Thanks to TECHWR-Ler Debbie Stewart for initiating this list and to others for adding to it.

Computer and Technical Skills

General

• Graphics software packages
  
• Word processing software
  
• Online authoring software
  
• Online editors
  
• Desktop publishing
  
• Project planning software
  

Specific

• Microsoft Word
  
• Help Workshop
  
• FrameMaker
  
• PageMaker
  
• Ventura
  
• Adobe Acrobat
  
• UNIX
  
• Macintosh
  
• RoboHELP
  
• C++ code
  
• COBOL code
  
• Java
  
• Visual Basic
  
• Configuring Windows95
  
• 16-bit and 32-bit online help systems
  

Hard Skills

• Concise, audience-appropriate writing
  
• Minimalist writing
  
• Production, copy, and substantive editing
  
• Web page development
  
• Online help development
  

Soft Skills

• Analyzing audiences
  
• Interviewing people (SMEs and others)
  
• Facilitating meetings
  
• Managing projects
  
• Juggling multiple projects
  
• Working productively as part of a team
  
• Working without direct supervision
  
• Meeting deadlines
  
• Understanding the product
  
• Analyzing, planning, and organizing skills
  
• Knowing about different mediums, such as user manuals, marketing literature, technical illustrations, documentation, etc.
  

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