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Legal Transcription – Yes, You Really Can Work at Home in English

Looking for a stable career in Israel?  Want flexible hours while earning a full-time salary all from the comfort and convenience of your own home?  Train to be a legal transcriber. WritePoint and TAB Services are joining forces to offer Israel’s first intensive course in legal transcription.  This 30-hour course - presented in one week - can change your life. When:    Sunday, October 14 - 18, 2012, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Where:   WritePoint, Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem Cost:     …

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August 13, 2012
Technical Writing / Training Courses

Learn the skills you need to become a professional Technical Writer

WritePoint’s technical writing training program offers a unique and innovative curriculum, unparalleled in the field. We’ve been offering our signature course since 2005. With hundreds of our graduates currently employed as technical writers and documentation managers in Israel, WritePoint’s proven track record can work for you too. Announcing our 22nd technical writing course: Fall 2012 Term November 12, 2012 - February 20, 2013 Classes meet Monday and Wednesday 9:30-2:30 in WritePoint's training center (Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem) WritePoint also…

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August 13, 2012
Help Authoring / Uncategorized

The Table of Contents – Getting it Right

This is part of the Help Authoring Tips series. The problem with many help systems is that some help authors are still thinking in a linear world. A user manual is a linear offering. While we all know that readers don't start on page 1 and read to page 200, they do start on page 16 and turn to page 17 before reading pages 18 and then 19. Linear movement. If they seem to have dropped into the middle of…

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August 12, 2012
Help Authoring

Jumps, Popups, DHTML, and Snippets

This is part of the Help Authoring Tips series. There are many options for presenting additional information in a help system. In the olden days, you created information and then you added a hyperlink or a popup. Today, with current help authoring tools, there are so many more options. Here's a brief review of some of them. Jump/hypertext link: This takes the reader from one location to another. Typically, it offers expanded or related information. These are very useful when…

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August 9, 2012