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Adobe has addressed some of the glitches in RoboHelp 8 and fast-tracked version 8.1. This release also improves the FrameMaker-RoboHelp interaction for the Technical Communication Suite users.
Key points regarding Adobe FrameMaker integration include better response time when linking multiple .fm files; images set in the FrameMaker’s Anchored Frame are displayed correctly in RoboHelp; [...]
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I’ve made a list of the top 50 technical writers with a web presence. Some of these you might know, such as Darren Barefoot and Tom Johnson. I have also added some other writers from India, Russia and Israel to reach out to a wider audience. I’m sure there are others that I’ve missed. Let me know and I’ll update the list.
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Review of Groundswell – Social Media Technologies Forrester Research http://bit.ly/Lsol9 #
RT @StanChu Facebook Developer Garage Shanghai June 27 http://bit.ly/B3rzD #
YAK Wordpress open source shopping cart. Developed by SourceForge http://ping.fm/w502b #
Stunning Twitter Timeline – Evolution of Twitter in the last 3 years http://bit.ly/rxe2r #
Google Insights. Web Search Volume for Social Media http://ping.fm/YRPDB #
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DITA Specialization lets you define new information classifications that can be structural or a new domain specification. Structural specialization in DITA lets you define new topic or map structures derived from base topics and maps, such as concept, task, or reference whereas domain specialization in DITA lets you define markup for a specific information domain or subject area, such as programming or hardware.
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Of all the technical writing tools I’ve used over the years, Epic Editor was probably the most impressive, especially when it came to doing tech documents that involved DocBook and Dita.
It was difficult to learn – no point pretending otherwise – but once I got the hang of it, I used it non-stop for over [...]
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June 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
Emma Hamerm, Senior Consultant at eHamer Associates Ltd, looks at the common fears around moving from unstructured to structured content, (and needing to learn about DITA and XML – which frightens many people more than they’ll admit to). Emma will explore some similes and metaphors that will help us understand the impact of these [...]
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May 31st, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
Mark Poston, Senior Technical Consultant, at Mekon Ltd, describes how deploying DITA tools is not only possible, but can greatly improve the efficiency of your business. For years organizations have wanted to get Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) creating Business Documentation in XML so it can be single-sourced and reused in various scenarios. DITA XML [...]
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May 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
A recent survey by Scriptorium Publishing found that most technical writers will be working in a structured authoring environment by 2010. Structured authoring is a publishing workflow that defines and automatically enforces consistent organization of information. Implementations are generally based on Extensible Markup Language (XML).
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