“How to get Word to show you some Love" with Mellissa Ruryk

Fri Feb 12 2021 at 01:30 pm to 02:30 pm

Fairfax, Virginia | Fairfax

Society For Technical Communication - Instructional Design & Learning SIG
Publisher/HostSociety For Technical Communication - Instructional Design & Learning SIG
\u201cHow to get Word to show you some Love" with Mellissa Ruryk
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Celebrate Valentines Day early with the IDL CoP in "How to get Word to show you some Love" webinar with Mellissa Ruryk.
Celebrate Valentines Day early with the IDL CoP in "How to get Word to show you some Love" webinar with Mellissa Ruryk.
10:30 am Pacific / 11:30 am Mountain / 12:30 pm Central / 1:30 pm Eastern
Friday, February 12, 2021
Presented by the STC IDL CoP
About the webinar
I know, we all love to hate Word™. I get it! There are many times when we have no choice and need to dash something off, so we crack open a new doc. and bang it out. But then we apply some styles here (never using inline styling, right??) and then decide that this section there would look better if it were a numbered list. Then gee – wouldn’t it be better if that section of the document were printed landscape? All of a sudden you’re fighting a real battle!
This is a presentation suited for beginning technical writers or more advanced ones who keep getting stumped by Word's idiosyncrasies. We can almost guarantee everyone will learn at least one thing about Word, no matter how long you've been using it.
About the Speaker:
Equipped with a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from UBC (English and art majors), writing to explain and train has been part of every position Mellissa Ruryk has held. Mellissa is a senior technical communicator with experience writing for technology, financial, oil and gas, and engineering clients. She is the past president of the Canada West Coast chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and past co-manager of STC’s Instructional Design and Learning special interest group. She runs her own freelance technical communication business and earned her Foundation Certification in Technical Communication in the spring of 2019.
Mellissa has maintained a strong interest in plain language principles, editing and instructional design in our connected and on-demand world. Mellissa finds the logical and intuitive sides of her brain engaged as she uses her knowledge of plain language principles and design to write, edit, instruct and produce highly usable documentation in the form of user guides, online help, quick references, policy and procedure manuals, proposals and reports. Her toolbox includes Microsoft Word, Madcap Flare and Atlassian Confluence, mastered over a career that includes employment with larger and smaller companies, and her favourite—short-term freelancing.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

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