General
Internet
support: |
Because
electronic
communications can provide more efficiency for your business, Type-thing
Services uses these and other Internet-based solutions for your
business. We will work to customize our support to meet your needs.
We
can access your services or provide access to our services. |
- Email, file attachments
- FTP (Internet file transfer protocol)
- Web-based file access
- File encryption
- Internet research
- PDF creation
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General
office
support: |
To provide
flexible
and responsive solutions for our customers, we offer the following
general
capabilities and services. |
- Notary Public
- Delivery service coordination
- Form typing (typewriter)
- Pickup and delivery of materials
- Mailings
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Technical
documentation:
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Development
and
editing of technical documentation requires certain skills and
experience
which differ from normal business content and editing procedures.
Type-thing Services has experience generating and editing such
technical documentation.
- Microsoft Office
Suite
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Publisher
- Open Office Suite
- OpenOffice Document
- OpenOffice Presentation
- OpenOffice Speadsheet
- OpenOffice Database
- Adobe Acrobat
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- Experienced with technical document layout and
editing
- Graphics, charts, images, formulas
- Examples:
- Proposals, bids
- Engineering reports
- Business plans
- Documentation
- Test reports
- Financial statements
- Resume
- Operation manuals
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Database
creation and
management:
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Use of
databases
can be vital to the operation and prosperity of your business. We have
extensive experience in development and maintenance of databases for a
wide variety of applications as suggested to the right. We have created
small to moderately large databases for our clients from existing
files, OCR text, and through manual entry. Type-thing often uses
databases to generate mailing labels, custom print envelopes, and mail
merge letters. We utilize automated macros and programs to increase
accuracy and reduce the cost of generating and
maintaining your database. |
- Set-up, queries, sorting, backup
- Mail merge
- Manual entry or Optical Character Recognition
(OCR)
- Examples:
- Newsletters
- Organization lists
- Client data
- Mailing lists
- Solicitations
- Employee database
- Membership lists
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Layout
and design:
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While we do
not
specialize in high-end layout and design; typically many business needs
do not require high-caliber solutions. Type-thing Services
offers professional layout and design services both to provide
integrated
solutions to our customers and when a particular product (flier,
brochure,
logo, etc.) is required. We are well versed in the rules of design and
composition;
however, we take a pragmatic approach to meet your overall needs.
Elegant
or simple? White space or information packed? We can help you decide.
We have the experience and capability to generate and
edit graphics and photographic images and integrate them into your
product. Effective presentation of your material also includes the
proper grammar and spelling; we have extensive experience in making
sure your message is clear and professional.
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- Examples:
- Business forms
- Graphics editing
- Business cards, letterhead, envelopes
- Image editing
- Newsletters
- Business manuals
- Fliers, brochures
- Spelling, Grammar
- Invitations
- Announcements
- Image and text scanning
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
- Color, black & white
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Audio
file
manipulation:
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With the
advent
of multimedia computers (audio, video, etc.), more material is being
generated
in the form of digital computer files. Digital hand held dictation
devices
are now available that record to a memory card and can generate audio
files
you can place on disk or send over the Internet. Type-thing
Services has the ability to transcribe such files that come in
a variety of formats.
We are also able to generate these files from other
audio
and video sources. See more detail on Type-thing's Web and Internet services:
In some cases, our phone-in dictation
system
may also provide solutions for your business audio needs.
Some of the software we often use:
- Adobe Audition
- NCH Software Tools (various)
- Liberty Court Player
- FTR Player Plus
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- WMV, MP4, etc.
- Windows PCM(WAV)
- 8-bit signed raw (SAM)
- ACM (WAV)
- Apple AIFF, (PCM only) (AIF)
- CCITT mu-Law and A-Law (WAV)
- Dialogic ADPCM (VOX)
- DiamondWare Digitized
- IMA/DVI ADPCM (WAV)
- Microsoft ADPCM (WAV)
- MPEG audio (layers I and II)
- Next/Sun CCITT mu-Law, A-Law and PCM (AU)
- Olympus (DSS)
- Raw PCM Data
- Real Audio (RA)
- SampleVision format (SMP)
- Sound Blaster voice file (VOC)
- Sony Digital Voice File (DVF)
- TrueSpeech (WAV)
- MPEG3 FhG (MP3)
- Others? Ask us. New file types come out
all the time.
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Presentation
graphics:
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If part of
your
business functions include providing a message through presentations,
discussions, or posters, we can help though layout, design, and
production of those materials. We have the capability to color and
black and white imagery and transparencies. We can also coordinate with
high-end output services for imagery, posters, banners, and the
like.
We have the experience and capability to generate and
edit graphics and photographic images and integrate them into your
product. Effective presentation of your material also includes the
proper grammar and spelling; we have extensive experience in making
sure your message is clear and professional.
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- Viewgraph transparencies and handouts
- Posters, banners
- Graphics and photograph insertion
- Color, black & white
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Web and
Internet
Services:
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Although
Type-thing Services does not specialize in web site design,
integrated
internet e-business solutions, or networking infrastructure, we stay
aware
of these areas and offer complementary support services that can help
your
business stay efficient in its internet and world wide web
presence.
There is more to presenting content and a professional
image than developing the latest interactive. See more detail on
Type-thing's Web and Internet services:
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- Transcription for web sites
- Proofing of web content (much more than just a spell
check!)
- Graphic design, image editing and preparation for
the
web
- Transparent and animated graphics, backgrounds
- Image scanning
- Creation and editing of audio files (sound)
- Updating and uploading files to your web server
- Design of simple web sites
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Meeting
coordination:
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Set-up and
coordination of a meeting can take valuable time out of your schedule.
However meetings can be very important to the professional presentation
of your business. We have experience in ensuring that meeting mechanics
run smoothly. Have specific
meeting locations in mind? We can help arrange the details while you
are
focusing on other business matters. Know what type of meeting you need
to
hold but you're not sure where or how to hold it? We can provide you
with
suggestions for details such as meeting organization, location, and
catering
options. If your meeting requires special presentation equipment or
layout
of tables and chairs, we can ensure that the facility coordinator
understands
your needs. |
- Meeting room reservation
- Equipment coordination
- Catering snacks, refreshments, meals
- Agenda preparation, distribution
- Attendee coordination
- Banners, presentation materials, posters, signs
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Rates:
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We
typically charged by the hour. Some repetitive
activity may be charged by the task.
SEE
OUR RATES PAGE |
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To
provide
your
business
with
flexible
solutions,
Type-thing
Services offers a variety of capability that can help you be
more productive. A number of these general services are listed
below.