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Review of MadCap Feedback

June 29th, 2010 · View Comments · Reviews

MadCap has released a product – MadCap Feedback – that is new to me and looks like it has a nice set of features especially if you want to close the loop between technical writers/technical communicators and end users. And who doesn’t want to do that!. Its Feedback Server has a Web 2.0 reporting tool that gives technical authors, information designers, and educational content developers insight into the end-user experience.

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Review Camtasia 6: The Good, Bad and The Ugly

March 2nd, 2010 · View Comments · Reviews

I upgraded to Camtasia 6 at the weekend (from v4) mostly to import and edit .MOV files. These are created by my faithful Canon Powershot when I shot videos. Sony makes AVIs. The other reason was to do more heavy lifting with Camtasia. I have tons on material on the hard-disk and want to get [...]

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Top 10 Benefits of Visio 2010 Beta

January 27th, 2010 · View Comments · Business Process, Content Management, How To, Process Design, Reviews, Templates, Visio

Visio, the diagramming tool for technical writes, business analysts, and web designers, is now in Beta. Some of the features look promising, especially for those who create complex data-driven visuals and need to share diagrams on the Web in real-time. The advanced diagramming tools of Visio 2010 help you simplify complexity with dynamic, data-driven visuals and new ways to share on the Web in real-time.

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Using Google Wave to Write Technical Documents

January 22nd, 2010 · View Comments · Communications, How To, Productivity, Reviews, Tools

Maeve asks on LinkedIn how we can use Google Wave to write technical documents. Well, the first consideration is that Google Wave is not designed as a tech authoring tool but for collaboration and ‘almost’ real-time information exchange. Saying that, it does offer many benefits if you need to plan/coordinate/review documents in a networked environment. Here are some ideas.

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Technical Writing News – Nov 6th

November 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Adobe FrameMaker, News, Reviews, STC, Salary

New technical writing screencasts, Madcap win an award, and the Intercom editorial calendar is finally announced. What more could you want? Here is a quick roundup of this week’s technical writing news.

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Robohelp or Doc-to-Help – which one do you recommend?

November 2nd, 2009 · View Comments · Adobe RoboHelp, Content Management, Dita, MadCap Flare, Reviews

I have a choice. Robohelp or Doc-to-Help? My client has given me permission to use whatever tool I want to do the next batch of tech docs — and they’ll buy the software. No cost to me. Which one should I choose?

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Reviews of 9 Mind Mapping apps

October 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · Reviews, Technical Writing, Tips, Visio

David Appleyard reviews 9 different specialist mind mapping applications. Some are expensive, commercial solutions – others are relatively budget-friendly.

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Review EPIC Editor – XML and DITA Authoring Software

June 9th, 2009 · View Comments · Content Management, Dita, How To, Reviews, Technical Writing, Tips, Word 2007

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 [...]

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