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Getting Started With Adobe TV
Did you know that Adobe has its own TV channel? Well, it has sort of. I’ve been downloading some of the movie clips from the site and reading them offline or on the train when travelling. Continue reading
Posted in Technical Writing Software
Tagged Acrobat, Adobe, education, Free, Movies, Technical Authoring, Tools, Video
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Technical Writing News – FrameMaker Shortcuts, Life-Saving Checklists & Twitter for Professional Development
Why are most technical writing blog written by men? Do you think it’s true? This week’s newsletter also has updates on Technical Authoring tools such as ComponentOne’s Editable Data Portals for SharePoint, Morae 3.2 (Techsmith’s best kept secret), and … Continue reading
Posted in Adobe FrameMaker, Career, Content Management, Dita, Doc 2 Help, News, Snagit, Technical Writers, Technical Writing, Twitter, Visio
Tagged Acrobat, Adobe Distiller, Adobe Framemaker, Authoring, blog, Checklists, collaboration, ComponentOne, Digital Assets, Distiller, Dita, Documentation, Microsoft Visio, Morae, PDF, SharePoint, shortcuts, Technical Authoring Tools, technical communication, Technical Communication Suite, Technical Writing, Techsmith, Training, trends, Twitter, writing, XML
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Is Adobe Digital Editions the eBook reader you’ve always wanted?

I’m not a big fan of ebooks. To be honest, they’re just glorified PDFs and look terrible onscreen. So, I tend to avoid them. However, I came across this jewel in Adobe’s lab site and it’s terrific. Continue reading
Posted in Technical Writing
Tagged Acrobat, Adobe, Adobe Contribute, Adobe Digital Experience Protection Technology, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Labs, Adobe Reader, author, Content portability, digital publications, ebook reader, eBooks, EPUB, FlashPaper, Library, Markup, Multilingual, PDF, PDF/A, publisher, RIA, Sony Reader, title, XHTML
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Electronic Forms in Office 2007
Those of you involved in developing electronic forms, should take a look at this article from James Morgan. “The 2007 release streamlines data collection through integration between InfoPath 2007 and the core applications. Electronic forms can be presented as standalone … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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Andre Da Costa on Office 2007

Andre Da Costa provides a very detailed review of the new Office 2007 package. Based on his experience, it was awarded the following scores: Installation: 95% Ease Of Use: 85% Features: 93% Improvements: 95% Design: 94% Options: 95% Help/Documentation: 90% … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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Office 2007 may be Microsoft's Titanic
The Australian publication IT Wire has an interesting angle on the new Office release. Dr Steve Hodgkinson, the recently departed Deputy CIO for the Victorian State Government, believes that Office 2007 could well be a disaster that Microsoft has created … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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Screencast Tutorials

Techsmith (the people who make SnagIt) have launched a website focussed on their new screencasting tool. It’s worth a look if you’re interested in web content development and/or technical documentation. Screencast.com is targetted at professionals who want to share multimedia … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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FAQs about the Office Activation Wizard and reduced-functionality mode in 2007 Office
For those who want to know more about the Microsoft Office Activation Wizard, please take a look at this FAQ on the MS support site. “The 2007 Microsoft Office suites include an Activation Wizard. To fully use a retail version … Continue reading
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Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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Reduced functionality mode in Office 2007
Todd Bishop discusses some v interesting differences between Office 2007 and previous versions, in particular the reduced mode options.“The reduced functionality mode in the 2007 Office programs differs from Windows Vista by applying only to the initial retail product activation … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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Help, Now i have to create online help for..
1. Login Screens2. Transaction details.3. Creating reports There are several types of document requires here. I’ve selected three articles (some are for newbies while others are more advance) that are worth printing out and reading carefully.Login Screen – instructions for … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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I am a newbie and i need some tips
There are many things to consider here, especially if you are new to tech writing.So, what I’ve done is highlight some of articles on the Klariti tech writing site that might help you. If you search for ‘user guides’ you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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WordProcessingML Transform Inference Tool
John Durant on MSDN announces the WordProcessingML Transform Inference Tool.Why should you get excited about this?“Say you have a bunch of XML files that get pumped out of system every day. You often have to do a lot of busy … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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Microsoft Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas Released
Lars Munch writes “On Monday the 17th November the xml schemas for the Word Document ML along with documentation, was uploaded to the Infostructurebase (ISB). With the Word Document ML specification anybody can generate, view and process Microsoft word documents … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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Error Message – Microsoft Word has encountered a problem and needs to close
You may get this error message “Microsoft Word has encountered a problem and needs to close” when you start Word 2002 or Word 2003.This may occur if the global template (Normal.dot) is a Word document named Normal.dot.To fix this;1. Click … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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There is insufficient memory. Save the document now
MS have published an answer to this error message on their Knowledgebase. First, select another Word template before you process the document, and then delete the original template that causes the error. 1. In Small Business Accounting, open the document … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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XML Browser to leverage Adobe Flash Platform

Developers might be interested in DENG, an open source Modular XML Browser, capable of rendering subsets of XHTML, SVG, XForms, XFrames, arbitrary XML (e.g. RSS) and any other custom XML application, styled by CSS 3. According to the site, “the … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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Adobe Acrobat Product Comparision
Ever wondered which version of Acrobat was the right one to buy? Well, click here to take a look at this detailed product matrix. All the features are listed according to availablity with: Reader Elements Standard Pro 3D http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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Add Comments to WebPages with Fleck

If your job involves editing webpages, reviewing web content, or just about anything that involves web content, look at Fleck. Fleck FAQs The basic Fleck service is free. But we will also be offering a PRO package for $2.99 a … Continue reading
Posted in Tips, Tools, Word 2007
Tagged Acrobat, Office 2007, Office 2010, screencast, XML
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Affiliate Program For Writing and Small Business Sites
Posted in Business Process, How To, Tips
Tagged Acrobat, Adobe, business plan, Procurement, Proposal, RFP, Sales
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White Paper Templates
Fro those involved in Sales or Marketing, Klariti (www.klariti.com) have just updated their White Paper templates. In the IT industry, white papers and case studies are often produced in tandem, as they are both used as sales collateral. However, white … Continue reading
Posted in Business Process, How To, Tips
Tagged Acrobat, Adobe, business plan, Procurement, Proposal, RFP, Sales
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