This is the first in our series of video interviews with key thought leaders and bright attendees at the STC Annual Summit in Atlanta. Adobe installed cameras, lights and had the “Content Wrangler” himself to help gather some of the most interesting thought leaders present. We have 40 interviews to share, and will be rolling read more…
This is a second in a series of blogs that cluster together some very brief, but useful “how to” videos on important features in RoboHelp 10. The previous blog focused on navigation links like hypertext. Now we move on to a couple of more usefule features. ROBOHELP 10: Image Triggers for dramatic graphic entrance/exit Some read more…
Ellis Pratt of Cherryleaf in the UK made a very compelling presentation on the Changing Nature of Content in a recent webinar with Adobe. There is a webinar recording, and a detailed white paper (authored by Pratt) which you can download on this subject. NOTE: both of the links in the previous sentence will take read more…
Hello Everyone, Hope all of you are doing well. This is the 2nd post of the HTML5 Publishing Series. Here is the link for those of you who missed the first one. In this post, I will show you how, in just four steps, you can create visually stunning help systems for a variety of read more…
Many people who move into powerful Help Authoring solutions like RoboHelp 10 eventually reach the point where they have perhaps a dozen related Help projects which they wish to deliver as a single package. It is possible to merge multiple Help projects into one seamless library. Lightext Inc.’s Beth Gerber recently made a guest webinar read more…
The Multiscreen HTML5 feature is introduced in RoboHelp 10. It’s a Single Source Layout which can be configured based on any HTML5 compatible device that could be used for viewing your content. This feature gives authors the power to generate the outputs which can be viewed on any mobile device such as iPad, iPhone, Android read more…
If you are working with Microsoft HTML Help in RoboHelp, you might get the following error while opening the .chm file: This error usually occurs due to HHCTRL.OCX file which is a Windows file used to view help files. Most of the times it gets overwritten by some newly installed hardware, software or even updates. read more…
This week a smaller, leaner, meaner iPad was introduced by Apple, increasing the number and type of tablet or mobile devices that we must all eventually publish to. The challenges can seem daunting at first. Fortunately, seasoned user-assistance thought pioneer, Joe Welinske, has authored a highly useful White Paper. You may download and review “Multiscreen read more…
Read the entire whitepaper Executive Summary: The era of Technical Communications 2.0 is here, presenting technical communicators with unprecedented opportunities to expand their roles, increase their internal visibility, and grow the value and reach of every publication they work on. To do this, they must become aware of three top trends that are currently driving read more…
This blog captures highlights of Char James-Tanney’s insightful Adobe webinar from June 19, 2012. Char revealed among other things that: People who reach full life expectancy can expect to be classified as disabled for up to 11% of their lifetime. “Color blind” people can actually see colors, they are just different colors. Making Sense read more…
