[TCP] New Job No
This article seems to be well-written and useful. It's on cnn.com and was on CareerBuilder.com. It's 'Six signs your new job is lousy' and you can see it at http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/02/18/cb.lousy.job/index.html By the way, the 3 highlights are [1] You may land in a mess if you leap into a new job, [2] Sign of lousy job is that you get no training or orientation, and [3] Every day, someone runs out of boss's office crying. Jim Jones __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] communications guidelines
Dr. Klaus Hofer, of CATi (Communications and Training International) in Nova Scotia, has presented a workshop called Applied Psychology for Technical Communicators for STC Wisconsin and a week from tomorrow he is going to present this workshop in the Chicago area as well. His Web site is at drklaushofer.com I believe, and it should be quite helpful. By the way, more information about our workshops is on our Web site which is at stc-chicago.org. Jim Jones STC Chicago Technical Workshop Coordinator - Message from Bill Swallow [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 8 I'm researching effective communication practices to employ across my organization. I have a few books I can pull off my bookshelf already delivery tactics. As you can imagine, my focus is very wide, from presentations and meetings down to email and IM. I'm not looking for golden hammers or proverbs, but information I can dissect and reflect back upon my findings as I dive into what the true issues that need addressing are. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Any good free web design software for sales manual?
There is an open source content management system called PostNuke http://www.postnuke.com/ - although I do not know that it has the functionality that you are looking for. It does do a lot of things. Jim Jones __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Back On Topic
What's happening to this writer/editor on a Monday after a holiday? [1] Getting myself ready for an all day workshop with SCORE (SBA) [2] Getting myself ready for planning this year's technical workshops (fora local technical writing association) Jim Jones __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] copyright -- implicit or no?
As I understand it, if your work is being done as 'work for hire' which is what most work that is in the technical communication sphere is, then copyright is held by the company or organization or whoever is paying for the work. However, the individual creator does hold a kind of implicit copyright on stuff that he or she creates until paid for it. This can be important in a contractor relationship - ask Geoff Hart. He knows something about this. All creative work is covered by some kind of copyright and this copyright is held by the creator of the particular item of work. Whether or not you add the little c-circle symbol and name/year. But that little symbol does make the legal protection stronger. There is this place called 'Copyright Clearance Center' but as I understand it, they collect fees for using materials that are used in an academic setting. Jim Jones http://tinyurl.com/4arjc -Original Message- In general, copyright registration is a legal formality intended to make a public record of the basic facts of a particular copyright. However, registration is not a condition of copyright protection. Even though registration is not a requirement for protection, the copyright law provides several inducements or advantages to encourage copyright owners to make registration. http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#cr More on this page as to what can and can't be protected, and a bunch of other stuffs...Milan Davidovic On 4/26/07, Brierley, Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi If I create art -- vector, photo, whatever -- is it implicitly protected as my work or do I need to obtain an external copyright through some agency? Any sources for that opinion? If I author text content -- user manual, whatever -- is it implicitly protected as my work or do I need to obtain an external copyright through some agency? Any sources for that opinion? __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. DOCUMENTATION TRAINING WEST 07: THE USER EXPERIENCE April 18-21, 2007 ~ Vancouver BC ~ Marriott Pinnacle ~ free city tour 40+ sessions * free workshops * free iPod offer * www.doctrain.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Care to share a PowerPoint tip?
Shift G-N when you're in Slideshow Mode calls up the Slide Navigator, but the little pop-up has to be showing first. You get that to appear by moving the cursor down to to lower left of the screen and hovering over the little icon that appears. The F5Esc thing is a toggle for going in and out of Slideshow Mode and when you press Esc to exit it seems to cycle back to the beginning. You want to stop the show for a bit and then resume it and I thought that there used to be a specific command for that. Jim Jones -Original Message- So, I press Esc to drop off full screen, and alt-tab to the (dreaded) live software demo I'm doing, I run the software demo, then alt-tab back to PPT and press F5 to go full-screen and WHAM-O, I'm back at page one of the presentation. What the heck? How do I stop that? How can I go back full screen to the current page?.. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. DOCUMENTATION TRAINING WEST 07: THE USER EXPERIENCE April 18-21, 2007 ~ Vancouver BC ~ Marriott Pinnacle ~ free city tour 40+ sessions * free workshops * free iPod offer * www.doctrain.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Care to share a PowerPoint tip?
To call up the Slide Show Help panel (Very useful) when you are in the middle of a slide show, press Shift - ? in Powerpoint 2002. It tells you about the Shift - B toggle that was discussed earlier. It also tells you about the Shift - W toggle (which turns the screen white). -Original Message- Shift G-N when you're in Slideshow Mode calls up the Slide Navigator, but the little pop-up has to be showing first. You get that to appear by moving the cursor down to to lower left of the screen and hovering over the little icon that appears. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. DOCUMENTATION TRAINING WEST 07: THE USER EXPERIENCE April 18-21, 2007 ~ Vancouver BC ~ Marriott Pinnacle ~ free city tour 40+ sessions * free workshops * free iPod offer * www.doctrain.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
[TCP] question on how to disable a file's network transmission capability
Hello, I have a question - is there a simple way to make it so that an MS Word file (also, an OOo file) can be made to 'stay put' on a certain machine so that the person who needs the file cannot (accidently or on purpose) send it to another machine? Thanks. Jim Jones http://tinyurl.com/4arjc __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Painful
Someone else said to correct it with a red pen and use it in your office anyway. I'd say that you go could that route or you could correct it in a less obvious manner, if the mistake can be corrected so, and then you could wait and see if anyone ever says anything. And then when someone does say something, you can say what happened. So that calendar becomes a conversation piece. For example, perhaps you could stick on some little sticker (colored the same as the background on the calendar) that you cut to the right size, over the apostrophe in the first 'it's'. Or cut a larger piece to cover the words and 'All It's Glory'. Not perfect but effective. Jim Jones -Original Message- It's Friday, December 1, and given my tendency towards structure and order, I went to Borders last night to purchase a calendar so I would have January 2007 in front of me (I keep two calendars up -- one with the current month and one for the upcoming month). I bought a standard sized calendar and a couple of calendars for the family members as Christmas presents. Then, there was this beautiful calendar that caught my eye -- a large format (full-page, no folds 18x24), mostly about the scenery with only a small calendar at the top type of thing. It was pricy (for a calendar), but all photos printed on quality paper suitable for framing, yada yada and at the last minute I picked it up. It's perfect for a bare wall in my office. So this morning, as I'm getting ready to walk out the door with my new calendars in hand, I yell, I can't take this calendar to work! It has a typo! Fine Art Calendar 2007 Where the Perfect Light Embraces Nature and All It's Glory It's Glory! It is Glory! My husband responded from upstairs that it must be painful being so anal... __ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
