Since the list seems to be up and running again (Donna's post came
through), I just wanted to mention that LISTSERV(r) is someone's
registered trademark. See:
http://www.lsoft.com/corporate/legal.asp
TCP is an e-mail list, and I hope it will be a lively one!
-Original Message-
From:
There's no organization comparable to the AMA for tech writers because
the two professions are totally dissimilar -- not only in people's
subjective view of them, but also in their objective natures.
-Original Message-
From: Jack DeLand
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 10:33 AM
To:
I highly recommend searching the TECHWR-L archives, where this subject
has been discussed many times. My unverified impression of those threads
is that most of us who telecommute (partially or fully) do so at
companies where we used to be fully onsite.
-Original Message-
From: Gina
need.
To renumber your SEQ fields: CTRL+A and F9. It's really that simple, and
it works every time. Unbreakable!
-Original Message-
From: Tim Mantyla
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:47 AM
To: Dan Goldstein; tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Word Renumbering problem (was Re: [TCP] cross
For cross-referencing numbered items in Word, I always use SEQ and
AutoNum fields. Numbering in Word is difficult *only* if you use default
auto-numbering -- but if you use fields, it's easy.
-Original Message-
From: Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 3:34 PM
To: email
Hi Dick,
Everything you say here is true. However, you've overlooked one of the
primary functions of many of these systems, which is to finance the
college education of the consultants' children.
Happy Thursday,
Dan
-Original Message-
From: Dick Margulis
Sent: Thursday, January 24,
This hardly refutes the cited studies. When Al graduated high school, he
was probably a smart kid and a good writer, so the studies wouldn't have
included him in the 32% (not qualified to attend four-year colleges).
Al's anecdote is charming, but the plural of anecdote is not data.
(attributed to
Hi Brenda,
Could you expand the survey questions to allow for other means of
electronic document delivery? Some companies (not ours) deliver
documents via Web sites and e-mails.
Thanks,
Dan
-Original Message-
From: bphuettner
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:28 AM
To:
YMMV. End-user docs are a small subset of what I write, but their
distribution is mandatory. FDA would not look kindly on a medical device
being distributed without its instructions!
-Original Message-
From: Kelly McDaniel
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:56 AM
To:
Hi Bill,
Did you read Gladwell's article? According to some studies, more than
half of those who take the [Myers-Briggs] test a second time end up with
a different score than when they took it the first time. I certainly
hope your company wouldn't act on something so unreliable.
-- Dan
Nicely skewered, Dick. We speak straight English here in TW-land.
-Original Message-
From: Dick Margulis
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:37 PM
To: Michael Hu
Cc: TCP List
Subject: Re: [TCP] Adobe Response* RE: OT Vent re: STC
Michael,
It's not clear what your role is at
John, regardless of your disagreement with Paula, I think you should cut
her a little slack. She's been a valuable contributor to various TW
e-mail lists for years.
As far as *my* right to criticize STC, you baffle me. I was a member of
STC for several years; eventually, I quit. Are you saying
No, no, I'm pro-WH. Paula's anti.
-Original Message-
From: Dana Worley
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 2:54 PM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] Does STC only care about itself?
On Monday, November 12, 2007, Dan Goldstein wrote:
P.S.: Paula, you're still wrong
Has the post-dotcom plummet in tech writing jobs been quantified? I
imagine Uncle Sam might keep that kind of data somewhere...
-Original Message-
From: Harkness, Holly
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:24 PM
To: TCP@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] Does STC only care about
* Word-PC
* Techshoret (former local country group)
-Original Message-
From: Rhonda Bracey
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 4:28 AM
To: Gordon McLean
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] Mailing Lists
* TCP
* HATT
* AuthorIT users group
* STC Lone Writers SIG
* STC CIC
You can create Gantt charts not only in MS Project, but also in MS Excel
(see http://tinyurl.com/yutoso) and MS Visio. Visio Gantt charts can be
built automatically using data from either Project or Excel.
