July-August 2003
Volume 17 No. 4

In this issue

Next Meeting
Develop html help: what does it mean? Linda Urban will take us Under the Hood on HTML Help this month. Mark your calendar for July 9 to learn about this important topic from an award-winning technical writer, help author, and instructor. No meeting in August!

News & Reviews
Is Acrobat the definitive tool? Guest writer Mike Tarrani reviews Adobe Acrobat in this month's tools and reviews. Test your knowledge of intellectual property with this month's coverage on copyright law in the digital age.

Resources
Finding health care can be problematic for an independent technical communicator. Berkeley's own David Alt offers some insights and solutions this month.

Got time? Networking is important tool in our industry, and there are numerous opportunities in in this month's networking links. This month we've found some new online SIG's for job hunters, API doc writers, and Tools.

Volunteer
Take part in shaping the future of the Berkeley chapter by joining our annual planning meeting. For more information, visit the chapter news.

All material ©2003 Berkeley STC/Ragged Left. The Ragged Left is published six times a year. For reprint or submission information visit our editorial section.
For any questions, comments, or technical problems, please contact the editor.

All photographs are © JLivingston and used with permission.
Art from the GAIA building is © Khalil Bendib and used with permission.