RE: What areas of FrameMaker should I focus on as a new technical writer?

[al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com]

>
> --- Joe Malin <jmalin -at- tuvox -dot- com> wrote
>>
>> I cement my knowledge through practice. Reading a book is not enough.
>> IMHO.
>
>
> Working from Joe's list, grab a public-domain, text-only book from
> www.gutenberg.org, one you'd like to read or re-read, and format the
> hell out of it.
>
Peter has a great idea.  My new position required me to know Frame, a
program that I hadn't used for a number of years.  To get back in the
swing of things, I took a previous Word-based effort and converting it to
Frame.  It was frustrating as hell, but the experience gave me an
excellent foundation for the interview...and was one reason I got the job.
 I was able to both talk about and show my new employer what I started
with and the end product.  Since it's often not possible to use material
from previous jobs (this stuff was from a state agency and I had the
agency's permission to use it), grabbing material from the public domain
allows you to do the same...a before and after.

Al
Geist Associates
www.geistassociates.com







^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word features support for every major Help
format plus PDF, HTML and more. Flexible, precise, and efficient content 
delivery. Try it today!. http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l 

Doc-To-Help includes a one-click RoboHelp project converter. It's that easy.  Watch the demo at http://www.componentone.com/TECHWRL/DocToHelp2005

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- infoinfocus -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40infoinfocus.com

To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to lisa -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.