-- Dan Goldstein
-Original Message-
From: Dori Green
Sent: Monday, October 01
-Original Message-
From: Brierley, Sean
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:55 PM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] auto-assign
Interesting that you would say their and not our. big grin
However, the poll sent to the CT Chapter on this issue a
month or so ago was
Well, it did imply that UAPs have to be able to *write*, so that's some
comfort. But I still don't see why hardware shouldn't be accompanied by
User Assistance.
Anyone? Bueller?
-Original Message-
From: Milan Davidovic
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:38 AM
To: Dan Goldstein
Cc: tcp
: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:44 AM
To: Dan Goldstein
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] most popular
As I said, Writers UA stemmed from Windows writers. As in
help authors. As in Windows software applications. And it
quite clearly says what the definition means IN THIS CONTEXT
. Anything you post
can and will be used against you.
-Original Message-
From: Dan Goldstein
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:51 PM
To: 'tcp@techcommpros.com'
Subject: RE: [TCP] most popular
The Whirlers' list used to have links to all of their
previous polls, and at least one poll dealt
-Original Message-
From: Sue Heim
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Dan Goldstein
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] most popular
You totally missed my point...
Hey, totally sorry.
And I don't know about you or anyone else here, but I don't
JUST write
because you're the most popular, that doesn't mean you're going
to win (as we all learned the following November).
-Original Message-
From: Laura Lemay
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 1:06 PM
To: Dan Goldstein
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] FW: most popular
I wish the old
The Whirlers' list used to have links to all of their previous polls,
and at least one poll dealt with this subject. But now they only seem to
have links to the most recent polls. Does anybody have the numbers from
the old ones?
-Original Message-
From: Dori Green
Sent: Monday, July
Well, it's an easy mistake to make when we have two separate lists
covering the allcaps exact same subject /allcaps, whose membership
has the allcaps exact same professional background /allcaps, and
whose membership overlaps to a large extent.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
-Original Message-
From: Gene Kim-Eng
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:41 PM
To: TCP@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] employee retention
... it's a rare employer that can afford to give employees
annual raises that keep pace with what they can get by
quitting...
Got a
Ummm... I've been enjoying this thread so far, and none of it seemed
particularly subversive or fearful. Did you have a specific post in
mind?
-Original Message-
From: Chris Borokowski
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:44 PM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] employee
At a previous job, we used Monster to find candidates for an RFP, and we
did pretty well. Our job description was pretty narrow. We received only
60-70 resumes over several weeks, and about half of them were serious,
qualified candidates. YMMV
-Original Message-
From: Al Geist
Sent:
It sounds like *you're* the one who has your company's best interests at
heart. Your continuing education isn't a perk, it's an investment.
Still, you might want to post this kind of thing anonymously next
time...
-Original Message-
From: Brierley, Sean
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007
90% of that feedback comes from a past President of the chapter that
hosted the conference. He enjoyed it very much.
-Original Message-
From: Milan Davidovic
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:43 AM
To: Jones, Donna
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] STC Conference this past
Use it to display graphics that illustrate and complement your spoken
presentation. Don't use it to display your bulleted outline.
-- Dan Goldstein
-Original Message-
From: Brierley, Sean
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:55 PM
To: TCP List
Subject: [TCP] Care to share a PowerPoint
Congratulations from all of us!
[Ya know, the words honeymoon and gelding don't often appear in the
same paragraph... :)]
-Original Message-
From: Lisa M. (Bronson) Gielczyk (TCP)
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:49 AM
To: TCP List
Subject: [TCP] ADMIN Announcement
Good morning
Donald White shifted it -- probably by accident, I made the same mistake
myself recently.
Of course, it's an easy mistake to make when we have two lists covering
the allcaps exact same subject /allcaps, whose membership has the
allcaps exact same professional background /allcaps, and whose
of skills had better have the resume, the writing samples,
the successful interviews with your SMEs, *and* the references -- or
else expect to get entry-level pay and benefits.
Man, I have *got* to go buy that garlic...
-- Dan Goldstein
This message contains confidential information intended
OK, I'm baffled here. Running OSs through VM is a known memory-hog.
