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Work Experience > 1994-1999: Daniel Industries
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1994-1999: Daniel Industries, Houston, TX
Permanent staff position with the Technical Publications group
Summary
Technical Writer for developers of oil and gas transfer instrumentation and software
Major Assignments
- User documentation, including Windows Help files and printed manuals, that addressed the use and installation of the controlling software and hardware components for Daniel gas chromatograph instrumentation (Danalyzer®) and Daniel flow computers
Significant Accomplishments
- Produced printed manuals for the Danalyzer family of gas chromatographs and the MS-DOS software used to operate and control them
- Produced Windows Help documents for online, context-sensitive help and reference material supporting the Daniel Spectra™ 100 Flow Computer
- Produced, in Windows Help format, a style guide describing the formatting standards, manual templates, file naming conventions, and so forth, applicable to production of Daniel user documentation
- Developed, in Microsoft Access 2, a multi-user database application for tracking documents, author(s), file locations, and revision status
- Developed, in Microsoft Access 97, a prototype, multi-user database application for tracking components (sample conditioning system, columns, hardware, firmware, software) and user/application data for each gas chromatograph sold by Daniel
- Developed prototype web pages for presentation of Danalyzer sales brochure
- Promoted the adoption of new software (FrameMaker, Adobe Acrobat) and methods for online publication of Daniel printed user manuals
- Mastered use of macros in Windows Help and WordPerfect documents
- Developed new skills in web page authoring and web graphics production
- Developed new skills in Windows Help authoring
- Developed new skills in Microsoft Access applications development
- Developed new skills in Adobe Acrobat use
- Improved skills in WordPerfect use
- Improved skills in technical diagrams drawing
- Improved skills in user manual authoring
- Increased knowledge of transducers, microcontrollers, Modbus protocol, serial ports, and other intrumentation-related components and interfaces
Skills and Software Tools
Commonly used software:
- WordPerfect v5.1 for DOS and v6 for Windows by WordPerfect
- RoboHelp v3 and 95 by Blue Sky Software (now eHelp)
- Arts & Letters v3, v5, and v6 by Computer Support Corporation
- Access v2 and 97 by Microsoft
Commonly practiced skills:
- Collaboration with software and hardware developers for drafting, revising, and approval of user documentation content
- Editing
- Hypertext document design, production, and maintenance
- Printed document development, formatting, and maintenance
- Database application construction and operation
Additional software and skills:
- MiniHelp v3.21 and v3.5 by Paul Arnote
- HotDog Web Editor v1 by Sausage Software
- Paint Shop Pro v3 by JASC Software
- Adobe Acrobat Pro v2 and v3 by Adobe
- FrameMaker v5.5 by Adobe
Training
Classroom courses:
- Levels 2 and 3, Programming and Advanced Programming in Microsoft Access 97 (Application Developers Training), 5-day, September 1998
- Supporting Windows 95 (Mastering Computers), 2-day, September 1997
- Online Documentation (JoAnn Hackos, Comtech Services), 2-day, February 1996
- Introduction to Doc-To-Help and RoboHelp (M. J. Plaster and Alec Sonenthal, Help University), 3-day, January 1996
Self-study:
- Access 97 Developer's Handbook by P. Litwin, K. Getz, and M. Gilbert, copyright 1997, Sybex, ISBN: 0-7821-1941-7
- Classroom in a Book: Adobe FrameMaker, copyright 1997, Adobe Press, ISBN: 1-56830-399-8
- Developing Online Help for Windows 95 by S. Boggan, D. Farkas, and J. Welinske, copyright 1996, Thomson Computer Press, ISBN: 1-85032-211-2
- Developing Online Help for Windows by S. Boggan, D. Farkas, and J. Welinske, copyright 1995, Thomson Computer Press, ISBN: 1-85032-219-8
- The Developer's Guide to Winhelp.exe by Jim Mischel, copyright 1994, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 0-471-30326-7
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