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Devices

Over the last 10 years, we’ve learned to plan online documents carefully,
write succinctly, design for delivery on the screen rather than the page,
and use images and other media with restraint and skill. Now new
challenges have emerged. The large number of handheld devices (using the
Palm and Pocket PC operating systems) already in use impose even greater
restrictions on those who design help and Web content. In this session,
George F. Hayhoe will examine the problems and opportunities for technical
communicators who must deal with even smaller screens, lower resolution,
and user environments that require us to rewrite the rules for online
document design and delivery.

George F. Hayhoe is professor and director of the M.S. program in
technical communication management in the School of Engineering at Mercer
University. A fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, he has
edited its journal, Technical Communication, since 1996. He is also a
senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and
the IEEE Professional Communication Society, and is a past president of
that society. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of South
Carolina. His professional interests include online documentation,
software interface design, and product and document usability.

Time: 6:30 p.m. Food and beverage will be served. 

Location: Holiday Inn Express, 3025 N. Rocky Point Drive, Tampa (813)
287-8585 (next to the Bahama Breeze restaurant)
Cost: $10 per person (members and non-members); free for students. 

RSVP: Kimberley Nolder at knolder at tampabay.rr.com by September 3, 2002