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Links
HelpMaster
A Web site with links to just about every WinHelp-related tool and
resource on the planet.
Society for Technical Communication
Professional society for technical communicators. I am a member (and the
current Treasurer) of the Willamette
Valley Chapter in Portland, OR.
Symantec Virus
Hoax Site
Did you get an e-mail saying you should warn everyone in your address book
about some killer computer virus? Don't Do It! Visit
this site first and make sure it's not a hoax. Most such messages are.
useit.com
Usability "guru" Jakob Nielsen has some definite opinions about
how to make Web sites and software more usable. I don't agree with them
all, but his articles are always thought-provoking.
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Discussion Groups
HATT
A discussion list for help authoring tools and techniques.
A discussion list for all kinds of technical writing issues. There is also a searchable message archive.
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Free Software
I'm a shareware/freeware nut. Here are a few of the best that I find useful as a professional writer and computer user.
Adobe Acrobat ReaderFree viewer for ubiquitous PDF files.
Irfan View
Free viewer of just about every type of graphics file.
GhostScript, Ghostview and
GSview
A free interpreter that "can read a PostScript or
PDF file and display the results on the screen or convert them into a form
you can print on a non-PostScript printer."
A free multi-file renaming utility with just about every conceivable feature you could ask for.
Keep-It
A free "progressive archiving" utility that
stores every revision to a file, several files, or an entire folder. Great
for source-control of Web sites or Help projects. Caution: Does not work
properly under Windows XP.
LeechFTP
A very nice, free, Explorer-like, multi-threaded FTP
client. Great for updating Web sites. Development of LeechFTP has stopped
so download it while you can.
View Excel 97 files without opening them in Excel. Free.
Microsoft
Word Viewer
View Word 97 or Word 2000 files without opening them in Word. Free.
PowerArchiver
Full-featured zip-unzip utility. Supports many file
formats. It used to be free but, alas, is now $19.95 shareware. Still a
great piece of software so I continue to list it here.
PC Magazine regularly publishes free utilities, many of which I use regularly.
| COA32 | Change Of Address updates system references to applications or data files after you move them. |
| MailCall | Notifies you when you have received new e-mail. Let's you preview headers before retrieving the entire message. Great for avoiding e-mail-borne viruses with tell-tale subjects or first lines. |
| TreePrint | Prints a directory of an entire folder branch, with or without file names. Configurable and you can save output to a text file. |
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This and That
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Examples of sentences I have edited.
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