Adobe in Technical Communication and eLearning

The positive feedback I received from the participants inspired me to post this short recording of the steps it takes to embed a SolidWorks 3D assembly in PDF via FrameMaker and in a Help systems via RoboHelp.

As always, thank you for taking the time to check out the recording and if you have any comments, leave me a message below and send me a Tweet @rjacquez.

Click HERE to watch the recording of Incorporating 3D in Technical Documentation (duration: 00:13:50).

TIP: I typically set my desktop resolution to 1024 x 768 for best recording results, however because I was showing apps, which require high resolution, you will notice some distortion in the demonstration part of the recording. Something you may want to try is to click the "Scroll" button at the bottom left of the Connect Pro window, which will help you zoom in closer and follow the action around the presenter's mouse.  To the right is what the button looks like in all Connect Pro recordings.

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Click HERE to watch the recording of my top 10 favorite Adobe Captivate keyboard shortcuts (duration: 00:33:31).

TIP: I typically set my desktop resolution to 1024 x 768 for best recording results, however because I was showing apps, which require high resolution, you will notice some distortion in the demonstration part of the recording. Something you may want to try is to click the "Scroll" button at the bottom left of the Connect Pro window, which will help you zoom in closer and follow the action around the presenter's mouse.  To the right is what the button looks like in all Connect Pro recordings.

If you have your own favorite keyboard shortcuts, please share with my readers by leaving a comment.

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Login instructions: Once you register, you will receive a confirmation e-mail, which will include a URL for you to join the Connect Pro room the day of the event. I will conduct a series of audio tests as participants begin to join.

Click here to make sure your system is properly configured to participate in this Acrobat Connect Pro event.

Audio: The audio portion for the eSeminar will be available via your computer speakers ONLY, through Voice over IP (VoIP) and thus no phone number is provided

Description: Join us for this free, one hour eSeminar on the benefits of Adobe FrameMaker for MS Word users, and learn about the functionality and reasons why Documentation and Training authoring teams continue to migrate to Adobe FrameMaker in order to increase productivity.

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Click HERE to watch the recording of my top 10 favorite Adobe FrameMaker keyboard shortcuts (duration: 00:36:40).

TIP: I typically set my desktop resolution to 1024 x 768 for best recording results, however because I was showing apps, which require high resolution, you will notice some distortion in the demonstration part of the recording. Something you may want to try is to click the "Scroll" button at the bottom left of the Connect Pro window, which will help you zoom in closer and follow the action around the presenter's mouse.  To the right is what the button looks like in all Connect Pro recordings.

If you have your own favorite keyboard shortcuts, please share with my readers by leaving a comment.

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Normally I present alone, but this time, since I was doing a demonstration which involved collaboration from Reviewers via Acrobat.com, I enlisted the help of John Daigle, Edward Martino and Lance Robert, who volunteered to play the role of Reviewers and for that I'd like to thank all three of them, they did a terrific job.

Hope you enjoy this recording and especially the demonstration piece with my three Reviewers.  If you already conduct reviews using this process, or begin doing so, please leave a comment and share your success, I'd love to hear from you.

If you missed PDF-based Documentation Reviews for Technical Communicators (duration: 00:54:36), or want to watch it again, heres' the recording. Please use your Adobe ID to access the recording.

TIP: I typically set my desktop resolution to 1024 x 768 for best recording results, however because I was showing apps, which require high resolution, you will notice some distortion in the demonstration part of the recording. Something you may want to try is to click the "Scroll" button at the bottom left of the Connect Pro window, which will help you zoom in closer and follow the action around the presenter's mouse.  To the right is what the button looks like in all Connect Pro recordings.

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Login instructions: Once you register, you will receive a confirmation e-mail, which will include a URL for you to join the Connect Pro room the day of the event. I will conduct a series of audio tests as participants begin to join.

Click here to make sure your system is properly configured to participate in this Acrobat Connect Pro event.

Audio: The audio portion for the eSeminar will be available via your computer speakers ONLY, through Voice over IP (VoIP) and thus no phone number is provided

Description: With over 90% of all computers connected to the Internet already having the free Adobe PDF Reader installed, conducting PDF-based Reviews of Technical Documentation is one of the most intuitive and cost-effective solutions in the market.

Join us for this live eSeminar and learn how Technical Communicators and Reviewers can leverage the ubiquity of the free Adobe PDF Reader for conducting PDF-based reviews of Technical Documentation. One of the most exciting and innovative new features in Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2 is the ability to initiate PDF-based Reviews from Adobe FrameMaker, and with the help and integration of Acrobat 9 Pro Extended and the free services of the Acrobat.com Cloud, the Suite now provides and end-to-end solution for initiating, distributing, reviewing and approving comments, which can be imported back into the source FrameMaker documents.

Even if you don’t use the tools in Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2, you should consider attending so that you can compare this functionality to your current review workflow and learn how Adobe is leading and innovating in this space.

Below is an illustration of the workflow we will cover during the eSeminar:

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This is a proud moment for all of us at Adobe, who work passionately on these amazing products and hopefully an inspiration to our customers, who continue to push the limits of what's possible using our Technologies.

Here's my favorite quote from Producer Jon Landau:

"One of the great things about what Adobe does with its Suite of products, is they give you everything you need to complete your whole process, from concept to finish"

I hope you enjoy seeing Avatar in the theater and this video, and Thank You for using our Adobe products!

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When I returned from the conference, I received an invitation to be interviewed by Matthew Ellison for this quarter's iSTC Communicator Journal on this very topic.

I have asked permission to post the interview here and I thank Marian Newell and her entire team for allowing me to do so. I also thank Matthew Ellison for the opportunity to share my thoughts on the importance for Technical Communicators to embrace Social Media.

Below I have embedded the interview in PDF format. To download the PDF, click Menu and select Download or Share. To display the file in Full Screen mode, click the up-pointing arrow, and the Escape key to exit. Both of these options are highlighted here:

Also highlighted here are the previous and next page navigation buttons, located at the bottom of the embedded PDF:

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In fact, one of the questions I see on Twitter from new users is "Are there any Captivate users out there?" so it's my hope to also use this list as a resource I can point Tweeps to, who are asking these questions.

If you want to add yourself to this list, please leave a message below, including your Full Name and Full Twitter URL address and I will be happy to add you to it. For those just getting started, I have a running list of Twitter best practices HERE.

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One of the most watched eSeminar recordings that I have published is "Twitter for Technical Communicators" and I continue to see more and more Technical Communicators join Twitter, which is extremely exciting considering how passionate I am about this profession and about the need for Technical Communicators to embrace the Social Media revolution.

Having said that, I have decided to compile a list of Technical Communicators on Twitter in order to highlight their work, encourage others to join Twitter, and to follow each other.

I will start with the Twitterers who have listed their usernames on the techcommpros thread. If you want to add yourself to this list, please leave a message below, including your Full Name and Full Twitter URL address and I will be happy to add you to it. For those just getting started, I have a running list of Twitter best practices HERE.

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