"The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it."
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)

Portfolio

Here are several projects that represent the diversity of clients and industries that AWW is privileged to work with. If you don't see an example of exactly what you need, please give us an opportunity to talk to you about it.

 

Sheep! Magazine article

Confused by the available literature describing the genetics of sheep reproduction, AWW owner and shepardess Carol Elkins translated the language of this highly technical subject into an article that non-scientists could understand. The article was written to help small flock owners build three independent bloodlines from a small flock using only one ram.

IBM Color Printer user guide

The Operator's Guide for the IBM Network Color Printer is one of three manuals written for this hardware. The format and style of the document conform to IBM's corporate style. It is fully indexed and incorporates detailed technical illustrations.

QualAssist user guide and online Help

QualMed, Inc. (an HMO formerly based in Pueblo, CO) developed the QualAssist software application to help its medical management and claims departments track members' health care. This manual, and its on-line Help version, document all functions of this very complex program. The QualAssist User Guide won third place in the Society for Technical Communication's international publications competition.

Industrial Printers, a small and well-respected printing company in Colorado Springs, CO, needed a quality assurance manual to document its printing process. Knowing this would set them well ahead of their competition, they asked AWW to write it based on the exacting standards required of companies wishing to achieve ISO certification. AWW documented all aspects of their production and established a controlled document environment.

BAW Architecture trade articles

One of the world's leading architectural firms, Brad Adams Walker Architecture, located in Denver, CO, asked AWW to write a suite of technical research papers about various aspects of control room design. This paper, Challenges in Control Room Design: An Overview, was the core of the group of papers.

The 3-Click Desk Reference is AWW’s signature product. It is an intranet look-up tool custom built to house all of the information necessary for a company to effectively communicate with its customers and employees.


"...Carol has done a fine job with our technical standards. They existed in various formats...scanned PDFs, Quark, MSWord...and had been modified by dozens of different people over the years. Language wasn't consistent, graphics were often illegible, cross-references were out of date, text was missing, and each book used a different numbering and layout format. She converted 26 books into a consistent library of Adobe FrameMaker files. She imposed consistency on the documents' format and language and created a style guide and production manual for us in the process. She now handles all of the updates, mastering the PDF/CD-ROMs and managing the prepress and printing process."
David Cackovic, Chief -- Technical Standards Transportation Technology Center, Inc., a subsidiary of the American Association of Railroads

 

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