DESKTOP PUBLISHING ASSOCIATE (TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT): World Almanac has opening for a full-time temporary position, July through mid-October. (Must commit to stay through mid-Oct.)

Working in FrameMaker+SGML 5.5.6, involves page layout, input, and formatting for print reference publication, primarily consisting of tables and tables. Salary up to $20/hr, depending on experience.

Knowledge of Adobe Distiller and SGML a plus. Good typing speed. E-mail brief cover note and resume to Desktop Publishing Manager, World Almanac Education Group; llazzara@waegroup.com. Put DTP in subject line. Most promising candidates will be asked to take on-site test

HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND TECHNOLOGY…

…at the Documentation & Training 2004 Conference

October 4-5 will see technical communicators from across North America and Europe gather at the Boston University Corporate Education Center in Massachusetts for the fifth annual Documentation & Training conference. The theme of this year’s conference is “It’s All About Effective Content”.

The keynote speakers for the conference are Jesse James Garrett and Andy Ihnatko.

• SF Bay Area (Redwood City), CA:
  • Using FrameMaker (hands-on), October 11-12
    
  • Structured FrameMaker: Authoring (hands-on), October 13
    
  • Structured FrameMaker: Developing EDDs (hands-on), October 14-15
  • Technical Indexing with FrameMaker, October 16
    
  
  
• Newark, NJ:
  • FrameMaker Template Design, October 18-19
    
  • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker, October 20
    
  • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, October 21-22
    
  
  
• Dallas, TX:
  • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, November 29-30
  • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker, December 1
  • FrameMaker Template Design, December 2-3
  • Technical Indexing with FrameMaker, December 4
    
  
  
• Phoenix, AZ:
  • FrameMaker Template Design, December 6-7
  • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker, December 8
  • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, December 9-10
    
  
  

  Seminar descriptions:
  FrameMaker Template Design | Single Sourcing with FrameMaker | FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques | Structured FrameMaker: Authoring | Structured FrameMaker: Developing EDDs | Technical Indexing with FrameMaker

  
  

  Discounts for early registration, multiple seminars, multiple participants or participants in past seminars.

  Visit MicroType for more information, feedback from past participants and registration forms.
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The ISTC documentation competition 2004 is an opportunity for anyone is the field of Scientific and Technical Communication to show off their hard work and get some recognition for their achievements.
The deadline for submissions is approaching fast. Submissions must be at the ISTC office by the end of July at the latest.
For more details, see the ISTC website at http://www.istc.org.uk/pages/awards.php

We offer local training in Structured FrameMaker only about once a year, so if you are interested in attending a Portland area class this year, mark your calendar for October 4, 5, and 6, 2004.

Authoring Structured Documents with FrameMaker 7 is a three-day course that teaches end users and application developers how to create structured documents from an EDD.

October 4 – 6, 2004
Registration: (three days): $995

A petition is being generated asking Adobe to develop a Frame version for Mac OS X. Please go to http://www.PetitionOnline.com/fmforosx/petition.html and sign, and encourage others to do the same.