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TECHWR-L Mailing List Archive March 1994

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23554-gordon

• Interleaf to FM filters

Ad absurdum per aspera

• Sad news

Alexander Friedlander

• Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 27 Feb 1994 to 28 Feb 1994

Alexandria Faiz

• Re: Radiation Information
• 2nd Call for Radiation Info.

Alun Whittaker

• Neologisms
• Re: A Reply to Dr. Dale Sullivan
• Re: Want Ads
• Re: ti(d/t)bit

Anatole Wilson

• Job titles
• worth of documentation
• Hypertext vs. paper
• Lenses, eyestrain

Andreas Ramos

• Re: Perfect style manual
• Re: Neologisms
• Re: technical writer info
• Re: Neologisms
• Re: Good books
• Re: How much do you have to know?
• Re: tan: bold vs. bald
• Re: Typical Pay Scale?
• Re: ti(d/t)bit
• Re: "Ms." or "Ms"?
• Re: "Ms." or "Ms"?
• STC vs. NWU; differences?
• Re: STC vs. NWU; differences?
• Re: job titles
• Re: Are manuals and help read?
• Re: Are manuals and ...
• Re: worth of documentation
• The Journal of Irreproducible Results
• Re: Color for international communication
• Re: Is Hypertext More Productive?
• Re: Is Hypertext More Productive?
• Re: Is hypertext more productive?
• Re: Some thoughts on "Dummy" books, and HyperMedia
• Re: Ergonomics and modular furniture
• Re: It ain't Pacman
• Re: Please tell me this is an April Fool's gag
• Re: On multiple indexes

Ann Amsler

• STC Conference

Ann Balaban

• Cloverleaf
• Cloverleaf

Anthonette Chavez

• QUESTION ABOUT JOB TITLES

Arthur Comings

• Salaries in SF Bay Area
• Re: E-Mail address

belville

• Re: Texts for Manuals Writing Course

BHARAT

• Please send me information on listserver

Bill Konrad

• Announcing Winhlp-L (fwd)

Billie Wahlstrom

• College Composition & Communication Conference
• Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 23 Mar 1994 to 24 Mar 1994

Binion Amerson

• Re: "Ms." or "Ms"?
• Re: Hello, Brazil (and Other Central & South American Countries)

Bob Stromberg, MVS/JES Information Development

• Filenaming conventions

BOB, ZKO3-4/CUBE 4X49

• Some software types do use manuals

Bonni Graham

• Re: ti(d/t)bit
• Personal for Lori Lathrop
• Mea Culpa and a new video
• Re: technical writing co...
• Re: a poser
• Re: Going to Minneapolis?
• Re: STC vs. NWU
• March video
• Re: QUESTION ABOUT JOB T...
• Re: Texts for Manuals Wr...
• Re: job titles
• Re: QUESTION ABOUT JO...
• Re: Are manuals and ...
• Those ordering tapes w/co. check
• Re: CEUs
• Re: "dummy" books to...
• Re: marginal :-) definit...

Bonni_Graham_at_Enfin-SD

• Re[2]: Want Ads
• Re: Reference/Style manual
• Re: Color schemes, color printing
• Meetings on Tape
• My New Address
• Re[2]: Planning before writing on-line help

Brad Mehlenbacher

• Re: Are manuals and help read?
• NCSU MS in Tech. Comm. Theses Topics, FYI
• Re: Planning a Help Project
• Online Information Course (Warning: Long Msg)....
• Hypertexts Versus Traditional Texts

BURGAMW1

• Re: Reference Manual
• File management
• Re: It ain't Pacman

by way of nburns -at- noao -dot- edu Nancy S. Burns

• Re: (Was Glossaries etc.)

Carl Stieren

• Indexing software

Carol Engle

• want to locate Chancery

Chad Hill

• Glossaries....Again ;-(

Charles Fisher

• STC DC Chapter Meeting: March 1994
• Sun Workstation
• STC DC Chapter 4/94 Meeting
• Cross-References
• Frame 4.0.2 for Windows/MAC
• Lowering monitor height

Charles Sides

• warning labels
• Thanks:Warning Labels

Chris Goolsby

• Forwarded: Electronic Privacy -- A Call to Action

Christopher Battle

• Announcing Winhlp-L (fwd)

