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The Company
Second Wave Computing, headquartered in Chicago, has been in business
since 1983 offering quality technical writing and text design services to software
houses and Fortune 500 companies nationwide.
Our services are centered around writing and editing all types of computer
manuals, hypertext, and help text.
Second Wave Computing brings the latest precepts of learning theory,
text design, and technology to your project. We know how important it is to
be on the leading edge of our profession, and we are always expanding
our knowledge of how people use written materials in all media, and how
they interact with both the document design and the system design.
The goal of Second Wave Computing is to make technology more
accessible, less intimidating, and less difficult for non-technical
users to learn and use.
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Services
Computer User Documentation
Instructional Manuals
Training Manuals
Reference Manuals
On-line/Hypertext Manuals
Internet WWW Content
Help Text
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Specialists in large, complex projects
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Software
Supported
Wordperfect
RoboHELP
Pagemaker
CorelDraw
Hijaak PRO
Quattro Pro
Amí Pro
MS Word for Windows
PowerPoint
Visio
Many others
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Project Examples
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The President
Betty Sherwood is a graduate of Kellogg Graduate School of Management
with majors in Marketing and Management Information Systems. Her BA is
from Ohio State University with a major in Journalism. She has taught
systems analysis and design at a local university and has conducted
several workshops in desktop publishing and writing.
Ms. Sherwood has served on the boards and steering committees of national
and Chicago-area organizations for business executives, computer users,
computer developers, and writers. She has spoken on the subject of user
documentation and corporate writing before several groups, including
NCC’87 and PC EXPO Chicago ’93. She is the internationally published
author of technical articles, essays, and non-fiction articles.
- “Pat & the American Dream” in The Literature of
Work
- I-street Magazine
- Sistemi E Automazione
- AFIPS Conference Proceedings, Vol. 56
- Investment Horizons Newsletter
- National Writers Union The Write Stuff
- Chicago Computer Society Hard Copy
- Other computer and business publications
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