To all,
This is what I plan to do and then try my best.
Thanks to all . . .
-- Ken in Atlanta
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On Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 11:04:43 AM EST, Shmuel Wolfson
<[email protected]> wrote:
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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