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Welcome to the first blog for Pazitive Document Solutions, a place to openly discuss how to achieve our documentation goals using available technology.

I decided to start a blog because I found myself assisting lots of people I know with their documentation problems. Most of the problems I help with are Microsoft Word problems; some people hate tables, others styles, whatever your purpose is, while using MS Word there is always a feature that doesn't work like you imagined and is usually abandoned or used incorrectly altogether. Other problems I've helped with were: compiling large documents, image manipulation for print, and other things that are apparently simple, like collaboration on a document between professionals, that can get very messy, very quickly.

While I never pretend to have all of the answers, I like to look at things simplistically to find the answers. We have a tendency to over think our technical issues. I want to conduct some research as to why that is, stay posted for more news about that. But looking at things at their basic levels can bring a lot of clarity to your issues, and having someone come in from the outside to diagnose a problem can help spot problems that are often overlooked.

Again, while I do not call myself an "expert" (some people might though) I do have some significant experience using documentation tools in professional settings as well as academic settings. I also love to learn new tools and new functionality for my old tools (learn something new everyday and you can end up a pretty smart person), so I encourage dialogue about anything you're interested in or have knowledge about.

My credentials:

• B.A. English/Technical Writing from the University of Central Florida
• Worked with several large corporations in various technical communication roles, companies such EA Sports and Lockheed Martin.
• Been using MS Word in one form or another since I was a teenager writing essays in grade school. I eat, sleep, and breathe MS Word. It's not perfect, but when you know how to use it you can make it do some wonderful things.
• Attended a few conferences where some very interesting topics came up, things I think are not only useful but vital for anyone who does anything with documents in a professional setting.
• Have been an informal consultant for a variety of people and problems, mostly family (the people, not the problems) and internal assistance for my peers at work (try to get money from an employer for that, watch how hard they laugh) .

This will be the last time I blow my own horn. I don't enjoy it, I just don't want someone wandering to this blog and wondering who I am and why I think I know anything (honestly, I don't think I know that much, just enough to know I don't know anything really).

And I will mention again, I look forward to questions or comments concerning anything, so please exercise that option and help make this a functional blog in opposed to a static blog where I just post "Tips of the Day." That is up to you, the reader.

Regards,

John

johnApaz@gmail.com

or

john@tinopaz.com