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My Top Ten Favorite Technical Writing Tools
I’ll be honest. I love Microsoft Word! Adobe FrameMaker has it’s moment but, y’know, it’s can be so lame that it beggar’s belief. I’ve used the same technical writing tools for the last 5 years. A few products have come across my desk but nothing that really blown me away. Here’s a run-down of what I use to write my technical documents. No order of preference. Which should I keep? Which should I replace? Continue reading
Posted in Technical Writing
Tagged Adobe FrameMaker, Business English, Camtasia Studio, Robohelp, Screen Capture, Snagit, Software, Technical Authoring Tools, technical communication, Technical Writing, Tools
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Improve Your Screenshots By Hiding The Taskbar Automatically
Here’s a quick trick when taking screenshots of the entire desktop. Hide the taskbar automatically so you don’t have to waste time editing it in Snagit.
Posted in How To, Snagit, Technical Writing, Tips, Word 2010
Tagged Adobe Framemaker, Career, contract, editing, MadCap Flare, Online Help, Robohelp, Screen Capture, Screenshot, Single Sourcing, Snagit, STC, Structured Authoring, Taskbar, Technical Communications, Technical documentation, Technical Writing
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Technical Writing News – Nov 6th
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.
Posted in Adobe FrameMaker, News, Reviews, Salary, STC
Tagged Adobe FrameMaker, Betsy Weber, Business, Business Services, Camtasia, Cherryleaf, Communications, Contracting, contracts, Freelancing, Intercom, israel, Jobs, MadCap, MadCap Software, Open Source, OpenSource, Screencasts, Seneca College, Snagit, STC, Symposium, Tasks, tech writing, Technical Authors, Technical Writing, Techsmith, Website, Writing and Editing
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What are Your Favorite 10 Technical Writing Tools?
I’ve used the same technical writing tools for the last 5 years. A few products have come across my desk but nothing that really blown me away. Here’s a run-down of what I use to write my technical documents. No … Continue reading
Posted in Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp, Content Management, Dita, MadCap Blaze, MadCap Flare, Screen Capture, Software Development, Technical Writing, Visio, Word 2010
Tagged Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp, Camtasia, diagramming, Dita, Doc-to-Help, DTP, Epic Editor, indesign, MadCap, MadCap Flare, Microsoft Word, notepad, Open Source, photoshop, process mapping, Robohelp, Smartdraw, Snagit, Structured Authoring, Technical Writing Tools, TurboDemo, user interface, Visio, whitesmoke, XML Spy
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10 Reasons to Love Microsoft Word 2010 & Ditch Snagit's Screen Capture Tool
Image by Ivan Walsh What do you want to see in Microsoft Office 2010? Arpan Shan, who has access to the beta versions at Microsoft, shares his favorite 10 Office 2010 features. Some of these you may already know, but … Continue reading
Posted in Word 2010
Tagged Copy/Paste, google docs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word 2010, Outlook User Experience, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint Broadcasting, PPTX, Screen Capture, Screen clippings, SharePoint, Snagit, Sparklines, Video, Web Applications, Windows Live
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Why TechSmith should make Jing Pro Free
Why TechSmith should make Jing Pro Free Continue reading
Posted in Screen Capture, Snagit
Tagged Camtasia Studio, Facebook, Flickr, Free, H.264+AAC, high-definition, Jing, Limitations, MPEG-4, Screencast.com, Screenshot, Snagit, Techsmith, Twitter, Viddler, Video recording, Vimeo, YouTube
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Screen Capture Tip #11, How to Batch Process Groups of Images
Do you need spend hours trying to make all your photos be the same size, format, with your company watermarks added in the corner? How can you convert 100 images to same file format, add a 1 pixel black border, … Continue reading
Posted in Screen Capture, Technical Writing
Tagged Adobe Photoshop, Batch Conversion Wizard, Batch Process, Batch Processing, Border, Caption, Catalog Browser, Color Depth, File Conversions, File Format, Filters, graphic, How To, Image Editing, Image Resolution, Images, JPEG, Portable Network Graphics, Snagit, Techsmith, Watermark, Windows, Windows Explorer
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Screenshot Tip #10 – how to capture a Region, Desktop, Entire Webpage and keep the Hyperlinks
Here is the simplest way to take a screenshot of a region, desktop, an entire webpage and also how to include the hyperlinks if you want to save the webpage as a SWF or PDF. We’re going to use SnagIt as our preferred tool for taking screenshots. Continue reading
Posted in Screen Capture, Technical Writers, Technical Writing, Templates
Tagged diagrams, graphics, illustrations, image editor, print screen, Screen Capture, screen capture software, screen captures, Screen Dump, screencapture, Screenshot, Snagit, Technical Documents, Techsmith
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How To Take a Screen Shot Of the Windows Start Menu Bar?
