-centric...
Hi Can anyone give me an idea, how to prepare tech. writing samples, when searching for a job. As I cannot carry out anything from my company for my personal...
Greetings! I have a potential client that has asked me to write up some web content as well as train clients on the software. How would you charge a client for...
Hi Dave, My advice would be to treat the training sessions as just another delieverable, like a manual or web content. Charge them per session, but factor in...
Montreal Techwriter Forum Posting Rules (updated August 12th 2005) ======================================= Greetings! This is your monthly reminder of the...
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Mar 1, 2007 5:24 pm
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... I assume that you are unable to take these file home for security reasons? Would it possible to anonymize your work? Could you changes names and details to...
I have worked on a number of contracts where I documented the software and then conducted the training. From the client's perspective, it's efficient to use...
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