Dear Sword Project,

Thank you for allowing me to be placed on your mailing list and the opportunity to work on the Sword Project.

I feel that I can be of benefit to you through my writing skills. So, to start things off, or, as the Apostle Paul so eloquently wrote to the congregation in Rome, i.e., "...In showing honor to one another take the lead" (Romans 12:10), I took the initiative and redesigned the Web page for those persons who are interested in becoming writers for the Sword Project.

Two web pages are attached to this letter. One is called "Writers Needed", and the other is called "Notice". Please view them and let me know if you find them useful and what corrections, if any, I should make.

Also, while I am not a computer expert or a computer programmer, I might nevertheless be able to help out by writing press releases and announcements and possibly, technical documentation.

Thank you again for giving me the opportunity to volunteer for the Sword Project, and please let me know where else I can help.

Cordially,

William

PS - I feel the background image of this letter would also be appropriate to use for the two web pages I sent you. However, I don't know how to insert them into the page.

Title: Writers Needed

Notice to Users of Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer


Writers Needed

People who use the Sword Project depend on instructions which are easy to follow and, in order to have these written instructions, we need writers who can communicate "what to do" clearly and unambiguously to the reader. If you feel you have these writing skills, there are a couple of areas where we need you. But before you learn about those areas, please read the

Volunteer Quick Start

After you read the Volunteer Quick Start, please do the following things:

1. Read the sections below under the headings:

  • Technical Writers
  • Professional Writers

2. Choose the areas in which you can help us.

3. Follow the steps listed below under the heading:

  • Becoming a Writing Volunteer.

Technical Writers

We need people that can write technical documentation for The Sword Project. We need you to help us write:

1. A User's Handbook for Window's platform

2. Help files for Window's platform

3. Code design documentation for Window's

4. Code design documentation for the Sword API (i.e., the Sword Application Program Interface)


Professional Writers

We need someone to write press releases and anouncements. We also need someone to help us by writing to Copyright Holders and requesting them to:

1. Loosen copyrights on works

2. Allow us to convert the works and use them in Sword Project Modules


Becoming a Writing Volunteer

First, we want to thank you for your willingness to help us in this way. A lot of us working on The SWORD Project are technicality savvy. However, our writing skills are somewhat not as savvy. :) If you want to help us, you can do so by writing or rewriting Sword Project instructions. To volunteer, please do the following things:

1. Subscribe to the sword-devel mailing list by sending an e-mail to:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

2. In Bold text, include the words below in the body of the e-mail:

subscribe sword-devel


Finishing up - What to expect

After you are placed on the mailing list, you need to do the following things:

1. You need to e-mail us at

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

2. You need to state the area of writing in which you can help us.

After that, someone will contact you and let you know about some of our outstanding and specific needs. You can then choose one of the specific needs in which you can help.

Thank you for your interest and participation.


Title: Notice to Users of Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer

Users of Microsoft Windows

For the best view of this web page, please do the following things:

1. While viewing your monitor,

  • minimize all windows so that you can view your desktop
  • right click your mouse
  • move mouse pointer down menu and highlight "Properties"
  • left click your mouse

2. In the "Display Properties" box, click the "Settings" tab.

3. In the "Screen area" of the Settings tab, set your monitor pixels to 800 x 600, and click apply

4. Close the "Display Properties" box.


Users of Internet Explorer

If you are using Internet Explorer,

  • click "View" on the menu bar
  • move mouse pointer down menu and highlight "Text Size"
  • Select "Larger" in the Text Size sub-menu
  • left click your mouse

Full Screen Mode

To view Internet Explorer in Full Screen Mode,

  • Press F11

To return to Normal Screen Mode,

  • Press F11 again

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