CHRISTOPHER S TILLEY

• techwriters survey

Chuck Banks

• Re: technical writer info
• Re: Translating American to English
• Re: Cross-References
• Re: National Technical Writers' Week

Chuck Martin

• Index entries in Word 6
• Re: "dummy" books to footnotes for definitions
• Indices, glossaries, etc.
• Re: wide side margins & Andrea's comments

Cinty Li

• technical writer info
• thanks for the support to an aspired writer

CYNTHIA HOLLINGSWORTH

• UNIX screen prints

Dale Sullivan

• response to Trummel

DAMON BOURNE

• Techwriting Books

Dave Walker

• Re: Using SGML as HTML and publishable source

David A Lowe

• Truth in Writing (joke)

David McMurrey IBM

• Good books

David Reichelt

• Re: Planning before writing on-line help

David W. Pfister

• Typical Pay Scale?

David_Dubin

• HELP! for Help

Dawn Throener

• [no subject]

Deb Carnegie

• Guestimation questions
• Information retrieval systems for online Doc

Dianne Phelan

• Newsletter for independent consultants

Donna Ellis

• Re: Hypermedia Tools for UNIX
• Re: UNIX Hypertext

Doug Fettig

• Filenaming conventions
• Re: Are manuals and help read?
• User manual exhibit in NYC (trip report)

Doug Osborn

• Re: Reference/Style manual
• Bonni G's new email address

Doug, Data Librarian at Ext 4225

• Re: Indexing software
• Career Development and Compensation
• Help!!

DSNACQ::HARRISON

• Basic Tech Writing Seminars

ejray

• Re: warning labels
• Listowner Responds
• Re: Is Hypertext More Productive?
• books
• Please tell me this is an April Fool's gag

Ellen Fenwick

• ForeHelp

Faith Weber

• Re: Planning before writing on-line help
• Does tech writing pay?
• Re: Typical pay scale?
• Re: Yech Writing
• Re: Miracle Help
• Re: "dummy" books to footnotes for definitions

FOLTZ_J

• Reference/Style manual
• E-Mail address
• Lowering monitor height

Frank A. Saucier

• I Am Experiencing Technical Difficulties. Please Stand By.

Fred M Jacobson

• Re: Help Lines&Tech Manuals - Mouse as Foot Pedal
• Re: File Management
• a good manual
• Is 3rd party info better?
• Re: Lenses, eyestrain

Fred Wersan

• Color schemes, color printing
• Summary of responses to the color questio
• Re: STC vs. NWU; differences?
• Re: Are manuals and help read?
• Re: Who reads the manuals?
• Re: Reading behavior
• color issues
• Looking for smart troff editor

George

• writers vs. the rest

Gordon Meyer

• Re: E-mail addresses

Gotlieb Carl R1478C

• Human Factors Seminar in Phoenix
• Re: STC vs. NWU
• Re: Is hypertext more productive?

Gregg L. Sloan

• Re: measuring VOCs

Gregory=Kushmerek%AcctgMed%FIN

• Tidbits
• Summary - 'Fell Through'
• Hello Banyan?

Heather Atkinson

• Career survey
• THANK YOU! (and a LONG summary of the results)

Heather Lum

• user manual exhibit in NYC

Helena Jerney

• Trying to unsubscribe

Heli Roosild

• Request for signatures (WAS Signature blocks)

Jack Shaw

• Re: Can I be technical writer?
• It's not a "mouse" -- it's a "rat"...
• Larry Kunz response to C. Li, fifth parag. ...

Jackie Elizabeth Wilson

• ti(d/t)bit
• ti(d/t)bit
• Instruction Booklets

James Conklin

• Ideas for a proposal database?
• Benchmarking your proposal-creation processes

Jane Patterson

• Re: E-Mail address

Jane_Torpie_at_III-HQ

• Need help w/ Doc2Help
• sending messages to Jane Torpie

Janet Valade

• Re: Information retrieval systems for online Doc

Jenny Fornaca

• Re: E-Mail address

Jim Grey

• Re: Want Ads
• Re: Reference/Style manual
• Re: Help Lines&Tech Manuals
• Re: Want Ads
• Re: NEW QUESTION
• Re: Good books
• Re: warning labels
• Re: ti(d/t)bit
• Paul Trummel and Dale Sullivan
• Re: Is Hypertext More Productive?
• Getting Rid of Things
• Re: DIN plug, -a term to use?
• Re: Some software types do use manuals

Jim Walsh

• Re: How much do you have to know?
• [no subject]

Joan Stout

• Re: multiple indexes (an existential query)

John Eldard

• Consulting Seminar Brochure available
• Closure
• STC Annual Convention Information

John Weiland

• [John Weiland <weiland -at- diablo -dot- cisco -dot- com>: Re: DIN plug, -a term to use?]

