Webex here, too.
Chuck Beck | Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 |
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Subject: [TCP] Distance Learning
We use WebEx at my day job, with PDFs and Word docs to supplement the
training on our intranet.
Overall, the company has been
Hi all,
I have not done much travel in my current job, though last summer our
whole doc team took a field trip to one of our clients-a state
penitentiary!-to see how they're using our software.
However, in my previous job, and even during my three-year stint as an
indie, I got to do some
Either that, or throw another piece of wood on the fire.
grin right back
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Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [TCP] geeky grammar: log onto versus
Hi Sean,
I have an old TrackMan Live from Logitech that I absolutely love.
Haven't used it for awhile, because I haven't been doing any presenting
lately. But it works beautifully, especially in live presentations.
Don't know if it's still available as such, but I'd be willing to bet
that if you
Sounds remarkably like my own story.
I remember my mom telling me, when I balked at taking that typing class
in h.s., that I would someday thank her for it. I have, many times over.
I never dreamed at the time that I would one day make my living at a
keyboard (which at the time meant only a
This is a new one on me. I have only ever used a colon.
Chuck
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Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 3:03 PM
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Subject: [TCP] Introduce a list with colon + dash, history
Plural computers. The rule in this case is that it takes its cue from
the closest adjective, in this case more.
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Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 4:25 PM
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I'll chime in here. I have had a lot of fun with PowerPoint, and I love
using it when I have reason to.
Recommendations (depending on your situation and reason for using it):
* Make liberal and creative use of transitions. With a little bit of
planning and judicious use of copied slides, you
Respectfully, I disagree with this advice. It violates one of the
primary principles of learning. I recommend not relying on text alone
(IOW, as one other poster said, don't just put your outline bullets up
there!), but at the same, you can use text as a good way to reinforce
what you are saying
Sorry to keep bobbing in here, but this sparked another thought. I agree
totally with Donna's excellent advice, too, and would just add a couple
more practical bits of advice:
Never, ever, EVER use anything less than a 24-point font, and use that
sparingly. Anything less than that is too small
Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to do, there *is* a duh
simple way. You can simply use ALT+TAB to the live software demo and
then ALT+TAB back to your presentation. You don't have to ESC your
presentation at all.
HTH,
Chuck
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Ouch! And I thought my tube dress was so becoming!
Chuck
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Subject: [TCP] Today's Dilbert...
Gotta love today's Dilbert strip,
Works fine for me.
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Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:12 PM
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Subject: [TCP] looking for an elegant way to unmute
Hi,
Is un-mute or unmute an elegant verb to use in the
In my experience, then, you're very much the exception and not the rule
(golden or otherwise). Good for you!
Chuck
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Hi all,
OK, I'll weigh in here with a slightly different perspective.
I was 42 when I decided a major career change had to be in my future.
After getting some professional career counseling, I chose to go into
technical communication. There was an excellent master's program in
technical
I agree as well. Gets me in trouble occasionally.
So, how long before those of us with sense can take over the American
writing community? Bwahahaha (to quote Sean).
Chuck Beck
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That might go a long way toward explaining learning disorders like
dyslexia, eh?
Chuck Beck
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W3Schools (www.w3schools.com) My favorite, at all levels. Also provides
GREAT reference pages about all things Web-related.
Chuck Beck
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I can also recommend Dan Shafer's HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables
Using CSS. Excellent book, good examples, fairly easy read.
Chuck Beck
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, November 21, 2007 12:15
To: Charles Beck
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: RE: [TCP] Telecommuting has mostly positive consequences
I knew this was true for me, but it's nice to know there is some formal
research to prove it. Now, if I could just convince my manager. He's a
really great manager
I'm not saying you *have* to be in the office to be successful, but I
*am* saying that you also should not underrate the value and importance
of at least occasional face time. I worked for a few years for one
company totally on a telecommuting basis, and I was quite successful at
it. No problem.
Hi Lisa,
Although I cannot cite any research to support it (research which, BTW,
I think does exist, I'm just too lazy/busy to look it up), you should
*always* use active voice whenever possible in technical writing. There
are many good reasons for this, among them that it makes your writing
more
Hi John,
I almost *never* use the word may in technical writing. This is for two basic
reasons:
1) May can imply the granting of permission, and that is almost never
what I intend to convey.
2) I have found very, very few situations in which the word might or
can conveys the
it
off!
*sigh* It's Friday.
Chuck
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Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 13:03
To: John Bell; TCP@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] Word choice: Might or May?
Hi John,
I almost *never* use
Kevin actually makes the point I was about to. I was not talking about a
situation in which something 'might' happen. Even if I'm not sure that
things are going to work the way they're supposed to in reality, I
always say something happens. [And note that I also do not say will
happen-more or less
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