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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Using Google Wave to Write Technical Documents
January 22nd, 2010 · View Comments · Communications, How To, Productivity, Reviews, Tools
Tags: Business case·Documentation Plan·Google Wave·Producitivty·Project Plan·Release Notes·Schedules·Wave
Technical Writing News – Nov 27th
November 27th, 2009 · View Comments · News, Technical Writing
This week’s technical writing news. Paragraph Autonumbering in RoboHelp 8, Avatar Interactive Trailer Powered by Adobe AIR, What’s new in Acrobat.com, The Myth of Single-Source Authoring, Why The Future Has No Log In Button, Documentation as flash cards. Google Wave’s witty user documentation. What’s more important, content or process? SaaS-based ECM: It’s worth considering. Camtasia Relay 1.2 gets released and Tom Johnson explains why Help Authoring Tools Will Fade. Free Gift! Technical Communication Suite Keyboard Shortcuts from The RoboColum(n) by Colum McAndrew
Tags: Acrobat.com·Adobe Framemaker·Adobe Systems·Camtasia Relay·Career·contract·Documentation·ECM·Free Gift·Google Wave·Help Authoring Tools·Keyboard·MadCap·MadCap Flare·Online Help·Robohelp·RoboHelp Adobe AIR·SaaS·shortcuts·Single Sourcing·Single-Source·STC·Structured Authoring·technical communication·Technical Communications·Technical documentation·Technical Writing·Tom Johnson