Jon Waldron x4415

• Re: Is Hypertext more productive

Jonathan Price

• Multiple indexes

Judy Francis

• Advanced Course

Karen Kay

• Re: worth of documentation
• Re: Is 3rd party info better?
• Re: 100 Best Jobs/Tech Writing 18th
• Re: Furniture
• Re: multiple indexes (an existential query)

Karen Steele

• Re: a poser
• [no subject]

Karen Walters

• Does techwr-l have a moderator? (fwd)

Karl L. Smart

• Re: A Good Textbook
• Re: A Good Textbook

Karla McMaster

• Re[2]: job titles
• Are manuals and help read?
• Re[2]: Are manuals and help read?
• Re: worth of documentation
• Re: CEUs
• Re[2]: UNIX Hypertext
• Re: It ain't Pacman

Karyl Severson

• Hypermedia Tools for UNIX

Katharine Y. Flight

• getting tech. editing work

Kathleen Nosbisch

• ForeHelp Online product and address change

Katie Schuler

• foot pedal mouse

Kay Wicker - Documentation

• Preview: 41st conf. tech. tours

Kaye Sykes

• Job descriptions

Kelly Graham MCOM

• technical writing competitions

Kelly Hoffman

• a poser
• Re: a poser
• marginal :-) definitions (was Re: "dummy" books to...)

Ken d'Albenas

• Words per minute (Re "Want ads")
• Re: "Ms." or "Ms"?
• Belated Happy Birthday, Techwr-L!

L3

• Re: Difficult Assignment
• Re: E-Mail address
• Re: getting tech. editing work

Larry Kunz ((919) 254-6395)

• Journalism and technical communication

Lars Helge Semb

• DIN plug, -a term to use?

Laura Lemay

• Re: Color schemes, color printing
• Re: foot pedal mouse
• Re: Typical Pay Scale?

Laura M. Myott

• My subscription

LaVonna Funkhouser

• Planning before writing on-line help
• tan: bold vs. bald
• Re: ti(d/t)bit
• Re: STC vs. NWU; differences?
• Oklahoma STC meeting; progression format
• Going to Minneapolis?
• Form letter to encourage conf. attendence
• Re: March video
• my mistake
• Mapping your help
• Some software types do use manuals and notice the quality thereof
• Re: Reading Manuals
• Re: ForeHelp Online product and address change
• How do CEUs relate to credits?
• Re: Hypermedia Tools for UNIX
• Re: miracle help
• Planning a Help Project
• Re: National Technical Writers' Week
• Ergonomics and modular furniture
• Syntax conventions
• reply to Jane re: modular furniture
• Re: Furniture
• Visual Communication list (forwarded)

Lawrence \"Lonnie\" Brennan

• Roger Grice lecture

Lee Brasseur

• Request for sources on programmer-tech. communicator interaction

Lee McDavid

• Job Opening in NH

Legislative Serv Ctr

• Re: Is Hypertext More Productive?

Len Olszewski

• Re: Closure
• Re: no-smoking or non-smoking
• Re: a poser
• Re: Are manuals and help read?
• Re: "dummy" books to...
• Re: (Was Glossaries etc.)

Less is more.

• Indexes and Alphabetic References

Linda Enders

• Re: job titles

Lise A Hansen-2

• Re: STC Annual Meeting

Lissa Story

• Ms. vs. Ms

lma36959

• Grad School in Tech Writing

lmlathrop

• Invitation to Colo. ASI Meeting
• Oooooops -- Typo!

lodo1

• subscribe carson reed

logendra (l.) naidoo

• On multiple indexes

Lori Lathrop

• Difficult Assignment
• Writer Wanted - Falls Church, VA
• CEUs
• Re: (Was Glossaries etc.)
• Re: Glossaries....Again ;-(
• Re: marginal :-) definition
• multiple indexes (an existential query)
• Re: On multiple indexes
• Re: More on Multiple indexes

Lori M. Rushworth

• [no subject]

