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The newsletter of Scriptorium Publishing |
Volume 11
Issue 5
May 2008
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In this issue:
Publishing Fundamentals: Around the Corner
Upcoming Web-Based Training
Scriptorium: Coast to Coast
Anarchy in the UK
XSL, Flash, and Blogs! Oh, My!
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Publishing Fundamentals: Around the Corner |
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Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 8 is going to the printer on May 30. Expect to see the PDF download available for purchase around the same time. Buy the print and PDF versions together for $49.99. The PDF file on its own costs $29.99. You can download the PDF file instantly when you purchase either version.
The new book totals around 750 pages of indispensable information on unstructured FrameMaker. Publishing Fundamentals: FrameMaker 7 had a total of 888 pages, 200 of which discussed the structured interface. If you do the math, that means the new book has 62 more pages on unstructured FrameMaker. Besides, the cover is also much more colorful than its predecessor.
Publishing Fundamentals: Structured FrameMaker 8 will be available this summer. The print and PDF file combo will cost $39.99, and the PDF version will be $24.99. |
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Upcoming Web-Based Training |
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We have posted this year's class schedule through September. For information about what is available, check out our online calendar.
Interested in FrameMaker's robust structured authoring features but have no idea how to use them? Register for our structured FrameMaker courses coming this June and get the most out of your software.
Structured authoring technologies can improve consistency, enable reuse, and automate your publishing workflow; however, the advantages of structured authoring require new skills and a shift from formatting and paragraphs to elements and hierarchies. If you're interested in learning about structured authoring and how to make it happen, register for one of our upcoming classes on XML, XSL, or DITA.
For information about private on-site or web-based training, see our training options page. If you have any questions, contact training@scriptorium.com. |
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Scriptorium: Coast to Coast |
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Alan Pringle, Sarah O'Keefe, and Matt Arnold will be on the East Coast for STC's 55th annual conference. The conference is in Philadelphia, PA, from June 1–4. Sarah will present on the ugly (and occasionally hostile) side of paradigm shifts. Matt and Alan will be at the booth, eager to talk shop and hand out chocolate.
Scriptorium's Simon Bate will be on the West Coast in attendance at Gilbane San Francisco from June 18–20. He is participating in a panel, Enterprise Publishing with XML (DITA), about the positive impact the XML-based publishing standard has had on businesses. Feel free to engage Simon in conversation. He is an expert on XML, XSL, JavaScript, FrameScript, home cuisine, and choral performance. |
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Anarchy in the UK
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On June 21–22, Sarah is off to Birmingham, UK, for STC UK. She will be making use of her three greatest interests: presenting on trends in technical communication, hosting a day-long XSL workshop, and providing chocolate for the presidents' champagne and chocolate reception.
After STC UK, it's off to X-Pubs. X-Pubs is a content and communication technologies conference in London, UK, that runs from June 22–24. With a day of overlap between this and STC UK, Sarah will have her hands full. At least the subject matter will be engaging.
Are forums the future? Will wikis be the end to professional, authoritative documentation as we know it? Contemplate these fears and more in Sarah's session, Friend or Foe? The Role of Web 2.0 in Technical Communication.
In the days following the conference, expect to see more blog posts on the many-to-many knowledge economy of the new web. Subscribe to the RSS feed, read the posts, join the conversation, and appreciate the irony of musing over Web 2.0 on a blog. |
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XSL, Flash, and Blogs! Oh, My!
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Sarah was recently interviewed at DocTrain West regarding the implication of Flash and XSL for technical writers. Interested in her responses? Give your text-weary eyes a break and enjoy the podcast of the interview. |
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