Technical Communication Resources - Other Links

Disclaimer: Willamette Valley Chapter of STC does not endorse, guarantee or attest to the quality of the information presented by any service, product, information, individual, or organization mentioned in the following linked resources.

• FAST Prewritten Policies and Procedures
  This system quickly addresses policy and procedure statements for the administration and management of any size organization. These dynamic guides are designed using Microsoft Word templates that provide custom tailored sections that exactly fit your organization. You can update your organization's manuals as soon as new guidelines or policies and procedures are adopted.
  
  
• John Hewitt's Technical Writing Center
  Articles and computer dictionaries. Also a lengthy list of job resources and placement agencies, although it's primarily geared to Silicon Valley.
  
  
• Joe Barta's Professional Web Page Design Tutorial
  An excellent site for HTML beginners. Each lesson is step-by-step and easy to understand.



• useit.com: Jakob Neilsen's Website
  Deals with user friendly Web design and Web usability issues.



• A Beginner's Guide to HTML
  HTML primer compiled by the National Center for Supercomputing.



• The Mining Company's Technical Writing Page
  The Mining Company is a network of web pages categorized by subject. The one devoted to technical writing has 24 categories of information and links on technical writing from "Beginners" to "Web Design".



• Desktop Publishing Company
  Multimedia resource.



• The User Friendly Manuals Website
  Hosted by Peter Ring Consultants (PRC) of Denmark, specialists in user friendly design.



• Plain Language Action Network
  Deals with efforts to make government documents easier to read and use.



• U.S.Copyright Office
  Information on copyright law.



• The Editorial Eye
  Sampler of articles from printed newsletter of the same name.



• Journal of Electronic Publishing
  Quarterly journal published by the University of Michigan Press.



• DTP Techniques: Newsletter for NT Desktop Publishing
  Monthly newsletter focusing on FrameMaker, PageMaker, QuarkXpress, and Ventura.



• Guide to Grammar and Writing
  A good site that is both informative and fun.



• Allegro Time!
  Allegro Time! is a FREE ezine about indexing for technical communicators. It addresses print manuals, online help, single-source publishing, multimedia and the Internet. To read Allegro Time! online, please visit their Web site at Allegro Time!

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