Armada
Formed in 1991, Armada is the UK’s leading professional technical authoring company, and the longest established. We provide technical authoring and related services to organisations across the UK, Europe and further afield. Our in-house team carries out projects on a regular basis for in excess of 100 active clients operating in a wide range of industries in both the private and public sectors.
We specialise in:
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technical authoring of end-user
documentation
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online help development
single-source projects
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training (see below)
translation and localisation
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technical author recruitment.
Armada runs a range of short courses in technical authoring and the applications used by technical authors.
Technical authoring training courses
Introduction technical authoring (1 day)
Ideal for people who are not career technical authors, but who need to carry out technical authoring work. Covers the planning of projects, writing from a design, structuring documents, good writing practice, adapting writing style for print and online, punctuation and grammar, techniques for navigation, proofreading and standards.
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Advanced technical authoring techniques (3 days)
Intensive course aimed at career technical authors who want to improve their skill set and the quality and effectiveness of the documentation they produce. Sessions cover:
- Producing clear, effective documents that are easy to read, understand and act upon.
- Improving the understanding of your documents through effective structuring.
- Using an editing process structured around industry-standard best practice.
- Developing a clear writing style and building effective sentences, paragraphs and sections.
- Giving editorial feedback that helps your team improve their performance.
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Introduction to online help development (1 day)
Teaches the fundamental principles you need to know to develop online help of a professional standard. Includes theoretical and practical sessions that cover designing and planning online help, appropriate writing styles for help, navigation techniques and the features you should include in your help.
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Effective writing for technical staff (1 day)
Course for technical staff who have been tasked with producing end-user documentation. It explains how to communicate information clearly, concisely and correctly to a non-technical audience. Sessions cover general writing principles, best practice writing styles and techniques, punctuation and grammar, design and layout techniques, navigation techniques and proof-reading.
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Using Microsoft Word to produce user documentation (1 day)
Explains how to use Word's advanced features to produce high quality user documentation. Covers the use of styles and templates, incorporating images efficiently, modular page numbering, automatic cross references, master documents, contents and index.
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Training in applications used by technical authors
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Adobe Framemaker Basic/Intermediate (2 days)
Course for beginners, provides a thorough grounding in Framemaker. Starting from first principles, delegates learn how to create new documents, modify existing ones and use Framemaker's most popular features.
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Adobe Framemaker Advanced (1 day)
Teaches Framemaker's advanced features when working in unstructured mode (standard FrameMaker), covering variables, books, contents, index and cross-references.
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Introduction to Adobe RoboHelp (2 days)
Course for beginners, teaches how to use RoboHelp to create online help in most popular formats, and produce hard copy guides in Word and PDF format from the same project. Covers the use of advanced features including templates, stylesheets, skins and conditional tags.
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Introduction to Adobe Captivate (1 day)
Course for beginners, teaches how to create software simulations, demos and tutorials for your application.
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Introduction to Adobe Acrobat (1 day)
Course for beginners, teaches how to create PDF files from a variety of sources, modify them to include bookmarks, thumbnails and links, and prepare them for distribution. Covers adjusting PDF output quality, PDF security and understanding the valuable role Acrobat can play in a document review cycle.
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Introduction to Adobe InDesign (2 days)
Course for beginners, teaches how to produce pages quickly and output them reliably using Adobe InDesign. Covers page layout skills, learning how to make the most of the power of InDesign to create rich, complex documents. For Adobe InDesign users who know the basics but wish to build on their skills, we offer additional InDesign tutoring. These courses and workshops teach the skills you need to help you become more productive using InDesign, and make the most of the latest features available.
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Further Adobe InDesign training (1-3 days)
Courses for Adobe InDesign users who know the basics but wish to build on their skills, we offer additional InDesign courses and workshops that teach the skills you need to help you become more productive using InDesign, and make the most of the latest features available.
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Business writing training courses
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Writing with confidence in plain English (2 days)
Builds your confidence and ability to write documents in clear, plain English, avoiding false elegance and jargon. The course focuses on what readers look for in a document and offers a simple process for ensuring readers' needs are met. You learn how to write clearly, effectively and quickly, and how to use plain English to develop a concise, readable and pleasing writing style.
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Writing effective reports (2 days)
Practical course ideal for managers, professionals and employees at all levels who have to prepare business reports on a regular basis. You gain the skills to create effective reports that are reader-focused and persuasive. The course is practical, 'hands-on' and structured so that your own templates can be integrated into the course flow.
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Writing English for a global audience (2 days)
Practical hands-on course that teaches how to create effective documents for a global audience with limited knowledge of English. You learn how to engineer your use of language to provide simple and readable documents for a global audience that are consistent and without ambiguity.
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Writing winning proposals (2 days)
Course for managers, professionals and employees at all levels who want to significantly improve their chances of getting their proposals accepted. You learn how to create compelling business proposals that are clear, customer-focused and persuasive, and how to establish your credibility by presenting concrete, triangulated evidence.
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Web site: www.armadaonline.co.uk
Contact: Steven Smith
Email: Office
Tel: +44 (0) 1527
834780
Fax: +44 (0) 1527 834785
Address: Armada, 6 West Court,
Saxon Business Park, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcs. B60 4AD
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