Most screenshot software doesn’t let you take a screen capture of the Windows menu bar. Here’s a workaround. Continue reading
Posted in Screen Capture
Tagged Adobe Photoshop, Batch Conversion Wizard, Batch Process, Batch Processing, Border, Caption, Catalog Browser, Color Depth, File Conversions, Filters, How To, Image Editing, Image Resolution, Images, Menu bar, Microsoft Windows, print screen, Screenshot, Shareware, Snagit, Start menu, Techsmith, Utilities, Watermark, Windows
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Screenshot Tips #1 – Difference between Screen Shots and Screen Dumps
This is the first part in a series of lessons on how to create professional-looking screenshots. We’ll start with the basics and walk you through more advanced techniques, such as blending, merging and adding special effects to your screenshots.
Posted in Technical Writing
Tagged diagrams, illustrations, image editor, print screen, Screen Capture, screen capture software, screen captures, Screen Dump, screencapture, Screenshot, Snagit, Technical Documents, Techsmith
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Bing Search Engine – Tips and Tricks 1 – 10
50 tips and tricks to get the most from Bing, the new decision-making engine from Microsoft. Continue reading
Endless Sources of Free Content
We’ve been researching material that has entered the public domain recently. These books are all ‘copyright free’. What does this means to me as a Webmaster? As the copyrights for all of these books have expired, you can do whatever … Continue reading
Posted in Technical Writing, Tips, Tools, Word 2007, Word 2010
Tagged Adobe Framemaker, blogger, Case Study, Dita, MadCap Flare, Paypal, Robohelp, Screenshots, Snagit, Technical Writing
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How to Write a Great Case Study
Case Studies can be a very effective promotional tool. Next to White Papers, they are the second most popular device used to promote the benefits of a product or service. With that in mind, if you’ve been commissioned to write … Continue reading
Posted in Technical Writing, Tips, Tools, Word 2007, Word 2010
Tagged Adobe Framemaker, blogger, Case Study, Dita, MadCap Flare, Paypal, Robohelp, Screenshots, Snagit, Technical Writing
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The Psychology of Color in Web Design
Persons engaged in website design, here’s a scoop for you! Would you just like to know that by understanding the basics of cognitive psychology around color and patterns, we could further improve our Web design! Designing a Web site does … Continue reading
Posted in Technical Writing, Tips, Tools, Word 2007, Word 2010
Tagged Adobe Framemaker, blogger, Case Study, Dita, MadCap Flare, Paypal, Robohelp, Screenshots, Snagit, Technical Writing
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How to Optimize PDF Files for Web Sites
Portable Document Format (PDF) is the defacto file format for presenting device-independent documents on and off the Web. While PDFs have become quite popular on the Web, many PDFs used in web sites are designed for high quality print output … Continue reading
Posted in Technical Writing, Tips, Tools, Word 2007, Word 2010
Tagged Adobe Framemaker, blogger, Case Study, Dita, MadCap Flare, Paypal, Robohelp, Screenshots, Snagit, Technical Writing
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Microsoft to partner with eBay, Equifax and PayPal
Hi Folks, Those of you who run a small business with MS Office – and use Paypal for web payments – might be interested in this press release from MS and Paypal. Microsoft is to link up with eBay Inc., … Continue reading
Posted in Technical Writing, Tips, Tools, Word 2007, Word 2010
Tagged Adobe Framemaker, blogger, Case Study, Dita, MadCap Flare, Paypal, Robohelp, Screenshots, Snagit, Technical Writing
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Dont Cut and Paste from Word into Blogger
If you’re writing your blog in Microsoft Word and you use an apostrophe, for example can’t, and then cut and paste it into Blogger, it is possible that Blogger will not be able to convert the apostrophe. Instead you will … Continue reading
Posted in Technical Writing, Tips, Tools, Word 2007, Word 2010
Tagged Adobe Framemaker, blogger, Case Study, Dita, MadCap Flare, Paypal, Robohelp, Screenshots, Snagit, Technical Writing
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What's the Best Font for Web Writing?
Hi Folks, I was brought up to believe that Times New Roman was THE font for printed manuals. They’re was no ifs, buts, or maybes about this – Times New Roman and make it size 11. But what’s the best … Continue reading
Posted in Technical Writing, Tips, Tools, Word 2007, Word 2010
Tagged Adobe Framemaker, blogger, Case Study, Dita, MadCap Flare, Paypal, Robohelp, Screenshots, Snagit, Technical Writing
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Free Cartoons for your Blog
You can add this cartoon to your blog, subject to one or two very basic conditions. Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons. FAQs from Dave’s site “Is it … Continue reading
Posted in Technical Writing, Tips, Tools, Word 2007, Word 2010
Tagged Adobe Framemaker, blogger, Case Study, Dita, MadCap Flare, Paypal, Robohelp, Screenshots, Snagit, Technical Writing
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Web-based training on FrameMaker
“My job involves writing and editing documents. I also coordinate with the graphic designer for layout and look and feel. Can you please let me know details about training for FrameMaker?” Apologies for the delay – I couldn’t find the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Framemaker, blogger, Case Study, Dita, MadCap Flare, Paypal, Robohelp, Screenshots, Snagit, Technical Writing
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