Software To Own:
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| FrameMaker | Because it is the basic tool of our profession. I'll talk a lot more about it later | Take a FREE online Brainbench Skills Test |
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| Word | For many jobs Word can be used instead of FrameMaker but
learn FrameMaker. Here is "one technical writer's" opinion on the merits of each product. |
Take a FREE online Brainbench Skills Test |
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| Acrobat Reader | White Papers, shorter documents, and for single books. | Take a FREE online Brainbench Skills Test | free from: http://www.adobe.com | ||||
| Distiller | For taking text documents like Word or FrameMaker and creating published forms | Take a FREE online Brainbench Skills Test |
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Image |
program | why buy it? | learn or test yourself | where to get it cheap | |||
| PhotoShop | A pixel based graphics program used for image enhancement and complex layering of graphics | Take a FREE online Brainbench Skills Test |
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| CorrelDraw | A vector based graphics design program for creating flow-charts and descriptive graphics | Take a FREE online Brainbench Skills Test |
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| Illustrator | A vector based graphics design program for creating flow-charts and descriptive graphics | Take a FREE online Brainbench Skills Test |
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Online Help Generation Programs |
program | why buy it? | learn or test yourself | where to get it cheap | |||
| WebWorks | To create automated online help | Take a FREE online Brainbench Skills Test |
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| RoboHelp (note that ForeHelp is going under so use Robohelp) | To create automated online help. | Take a FREE online Brainbench Skills Test |
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Index Creation Programs |
program | why buy it? | learn or test yourself | where to get it cheap |
| Ixgen | A nice program for creating automatic index generation that isn't just a gathering of common words and headings. | Ixgen's homepage | ||
| Scripting and Automation Work | program | why buy it? | learn or test yourself | where to get it cheap |
| FrameScript | Advanced but fantastic for customizing scripts that help automate FrameMaker | The FrameScript
Group on Yahoo
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FrameScript's homepage |
| program | why buy it? | learn or test yourself | where to get it cheap | |
| Fonts | This amazing site has over 8,000 fonts! | Find Wonderful Fonts | ||
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Anti-Virus Software |
program | why buy it? | learn or test yourself | where to get it cheap |
| Norton or McAfee either are fine. |
Set it to download new virus definitions daily |
cheap software | ||
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