As a long term tech writer and documentation consultant it seems to me that there is a general tendancy to overlook the value we add from the questions we ask and the ability most of us have to "think outside the square". This is partly the result of many so called writers joining the industry when things are lean in other consulting fields. Helen Ryan -----Original Message----- From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Burnfield Sent: Wednesday, 13 August 2003 11:36 AM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [austechwriter] Re: Perceptions in the industry We know what you mean by documentation and templates, but when TAFE people (and probably 99% of non-TWs) see "business document design" I bet they think of office forms and memos. --- Stuart Burnfield Information Developer Australian Programming Centre ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************