Maclin, Amy

• competitions?
• for Julie Gephardt
• Clarion awards

Marcia Whitmore

• Re: Want Ads

Maria Townsley

• ratio of writers to programmers
• miracle help

Mark Kitzmiller

• Re: Style Manual
• Re: File Management
• TechWriting w/o Journalism
• Re: RE- E-mail Addresses
• RE-a poser

Mark Levinson

• Foot pedal
• It ain't Pacman

Martha Collins

• Policies and Procedures On-Line

mary headley

• Re: Consulting Seminar Brochure available

Matt Abe

• Re: Going to Minneapolis?
• (Forwarded) Re: Going to Minneapolis?
• Help Wanted: Japanese Technical Writer
• Re: STC Annual Meeting
• STC Conference: PHC
• Help Wanted: Japanese Technical Writer
• STC Conference: Budget Accommodations

Matt Hicks

• bold-faced or bald-faced
• grams/liter, mg/m^3=YIKES!

Matthew Wong

• Re: Want Ads
• Re: NEW QUESTION
• no-smoking or non-smoking
• Re: no-smoking or non-smoking

Melanie J. Steckham

• Use of learning theories in instructional design materials
• Tech Writer Skills Composition

Michael Christie

• Ratio of Tech Writers/Developers

Michael Gos

• Texts for Manuals Writing Course

Michele Berkes 615-576-2352

• Victor Cohn lecture--Knoxville, Tennessee
• measuring VOCs
• VOCs -- the answer
• Words Into Type 4th ed?
• Words Into Type 4th ed.

Mike Beyries

• Re: does anybody really read {and what about 3rd party ...}

Mike Christie

• Furniture
• Indexes
• "Using this Book"

Mike Hamity

• job titles

mike markel

• job opening

Mike Pope

• Re: Is Hypertext More Productive?
• Re: Is hypertext more productive?
• Re: Is Hypertext More Productive?
• Re: "dummy" books to...
• Re: marginal :-) definit...
• Re: Nancy Burn's Glossary Suggestion
• Re: Indexes

MIR

• Usability Seminar

mpriestley

• I've Been Moved
• sgml and single-source documentation

MSTSACX

• STC vs. NWU
• 41st STC Annual Conference Scheduled in Minneapolis, May 15-18
• The Other 99 Percent
• Is Hypertext More Productive?
• Survey

MultiAccess Computer

• Re: Help Lines & Tech Manuals

Nancy Hoft

• Help Lines&Tech Manuals
• Addresses Needed
• International Professional Interest Committee
• International Tech Comm Presentations at STC Conference

Nancy S. Burns

• Glossaries etc.
• Information retrieval systems for online Doc

Noreen Casey

• Re: Planning before writing on-line help

nova goodin

• unsubscribe

NUCLEO DE INFORMATICA BIOMEDICA - UNICAMP (RMES)

• SEARCH: Address of National Association of Science Writers

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho

• STC Annual Meeting

Pam Tatge

• Re: People do read this stuff

Pamela North

• Re: Technical writer info

Pat Anderson

• Unix hypertext

Patrick O'Connell

• Article about ratio of writers / developers
• Are you creating/using WordBasic macros for WinHelp authoring?
• PaintShop Pro? Three cheers!
• Newsgroup good news (LONG)
• Personal for Jane Torpie
• Full-text srch in WinHelp is POSSIBLE!
• Full-txt srch in Help: How to do it (I)
• Full-txt srch in Help: How to do it (II)
• FTS in WinHelp: All is not as it seems!
• HAGerwocky (longish but worth it)

Paul Brady 5797

• Next FUNNE Meeting (directions & time)

Paul Cass

• Re: Reference/Style manual

Paul David Marvel

• Re: measuring VOCs
• Re: STC vs. NWU; differences?
• Re: worth of documentation
• Re: It ain't Pacman

Paul Trummel

• A Reply to Dr. Dale Sullivan
• Dr. Dale Sullivan Persists

Paul+Penny Cass

• Re: STC Internationalization Seminar
• Difficulties Overcome
• Re: Salaries in SF Bay Area

Peg Mauer

• Technical Writers at Nikon

Personnel

• ESRI Job Opening

R. Darren Carlton

• Re: Planning a Help Project

Ram Bone

• Translating American to English

Randy Allen Harris

• Perfect style manual
• "closure"
• You say tomatoe, I say tomahto ("closure")
• PD software ftp sites wanted
• Graphic ftp sites wanted
• SUM: ftp sites
• SUM: ftp sites (whoops)
• multiple indexes (an existential query)

Rebecca

• Email petition to oppose "Clipper"

REYNOLDSI_J

• Document scanning and retrieval system

Robert Bononno

• Re: Neologisms
• Re: Document scanning and retrieval system
• Re: Ideas for a proposal database?

