User assistance thought pioneer, Joe Welinske, has authored a valuable White Paper that addresses an important issue: how to use a flexible interaction language scheme with User Defined Variables. This blog touches on key concepts contained in the White Paper; you may download the White Paper “Interactions with User Defined Variables” by clicking here. Adobe 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…
Last week Adobe participated in the Localization World conference on the edge of Seattle’s busy harbor. Passing ferrry boats and container ships were unable to divert the attendees attention from dozens of relevant and compelling presentations on the latest challenges facing anyone who wants to make their content go global. Although the conference’s focus was read more…
The first Saturday in October, Adobe TCS assembled an impressive array of thought leaders and topics to present what was essentially a “demo-free” industry trend overview. This blog gives an overview of key points from presentations, as well as photos to give you a feel for the event. We had a “full house” at the read more…
How are businesses using Microsoft SharePoint in the Enterprise? As a Product Manager, I’ve asked this question to several teams familiar with SharePoint, including technical communication professionals and end-users. While most people start with SharePoint as a portal technology or use it as a content repository, there are several who have extended its use to read more…
By Neil Perlin, Hyper/Word Services I was introduced to mobile, in the form of Microsoft Windows CE, in 1998 by Joe Welinske of WritersUA. By late 1999, I was giving conference presentations on mobile app (pre-iPhone) programming, cellular technology, and other bizarre (by tech comm standards) topics. The image below is a page from a read more…
In a recently recorded webinar, Captivate and Adobe maven Kevin Siegel of Iconlogic.com demonstrated how shockingly simple it is to publish from FrameMaker to ePub using Tech Comm Suite 4 and RoboHelp 10. In less than an hour, you can view a real world case study in which a book that was actually published in read more…
It gives me great pleasure to introduce the all new Adobe RoboHelp 10. This release offers dramatic new workflows that make it easier than ever to create, import and deliver content using a familiar, author-friendly environment. RoboHelp 10 enables you to publish socially-enabled content to multiple screens/devices using HTML5, take advantage of the end-to-end workflow read more…
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Accessibility, Announcements, Content Strategy, Customer / Partner Talk, eReaders, Event, Mobile, Policies and Procedures, Products, Promotions, RoboHelp, RoboHelp Server, Single-Source Publishing, Social, TechComm, Technical Communication, Technical Communication Suite, Trends, Writing Technical Content
I’m very excited to introduce the all new Adobe Technical Communication Suite 4. When I go meet with our customers, I hear that their consumers demand technical content to be easily consumable, highly interactive, quickly searchable, immediately actionable, and always available on-the-move. The movement to structured authoring is picking up. The rapid penetration of handheld read more…
This blog touches on highlights of Joe Gollner’s excellent co-Webinar with Adobe TCS on “Getting Real”, creating documentation for challenging environments where backlit screens and relatively short battery life for an iPad may not work well. There are a variety of areas, ranging from military to remote construction, where eReaders with opaque, grayscale screens can read more…
