Technical,communication,Adobe,Review,Commenting,robohelp,FrameMaker,Captivate,Acrobat 3D Technical communicators receive content from several contributors, for example, from design, engineering, marketing and support teams. Once the content has been gathered, organized and laid out in the output formats, it needs to be reviewed by the contributors for accuracy and completeness. Sending source project files and long documents with conditional text and […]
Public preview of Acrobat 3D Version 8
Acrobat 3D version 8 is a major step towards re-defining what we mean by rich content. Acrobat 3D provides an ability to include 3D objects in technical communication (Technical Communication: Rich Content – getting richer). To quote – "With Acrobat 3D Version 8, design engineering, technical publishing and creative professionals in manufacturing industries such as […]
Quality is Innovation
Technical,communication,Adobe,Quality,Innovation,Robohelp,FrameMaker,Captivate,Acrobat 3D Often in pursuit of new features, quality takes a hit. Quality is obviously the most important part of any software application. A feature delivers customer value only when it is stable and can be used consistently. I believe there are a few aspects of quality we need to pay close attention to in […]
Single Sourcing in RoboHelp : Part 2
Technical,communication,Adobe,Single sourcing,Robohelp In Adobe RoboHelp 6, we added a number of features for Single Sourcing. Here are a few more examples – 1. Apply Conditional tags on Table rows and columns – With improved support for conditional tags, you can now apply them on table rows and columns. And the usage is very simple, in […]
Writers UA Conference at Long Beach
Adobe Product Management for Technical Communication Products, Adobe FrameMaker and Adobe RoboHelp, will be attending Writers UA Conference at Long Beach, CA. Prior to the conference, we will to be in the UK for two days, on 22nd and 23rd March, to meet with customers. If you are planning to attend the conference and will […]
XML Authoring and DITA: An Interesting Analogy
Very often I come across the question – Why DITA? Here is an interesting analogy to try and answer the same. The purpose is not to define DITA, but to share my perspective on what DITA may imply for the technical authoring community. In the XML authoring paradigm, the document is split into structure, content […]
Rich Content – Getting Richer …
Technical communication is moving from static documents to richer content. A Picture Speaks A Thousand Words. In the online world, it is not just limited to pictures, end users of technical documents want more – tutorials, videos, 3D objects and so on. A number of technical communicators already use Captivate, Photoshop, Acrobat 3D and related […]
Thank you for the overwhelming response
It was heartening to see the number of emails that I received in response to FrameMaker – Is and will remain to be …. The emails were both encouraging and critical. There were good suggestions as well as valid complaints. I would request you to keep the emails and the feedback coming, as it provides […]
FrameMaker – Is and will remain to be …
Past few months have been busy. On one side, I have been meeting FrameMaker users and enthusiasts, and on the other, I have been working with FrameMaker engineering. The most important question is; how can we make sure that FrameMaker continues to be the tool of choice for you? How do we make sure that […]
Team Authoring
Team authoring is an important requirement for technical communication. Technical communicators are often working in teams and need to collaborate on projects. There are of course several means of collaborating, for example, through e-mails, shared folders, source control repositories and content management systems. Each of these collaboration methods have their positives and limitations. E-Mail E-Mail […]