• Skills
    
    
			Here is a synopsis of the skills I have to offer.
			
			
				
					| Writing skills 
 
 
							
								|  | • | I've written many technical documents for the software industry: 
									user manuals, reference manuals, data sheets, technical specifications, and more. |  
								|  | • | I've developed content for various
									non-technical and quasi-technical
									documents: brochures, direct-marketing
									pieces, catalogs, company profiles, and more. |  
								|  | • | I've developed Web content that's
									geared for both technical and
									non-technical audiences. |  |  | Web-development skills 
 
 
							
								|  | • | I'm adept at development of presentation
									that is congruous with subject matter. |  
								|  | • | I'm not a graphic designer but am adroit at adapting
									professionally designed Web themes for specific
									applications. (That's how I created this Web site.) |  
								|  | • | I'm committed to browser-neutral development techniques. |  
								|  | • | I'm skilled with search-engine-optimization (SEO) techniques. |  
								|  | • | I'm experienced with commonly used Web-development
									languages and technologies. 
									(See Programming skills.) |  | 
			
											
				
					| Programming skills 
 
 
							
								|  | I'm experienced with the following languages: 
 • ASP
 • C
 • HTML/XHTML
 • Java
 • JavaScript
 • PERL
 • PostScript
 • VBScript
 • Visual Basic
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								|  | I'm experienced with the following programming/Web-development tools and environments:
 
 • Microsoft Visual C++ IDE
 • Microsoft Visual J++ IDE
 • WordPress
 |  |  | General computer skills
 
 
 
							
								|  | • | I'm a long-time user of various Microsoft Windows operating systems. 
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								|  | • | I'm highly experienced with the Microsoft DOS operating system. |  
								|  | • | I'm a casual user of the Macintosh OS/X operating system. |  | 
									
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 Software skills
 
 
 
							
								|  | I'm experienced with the following software applications: 
 
 PRODUCTIVITY:
 Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, 
									Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Adobe Acrobat
 
 PAGE LAYOUT:
 Adobe InDesign
 
 CRM:
 Salesforce.com
 
 ILLUSTRATION, IMAGE EDITING, DRAWING:
 Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Google SketchUp
 
 DATA HYGIENE/CASS:
 MAILERS+4
 
 VARIABLE-DATA PRINTING:
 PrintShop Mail, FusionPro
 
 PAGE IMPOSITION:
 PDF Snake, Quite Imposing, Quite Imposing Plus, Quite Hot Imposing
 
 PREFLIGHT/PREPRESS:
 Quite A Box Of Tricke, Quite Revealing
 
 FILE TRANSFER:
 WS-FTP Pro
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