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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 02:05:03 -0700 (MST)

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Wednesday, January 3, 2007
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TRAINING: WebWorks in Pittsburgh; DITA in Toronto
ANNOUNCE: WritersUA Conference Early Registration Deadline
ANNOUNCE: WritersUA Updates
FRAMEMAKER/ACROBAT TRAINING: San Diego, Berkeley & Boston
ANNOUNCE: Malaspina University Online Tech Comm Program 2007

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TRAINING: WebWorks in Pittsburgh; DITA in Toronto

Front Runner Training is offering the following WebWorks
ePublisher Pro and DITA courses in early 2007:

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Pittsburgh Course!
Cant come to Canada?
No Problem!
Front Runner Training will be delivering a Mastering
WebWorks ePublisher Pro: Document Design course in
Pittsburgh.

Monday January 22nd & Tuesday January 23rd, 2007

Please call 1-877-999-0155 for venue and course details!

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Toronto Course!
DITA: Publishing in FrameMaker

Wednesday February 7th to Friday February 9th, 2007
at Front Runner Training's office in Toronto.

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*Early Bird Special

*Register and pay for our WebWorks and/or DITA training
by January 8th, 2007 and receive a 15% discount.

This discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other
Front Runner Promotional Offer.

Feel free to visit www.front-runner.com for other
courses and information. Sign up for our monthly e-zine!

We look forward to helping you with your training needs.

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ANNOUNCE: WritersUA Updates

SURVEY: Skills and Technologies Survey Results Posted
The results of the 2006 WritersUA Skills and Technologies
Survey are now available. This popular survey measures the
elements we value most in our daily user assistance work,
including skills, technologies, platforms, and tools.

Thank you to all of the user assistance professionals who
contributed their information!
http://www.writersua.com/surveys/skillstech06/index.html

EVENT: Registration is Open for WritersUA Conference for
Software User Assistance

All the information is now available for The 15th Annual
WritersUA Conference for Software User Assistance, March 25-28,
at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, CA. The conference focus, as
always, is on user assistance Design, Tools, Technologies, and
Content Development. Over 60 informative sessions will be
presented by 45 expert speakers.
http://www.writersua.com/ohc07/index.html
Early registration discount through December.

EVENT: WritersUA Visiting Houston STC Chapter
Joe Welinske, President of WriterUA, will be speaking about
Trends in Software User Assistance at the Houston Chapter of the
Society for Technical Communication, Tuesday, January 9.
http://www.stc-houston.org/events-houston.htm

MANY MORE Free Articles, Surveys, and News items on the
WritersUA web site.
http://www.writersua.com/
Resource Directory:
http://www.writersua.com/resource.htm

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ANNOUNCE: WritersUA Conference Early Registration Deadline

The WritersUA Conference **Early Registration** deadline is next
Friday, January 5.

Save on Returning Attendee, Group, and Single Registrant fees by
registering this week. Prices increase after Friday, January 5.

* Attendees of our 2006 Conference in Palm Springs pay just $895.
* Groups of five or more pay just $895 per person.
* The Single Registrant fee is just $995 prior to the deadline.

Your conference fee includes over sixty sessions presented by
forty-five speakers, plus the Peer Showcase, Exhibition, Product
Demonstrations, and numerous networking opportunities. The conference
focus, as always, is on user assistance Design, Tools, Technologies,
and Content Development. The Conference takes place March 25-28 at
the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, California. Mark your calendar
for this great week.

All of the event details are available on the conference web site:
www.writersua.com/ohc07.

We look forward to seeing you in Long Beach!

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FRAMEMAKER/ACROBAT TRAINING: San Diego, Berkeley & Boston
Instructor: Shlomo Perets, MicroType

San Diego, California:
- FM-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, Jan 22-23
- Single Sourcing with FM, Jan 24 - FM Template Design, Jan 25-26
- Structured FM: Authoring, Jan 29 - Developing EDDs, Jan 30-31

Berkeley, California:
- FM-to-Acrobat Adv Tech, Mar 12-13 - Single Sourcing, Mar 14
- FM Template Design, Mar 15-16 - Structured FM: Authoring, Mar 19 -
- Structured FM: Developing EDDs, Mar 20-21

Boston, Massachusetts:
- FM-to-Acrobat Adv Tech, Apr 30-May 1 - Single Sourcing, May 2
- FM Template Design, May 3-4 - Structured FM: Authoring, May 7
- Structured FM: Developing EDDs, May 8-9

http://www.MicroType.com

* Instantly be more productive with Toolbar Plus for FrameMaker
* 24 Easy Ways to Improve Your PDFs with TimeSavers/Assistants

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ANNOUNCE: Malaspina University Online Tech Comm Program 2007

Malaspina University College's online Technical Communication
Certificate Program kicks off its 2007 season with the core
course Technical Writing and Editing' starting on Monday,
Jan. 8, 2007. This course runs for 8 weeks through to
Mar. 2, 2007.

This course offers a practical introduction to technical
writing and editing. Students practice writing and editing
by completing an individual term project stage by stage
over the eight weeks of the course. Students also have the
opportunity for individual practice in selected problem
areas of technical writing.

The cost for this course, which runs for 8 weeks,
is $349 (CAD).

For more information about the Technical Writing & Editing
course, link to http://www.pr.mala.bc.ca/tech_comm1.htm.

For more information about the online Technical Communication
program and how to apply to this program, refer to
www.pr.mala.bc.ca/techcomm.htm.

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