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Current Issue

October-December 2011, Vol. 11, Issue 1

  • Globalizing Technical Communication
  • Editor's Corner
  • Book Review: Read This Before Our Next Meeting
  • Recap of the November STC Puget Sound Chapter Meeting
  • Puget Sound STC to Host Monthly Webinars
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Archives

May/June, Vol. 10, Issue 5

  • Book Review: Trends in Technical Communication - Rethinking Help
  • Editor's Corner
  • An Interview with Robert Delwood, Author of The Secret Life of Word: A Professional Writer's Guide to Microsoft Word Automation
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March/April, Vol. 10, Issue 4

  • Blogs for TechnicalCommunicators
  • Editor's Corner
  • Book Review - WIKI: Grow Your Own for Fun and Profit
  • Apply for Technical Editing SIG Scholarships
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January/February, Vol. 10, Issue 3

  • Competition Showcase Wrap-up
  • Editor's Corner
  • STC President Michael Hughes Resigns
  • Book Review - The Naked Presenter
  • Puget Sound Scholarship Program (and cutbacks)
  • Using Chapter Resources in Your Job Hunt
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November/December 2010, Vol. 10, Issue 2

  • E-learning: Training Evolved
  • Editor's Corner
  • Book Review - New Perspectives on Technical Editing
  • A Brief History of Instructional Design
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September/October 2010, Vol. 10, Issue 1

  • User Assistance & Mobile Devices
  • From the President
  • Editor's Corner
  • Book Review - The Glamour of Grammar
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May/June 2010, Vol. 9, Issue 5

  • Personas and Usability, Part 2
  • Editor's Corner
  • Book Review - FrameMaker 9.0: A Hands-On Guide to Creating DITA Compliant Documents
  • Tools of the Trade
  • Book Review - Five Steps to MadCap Flare
  • Copy Edit Presentation with Layered PDF Documents
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March/April 2010, Vol. 9, Issue 4

  • STC-PS 2010-2011 Slate of Candidates
  • From the President
  • Editor's Corner
  • Personas and Usability, Part 1
  • Book Review - Rocket Surgery Made Easy, The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems
  • Sponsor Profile: WritersUA
  • Scholarship Program
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January/February 2010, Vol. 9, Issue 3

  • Transitioning to Technical Communication from Another Career
  • From the President
  • Editor's Corner
  • Book Review - Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation
  • Scholarship Program
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November/December 2009, Vol. 9, Issue 2

  • Book Review - Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods
  • From the President
  • Editor's Corner
  • Writing for Free/Libre Open Source Software
  • Putting the Social Back into Social Media
  • Scholarship Winners
  • Time to Renew STC Membership
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September/October 2009, Vol. 9, Issue 1

  • Technical Editor Profile
  • From the President
  • Editor's Corner
  • Editing DITA Topics
  • Book Review - Editing with Microsoft Word 2007
  • Calendar of Events
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May/June 2009, Vol. 8, Issue 5

  • Finding a Technical Writing/Editing Job
  • From the President
  • Editor's Corner
  • Book Review - Managing Writers: A Real World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation
  • International Technical Communication
  • Calendar of Events
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March/April 2009, Vol. 8, Issue 4

  • Technical Writing as Seen from the Eyes of Several Professionals, part 3
  • From the President
  • Editor's Corner
  • Book Review - Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
  • Sponsor Profile: MadCap Software
  • Calendar of Events
  • Scholarship
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January/February 2009, Vol. 8, Issue 3

  • Technical Writing as Seen from the Eyes of Several Professionals, part 2
  • From the President
  • Editor's Corner
  • Book Review - Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers
  • Advancing Your Education in Technical Communication
  • Calendar of Events
  • Convincing Your Boss to Pay Your STC Membership Dues
  • The Puget Sound STC Facebook Group
  • Free/Low-Cost Web Seminars
  • Scholarship
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November/December 2008, Vol. 8, Issue 2

  • Technical Writing as Seen from the Eyes of Several Professionals, part 1
  • From the President
  • Book Review - Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era
  • Editor's Corner
  • Board Member Interview
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September/October 2008, Vol. 8, Issue 1

  • Revealing Your Hidden Value
  • From the President
  • Upcoming Events
  • Editor's Corner
  • Peer Review
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March/April 2007, Vol. 7, Issue 2

  • The Man Behind Clippy
  • Framing the evolving field of technical communication
  • Board Member Mike Brazill
  • Should you pay for a resume writer?
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January/February 2007, Vol. 7, Issue 1

  • President's Letter
  • Sponsor Profile: Madcap Software – building great tools for help authoring.
  • Board Member Interview: Diane Forsyth
  • Foul Weather Slows, But Doesn't Stop, STC Holiday Party
  • STC National Elections Gear Up
  • Sponsor Profile: TechSmith
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November/December 2006, Vol. 6, Issue 5

  • President's Letter
  • Board Member Interview: Paul Doyle
  • The Magical Number: Seven, Plus or Minus Two
  • Fewer Tech Writing Job Posts on Craigslist?
  • First Round of Judging for STC Annual Competition
  • What Do You Do for a Living?
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