Resources

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The Elements of Style by William I. Strunk 

How We Write: Writing as Creative Design by Mike Sharples

Managing your documentation projects by JoAnn Hackos.

 The European Association of Aerospace Industries (AECMA) Simplified English

A guide for the preparation of aircraft maintenance documentation in the international aerospace maintenance language.

Scriptorium Publishing offers instant access to affordable, self-directed FrameMaker training. The FrameMaker Workbook Series is now available in Adobe Acrobat format.

The downloadable workbooks, which cover unstructured and structured FrameMaker, cost $49.95 each; the printed versions are still available for $119 each. The workbooks cover all version 7 releases and include updates that explain the latest features in version 7.2.

There are five workbooks in the series. The two workbooks for unstructured FrameMaker, Accelerated Introduction and Template Design, are available in Scriptorium Publishing's online store at store.scriptorium.com. The first workbook for the structured interface, Introduction to Authoring, is also ready for downloading. The remaining workbooks about structured FrameMaker, Building EDDs and Structured Applications, will be available by January 2006.