Robert Busch

• Technical Sessions at the STC Conference

Robert Cottington

• On-line file editing/sharing

Robert Owens

• Help a poor student...

Robert Sweitzer

• Re: STC vs. NWU

Rybak, Amy B

• Re: Texts for Manuals Writing Course
• Re: Career survey

Sean London

• Availability of Jobs

Sean O'Donnell-Brown

• Training programs: on-line doc'n/hypertext/hypermedia
• Re: Is hypertext more productive?

Shannon Ford

• Re: "Ms." or "Ms"?

Soh Kam Hung

• Re: Signature blocks

Stacey McCroskey

• Re: E-Mail address

Stephen Bernhardt

• Re: Typical Pay Scale?
• Re: Texts for Manuals Writing Course
• Re: Is hypertext more productive?
• Re: It ain't Pacman

Steve Fouts

• Re: Re[2]: Want Ads
• Re: Can I be a technical writer?
• How much do you have to know?
• Aside: Teaching Tech Writing
• Re: Texts for Manuals Writing Course
• RTFM!
• Some software types do use manuals
• Yech Writing
• Job Posting from Misc.Jobs.Offered (USENET)

Steve Larson - Training Coord. ext 6890

• Technical or Business Writing Course in Nebraska

Steve Owens

• miracle help
• Planning a Help Project
• Re: Is Hypertext More Productive?
• Some thoughts on "Dummy" books, and HyperMedia
• Lenses, eyestrain, etc.
• Help!!
• Please tell me this is an April Fool's gag
• Planning a Help Project
• On multiple indexes

Stuart Selber

• 100 Best Jobs/Tech Writing 18th

Sue Stewart

• Re: Want Ads
• Personal for Bonnie Graham
• Re: "closure"
• Re: Journalism and technical communication
• Re: How much do you have to know?
• Re: Want Ads
• Re: tan: bold vs. bald
• Re: technical writing competitions
• Re: marginal :-) definit...

sullivan

• rpi

Susan Fowler

• Re: STC vs. NWU
• demo or presentation software recommendations?
• New Jersey STC Meeting Notice: Using Doc-to-Help to Create MS Windows help systems
• Re: STC Conference: Budget Accommodations
• Re: National Technical Writers' Week

Susan_Gallagher_at_Enfin-SD

• [no subject]

Tammy Williams

• Closure
• Journalism to Tech writer
• Reply to: How much do you have to know?

TERESA DIANE STUBBS

• NEW QUESTION

Tim Pera

• Re: UNIX screen captures

Timothy Gray

• Re: Windows Presentation Software

Tom Parker [Consultant]

• Re: a poser
• Are Manuals Read?
• THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY ABANDONMENT THEORY
• WHAT HAPPENS IF (WHEN?) THE MANUALS GO AWAY?
• Is Hypertext More Productive?

Tom Warren

• PReliminary Announcement: FORUM95
• [Lawrence: Garland Encyclopedia Project]

Tracey Showalter

• Re: Salaries in SF Bay Area
• UNIX screen captures
• Thanks for UNIX ScrCapt Inf

Unknown

• Sr Tech Writer -at- Cadence, San Diego, CA

Usability Expertise Center ph.603.881.2430

• STC Internationalization Seminar

usrhr.US

• Re: Texts for Manuals Writing Course
• Nancy Burn's Glossary Suggestion

Vicki Rosenzweig

• Re: neologisms--"closure"
• Re: tan: bold vs. bald
• Re: Tidbits
• Re: "Ms." or "Ms"?
• Mall of America, STC conference, etc.
• People do read this stuff
• audience for documentation

Vollbach, Elizabeth

• Just a Job
• Typing Speed
• "Ms." or "Ms"?
• "Ms." it is, I guess
• Who reads the manuals?

Weinberg, Rebecca

• Subscribe

WENDY

• Signature blocks
• Academic job opening
• Reading Manuals
• Possible April Fool's gag

Young Kim

• Color for international communication

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