If your main job will be technical writing, I think you should just take
the job and learn as you go. There are online tutorials. Lynda.com has
courses in Flare.
Good luck.
--
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
058-763-7133
On 28-Feb-20 7:20 PM, Ken Poshedly wrote:
Group,
At a job interview yesterday (February 27), one of the folks I met with stated her hopes
that besides the usual technical writing duties, she plans for a modernization of one of
the company's web pages. Her comment was that "It's so 1980s."
While I've done online content here and there, I've not done really full-blown,
overall web site design or redesigns. The staff person (a vice president) said
that the current page was done using MadCap Flare.
Due to the EXTREMELY restrictive policies at my previous employer (where I
worked for nine and one-half years before the tech pubs function was
outsourced), we weren't permitted to spend any money on upgrades to our
software or learn new ones. Thus, I have no experience with MadCap Flare.
So I ask about the learning curve; I'm already a 22-year user of FrameMaker,
Acrobat Pro (version 9, an oldie) and other tools. So how similar are these two
(FM and Flare) to each other? And if I spend a few hours a day using the trial
version, any idea on my proficiency?
I know this open-ended, but it's really new territory for me. Plus, I won't
even know if I get the job for a few days or weeks. Just trying to plan ahead.
Thanks all.
-- Kenpo in Atlanta
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