Vista is a _self-declared_ memory-hog. Why not just go out and buy a PC
and a copy of Windows XP Professional?
-Original Message-
From: Gordon McLean
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:42 AM
To: 'TCP List'
Subject:
Hi Milan,
That doesn't exactly answer either of the questions I asked...
Happy Tuesday,
Dan
-Original Message-
From: Milan Davidovic
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 5:19 PM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] ranting STC
On 2/26/07, Dan Goldstein wrote:
OK, I'll bite
-Original Message-
From: Milan Davidovic
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:07 AM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] ranting STC
Okay, how about this:
http://www.stc.org/stcmembers/rechartering01.asp ...
THE PAGE YOU REQUESTED IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO STC MEMBERS
I went to the free section, searched for rechartering, found a link to
the form, clicked it, and got:
404! The page cannot be found.
I'll repeat the questions. Maybe someone knows the answers.
What's a rechartering form?
Why is it vital to STC's success?
-Original Message-
From:
What makes the activities in that list inherently risky?
And what does risk-taking have to do with culture?
Are they gonna bungee-jump at the opera house?
Face it, Sean, it's just corporate-speak drivel. It's exactly the sort
of thing a good tech writer avoids.
Feh.
-Original Message-
Darn it, John, we do *not* use the c-word when Posada might be
listening! Now, where'd I put that garlic necklace?...
-Original Message-
From: John Garison
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 2:15 PM
To: Tarage
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] ranting STC RE: What did you
OK, I'll bite. What's a rechartering form, and why is it vital to
STC's success?
-Original Message-
From: Milan Davidovic
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 4:55 PM
To: TCP List
Subject: Re: [TCP] ranting STC
A while back, my chapter filled out the rechartering form...
This
-Original Message-
From: Bonnie Granat
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:47 PM
To: 'TCP List'
Subject: Re: [TCP] ranting STC RE: What did you learn when
youparticipatedinthe
Part of quality leadership is getting done what must be done,
by whatever means are necessary and
-Original Message-
From: Bill Swallow
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:21 AM
To: Dan Goldstein
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] ranting STC RE: What did you learn when
youparticipatedinthe
Fe
During my brief STC membership (3 years), I found the print
Some time ago, David Neeley recommended using W3C for link checking:
http://validator.w3.org/checklink
Haven't tried it myself.
-Original Message-
From: Guy K. Haas
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:43 PM
To: Al Geist
Cc: 'Brierley, Sean'; tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP]
View|Toolbars|Web
-- Dan Goldstein
-Original Message-
From: Al Geist
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 11:10 AM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: [TCP] Next-Previous Arrows in Word
I just installed Office 2003 and for the life of me,
I cannot find the Next-Previous Arrows used
Hi Sean,
Why are ListNum, AutoNum, and SEQ not options? These fields are
generally considered to be best practices.
Why does it matter if the styles are used for procedures and not
headings? The style definition doesn't care.
Thanks,
Dan
-Original Message-
From: Brierley, Sean
documentation processes, just as
there are plenty of excessive regulations. But it doesn't have to be
that way.
-- Dan Goldstein
-Original Message-
From: Brierley, Sean
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:19 AM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] Creeping Deadlines
Not sure
Hi Jim,
Before we all shell out $95.60 to get the answer... How does the book
show this? With examples? Research? Common sense and browbeating?
And what does mostly mean in this case, anyway?
And where's Tufte when you need him?...
Thanks,
Dan
(Big fan of graphics in documentation)
(Not such
Better late than never, I came upon a user review of the Samsung
SyncMaster 203B monitor, which included this comment:
Despite indicating that a DVI-D cable is not included
(according to Samsung's web site), to my shock I found
one in the box. I'm not sure if this is a
Hi Lisa,
Word? Frame? Other?
Thanks,
Dan
-Original Message-
From: Lisa M. Bronson (TCP)
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:06 PM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: [TCP] find in conditional text
A couple of years ago, I experimented with conditional text.
Today, I was looking
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