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Adobe is offering a whole bunch of gifts if you register your product with them.  Some of the gifts are impressive and worth signing up for, such as free Lynda.com training, discounts on Acrobat 9 books from Peachpit Press and Free trials to Safari Books Online. My favorite is the free download of Adobe Hypatia [...]

How much do freelance writers charge for writing posts? Now that our little site is doing well, freelance writers are approaching us and offering their services. I thought I’d offer this to give you all an idea of the rates per post and per article we’re being quoted. By the way, the writer you sent this was very professional, had a great portfolio and recommendations from satisfied clients.

Writing your first Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) can be a daunting task. Before I left for Japan I managed to get some words over to Carlos. Here’s a few ideas I had. What do you think I should add?

Peter Feerick over on Tech Support Alerts reviews the best screen capture software. I’ve used Camtasia, Snagit and recently Jing, which he includes in this review.

Register now for this free webinar on Techsmith’s Camtasia Relay Version 1.1. If you are already familiar with Camtasia Relay and want to see what’s new, please sign up for this 30 minute update on the new features and functions in version 1.1.

This free download lets you export and save to PDF and XPS in 8 different 2007 Microsoft Office programs (includes Word and Excel). You can also send as an e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS formats in a subset of these programs. Download from here.

Free Copy of Camtasia Studio 6 – The Definitive Guide

Ever wondered how to use Jing. Techsmith’s video capturing software. Well, Betsy Weber got a tweet from an Irish-American lecturer who’s put together a nice user guide for Jing. You can download the PDF directly here.   
Heather James at the Institute of Technology,Sligo created a manual for Jing, but that she was sharing what her [...]

Betsy Weber, over the Techsmith’s Visual Lounge, is giving away free copies of Camtasia Studio – The Definitive Guide. It’s written by Daniel Park of dappertext, one of the leading US screencasters. He’s just updated it for Camtasia Studio v6. 500 pages of step-by-step instruction and tips and tricks.

For technical writers and information developers involved in writing scientific and technical articles, this Word Add-In includes support for the National Library of Medicine XML format. Use this add-in to read/write XML-based documents in the format used by the National Library of Medicine for archiving scientific articles.