December 3, 2012 @ 6:29 PM, By Parth Mukherjee
Today Adobe completes 30 years! In human terms, that’s a big leap, often interpreted as moving “from the terrific twenties to the terrible thirties”. Days like these are brought in with champagne and celebrations – a moment to say goodbye to an era and also one to welcome the next. A very big word of read more…
November 30, 2012 @ 2:45 AM, By Maxwell Hoffmann
I’ve just returned from 3 weeks on the road, where I had contact with dozens of current and potential customers. In all instances, the feedback I got on Tech Comm Suite was nothing short of phenomenal. The most common reaction was “where has this release of software been all of my life?” Since Tech Comm read more…
November 27, 2012 @ 4:35 PM, By Parth Mukherjee
We recently assisted a defence customer to transition from MS Word to Adobe FrameMaker 11. With the transition, several different sized technical publication templates were developed in FrameMaker. Some of the more complex requirements included the capability to have full page graphics from size A4 all the way up to large throw clears (full size read more…
November 19, 2012 @ 12:05 PM, By Maxwell Hoffmann
Our November 19th webinar with Dr. JoAnn Hackos of The Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM) covered an insightful strategy in determining how to accurate predict cost savings with DITA. This issue has been a key “bug-a-boo” with many customers, who know that they need to move to DITA, but who need a compelling business case read more…
November 16, 2012 @ 12:15 PM, By Maxwell Hoffmann
We have a recording of an incredibly dynamic webinar from November 16 that is a “must see.” VASONT and Publishing Smarter joined forces to find a uniquely visual way to cover the many issues and potential barriers that may arise when you decide to migrate to structure authoring. You may view “Structured authoring: getting from read more…
November 15, 2012 @ 12:13 PM, By Maxwell Hoffmann
Our November 9th blog on “3 Key Webinar Recordings to Help set your strategy for 2013” made reference to our recording of a November webinar with Joe Welinske, which focused on how to use on placeholder (UDV) for multiple device gestures when single-source publishing to multiple screens. Specifically, you may have documentation for an app, read more…
November 9, 2012 @ 4:44 AM, By Maxwell Hoffmann
[Updated Blog: webinar recording links and additional information added] — Our goal at Adobe Tech Comm is not only to provide meaningful “how to” demos on our product line, but also to share vision and strategy from experienced thought leaders and practitioners from our field. In the month of November, we had 3 especially interesting read more…
November 8, 2012 @ 3:39 AM, By Maxwell Hoffmann
Adobe Tech Comm recently hosted visionary content strategist Joe Gollner on the topic of “Content Strategies for the Real World.” This blog summarizes key concepts covered in the webinar. You may view a recording of the entire webinar by clicking here. Joe started his discussion with his definition of “The Intelligent Content Imperative”: A Global read more…
November 6, 2012 @ 3:56 AM, By Maxwell Hoffmann
Tech Comm Suite 4 with RoboHelp 10 and FrameMaker 11 introduced vastly improved capabilities to publish to tablets and mobile devices with the addition of multiscreen HTML5 output. Now, single-source publishing can swiftly address multiple devices on a customized basis based on media query, profiles and more. AdobeTCS has recently hosted a series of webinars read more…
November 5, 2012 @ 2:17 PM, By Nandini Gupta
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…