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A sampling of the technical documentation and database projects I've done:

Designed and wrote the Omega^TM Quick Start Guide, PageMaker 7.0, Adobe Acrobat 4.0, Indigo Systems
Designed and wrote the Phoenix^TM Camera System with RTIE User's Guide, FrameMaker 6.0, Adobe Acrobat 4.0, Indigo Systems
Designed and wrote two FrameMaker technical documents for customers, FrameMaker 6.0, Adobe Acrobat 4.0, Miramar Systems,
- Desktop DNA Version 3.0 Technical Reference Guide
- DNA Director User Guide, Release I
Designed and wrote three FrameMaker documents and accompanying Syllabus including Schedule and Trainer Notes, delivered on-time and within budget, FrameMaker 6.0, Adobe Acrobat 4.0, Miramar Systems,
- DNA Studio User's Guide
- Command Language Reference Guide
- Script Writing Training Guide
- Script Writing Training Syllabus
Designed FrameMaker templates, then converted, organized and extensively edited MSWord documents into FrameMaker manuals with hypertext links viewable on corporate intranet, FrameMaker 5.5, Adobe Acrobat 4.0, Mission Linen Supply, Inc.,
Organized, merged, updated, and converted 1600 pages of DSP/BIOS User and API guides(MS Word and FrameMaker) into three new FrameMaker manuals with a new identity, Texas Instruments:
- TMS320C54x User's Guide
- TMS320C5000 API Reference Guide
- TMS320C6000 API Reference Guide
Merged two DSP/BIOS User's Guides into one comprehensive, updated User's Guide, FrameMaker 5.1, Texas Instruments.
- TMS320 User's Guide
Updated two DSP/BIOS API Guides, FrameMaker 5.1, Texas Instruments.
- TMS320C5000 API Guide
- TMS320C6000 API Guide
Designed and created extensive database for managing patrons, actors and stories, funding sources and applications, and donations, Microsoft Access 97, Speaking of Stories, a Santa Barbara nonprofit organization
Quick Reference Guide, PageMaker, MS Excel, and MS Word, Kinko's Corporate Offices
MainStreetXpress 36100 Command Reference Guide, Configuration Guide, and Update Booklet, FrameMaker5.5 formatting, Ericsson/ACC
Tigris Quick Start Guide, FrameMaker5.5 formatting, Ericsson/ACC
Tajiguas Landfill Fact Sheet, Communications Dept., UCSB
Product brochures and other marketing collateral, Digital Instruments Corporation
Hardware and software Support Notes, Digital Instruments Corporation
Networking, printer, video, SCSI technical support documents, Digital Instruments Corporation
NanoScript^TM reference manual, proprietary C+ functions, Digital Instruments Corporation
Software release/installation documentation for Scanning Probe Microscope system software, Digital Instruments Corporation
Hardware and software installation/reference manuals for Scanning Probe Microscope systems, Digital Instruments Corporation
Software and hardware version upgrade procedures for the Trase, Soilmoisture Equipment Corporation
Technical service procedures for AESOP (Automated Endoscopic System for Optimal Positioning), Computer Motion
Systems manuals for infrared camera systems, Amber Engineering (now Raytheon Corporation)
Hardware release notes, Quadron Service Corporation
Updates to Networking reference manuals, Unisys (formerly Burroughs) Corporation
Software change notices for mainframes and workstations, Unisys (formerly Burroughs) Corporation
Updates to COBOL reference manuals, Unisys (formerly Burroughs) Corporation

I can write from your technical drafts and product specifications, or from scratch. I can learn product by working with it and then documenting it or I can format, convert, or edit your previously completed (outdated ?) manuals.

I would very much like to help you or your company with your technical documentation projects. Contact me and we can discuss your documentation requirements.