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How Technical Writers can use XML in Adobe's Technical Communication Suite

November 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp

Manish on the Adobe Tech Comms site uploaded this video on how to get more information on the XML power in the Technical Communication Suite. He presented this video at the summer XML conference and talked about topic based documentation using TCS2 in XML way.

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RoboHelp 8.0.1 Improves Integration with Adobe FrameMaker; Anchored Frames and Hyperlinks Display Correctly

November 4th, 2009 · View Comments · Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp

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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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Adobe FrameMaker 9.0.3 Released & Features that SHOULD Work

October 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Adobe FrameMaker, Dita, Technical Writing

You can now download the FrameMaker 9.0.3 patch.
Mahesh (http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm over on Adobe does a great job of keeping us up to date with all things FrameMaker. This is available through Adobe Update Manager (AUM). This patch (9.0p250) must be applied on top of 9.0.2 (9.0p237) only. You can check for updates through Help->Updates Menu in [...]

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Top 50 Technical Writers on the Web

October 1st, 2009 · View Comments · Adobe FrameMaker, Career, Dita, Freelance, India, STC, Technical Writers

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 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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Most Technical Writers to work in Structured Authoring environment by 2010

June 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · Dita, Technical Writing, Tips, Word 2007

In a recent survey, Scriptorium Publishing found that a majority of technical writers will be working in a structured authoring environment by 2010.

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Free version of Serna XML editor for Technical Writers

June 7th, 2009 · Comments Off · Communications, Dita, Social Media, Technical Writing

Syntext has released a free edition of its Serna XML editor. This is designed for technical writers who work with DITA, DocBook and other common XML formats.

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