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Subject:Re: The Writer's Kit From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Mon, 5 Jan 1998 11:38:47 -0600
JIMCHEVAL wrote:
> To put it another way, what should a client expect a freelancer will
> reasonably have available as a matter of course?
FWIW, most of our contractors turn in their work as ASCII files. Writers
who produce print-ready files must use Quark XPress (:-P) on a Mac.
Writer/formatters get paid more than writers-only, but 99% of our
projects do not require that the writer and formatter be the same
person.
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Stillwater, OK, USA http://www.okvotech.org/cimc/home.htm
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