robohelp calling page with #

Hello to all

i have same project in flash pro on robohelp 7.

i`ll run any page with this method (for example …\myhelp#main_help2.htm) and call page.i use rh_showhelp but dont work because i dont how work with this.i read HELP of robohelp and search in net but i unknown where live this function and use it.i can use and run with click on HREF text on page and call page but not SUITABLE.

User Documentation Survey 2008

Every so often I launch a survey about user documentation – sometimes it's specifically for a conference paper, and sometimes it's just as a small contribution to the growing body of knowledge in technical communications. This time I have included three groups of questions: questions for people who create user documentation, questions for people who create technology products, and questions for the most important group of people of all - people who use technology products.

Welcome WritersUA as a continuing TECHWR-L Sponsor!

Join us in welcoming WritersUA as a continuing TECHWR-L Gold-level Annual Sponsor:
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WritersUA (WinWriters) specializes in providing quality training and publications for the community of user assistance professionals. The world of user assistance comprises a variety of techniques and technologies to make working with software a better experience. This includes online Help, wizards, eLearning, information portals, printed documentation, and improvements to the application user interface. WritersUA customers represent a diverse group of technical writers, software developers, contractors, and consultants.

WritersUA is the premier source for world-class, world-wide user assistance conferences and seminars. The annual WritersUA Conference for Software User Assistance has attracted over eight thousand participants in the past sixteen years. The next event takes place March 29-April 1 in Seattle, Washington. http://www.writersua.com/ohc/

Welcome--and thanks to--WritersUA as a TECHWR-L Annual Sponsor! Annual sponsors provide key support for the variety of TECHWR-L services and features. For more information about sponsorships, please visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/abouttechwhirl/sponsorships.html

Are your technical communication resume and portfolio up to date?

Single Sourcing with Framemaker (and other tools)

Administrator Note: Reprinted after repeated requests. It was accidentally not carried forward into the current site design. After some digging, it's back! Enjoy!

by Michele Marques

As a technical writer, you may be exploring single-sourcing--producing multiple document outputs from a single information source--as a possible option for easing document development and production. Although solutions such as databases, SGML, and XML are available that can enable you to reuse information to produce multiple outputs, single-sourcing doesn't have to involve such complex solutions, expenses, and learning curves. Instead, if your single-sourcing needs are relatively simple, you can effectively single-source using a tool that technical writers commonly have available: FrameMaker.

This article examines how single-sourcing can ease your publication process. First, we'll look at how to single-source multiple models of the same product line. Then we'll examine how you can single-source to create different versions of the manual for different audiences. Finally, we'll explore time considerations for single-sourcing using FrameMaker. Although this article focuses on techniques to produce multiple printed manuals, you may find these techniques useful when you are producing outputs in multiple media (for example, printed manual and online help file)."

Aspiring Technical Writer

Hello,

I am currently a senior at the University of Houston majoring in English with a minor in Education. I've been a Writing Consultant for the university Writing Center for five semesters; working with undergraduate and graduate students (including English as a Second Language (ESL) students) majoring in the Engineering, Business, Law, Geoscience, History, English, and Marketing on their essays, proposals, resumes, progress reports, and thesis and dissertation essays.

TECHWR-L Job Search Discussion Group Available

Thanks to a great suggestion from Dori Green, there's a new discussion list (or support group) specifically for job search-related needs. You'll find it at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-job-search

Look for more information later, but for now, if you're in the market for a job, have the cycles to support or help others who are looking, or just want to keep your fingers on the pulse of the technical communication job searchers, join in!

Had No Idea Setting Up a Site is So Much Work!

Well, having finished my last contract position, it has taken me a few days to get everything set up to officially work from home, but I'm hoping to get started soon.

I've been working on a website to help others, and hopefully draw attention to my capabilities, still under development. I had no idea how much work all this is! But it's been good to brush up on my HTML and PHP hacking skills.

In the current economic situation (Fall 2008), how do you plan to manage your job and career as a technical writer

Cisco Systems (Bangalore) Seeks Technical Writers / Technical Editors

Dear Friends

Cisco currently has multiple positions for Senior Technical Writers and Senior Technical Editors in Bangalore.

The job typically requires 5 + years of core Technical Writing / Technical Editing experience with the use of the Framemaker tool. Experience of writing for networking technology is an added advantage.

Please send us me your updated profile at lhegde@cisco.com if you would like to explore your career options in Cisco, Bangalore.

Thanks and Regards
Laxmi Hegde (Recruiter)
Cisco Systems India Pvt. Ltd.