The newsletter of Scriptorium Publishing

Volume10, Issue 5
June 2007

In this issue:

XML for STC

STC Conference Summary

And the Winner Is: Workbook Bundle Contest

Win Copies of Scriptorium Press Titles

Sign Up for Our New Web-Based DITA and XMetaL Class

Welcome, David Kelly!

XML for STC

We are pleased to announce that Sarah O'Keefe will be writing a regular column on XML for the STC's Intercom magazine. After debating numerous phrases of varying propriety, Sarah has settled on "The XML Strategist" as the column title. "The XML Contrarian" was a close second. In that vein, Sarah's first article will be on why not to implement XML. She also plans to take on DITA's pros and cons in a future article. Watch for her in the fall issue.

STC Conference Summary

Last month, Sarah O'Keefe, Matt Arnold, and Sheila Loring attended the STC Technical Communication Summit in Minneapolis. Here's a photo of Sarah and Sheila at our booth:

Sarah's two sessions were heavily attended, and many folks dropped by the booth to pick up chocolate and our structured authoring white paper bundle (the popular "little yellow books").

If you weren't able to attend the conference, you can download the white papers free of charge from our online store. You can also request the handouts for Sarah's presentations—Strategic Planning for New Publishing Technology in Your Enterprise and The Business Case for XML—by sending a message to sales@scriptorium.com.

And the Winner Is: Workbook Bundle Contest

As part of our continuing tenth anniversary celebration, we had a drawing last month for a set of our FrameMaker workbooks and a copy of Publishing Fundamentals: FrameMaker 7. And the winner is:

Kim Cramer

Congratulations, Kim! Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. Read the next story for details about a new contest.

Win Copies of Scriptorium Press Titles

For our latest giveaway, we will give away two sets of the following Scriptorium Press titles:

• Publishing Fundamentals: FrameMaker 7 (formerly FrameMaker 7: The Complete Reference) by Sarah O'Keefe and Sheila Loring
• Technical Writing 101 by Alan Pringle and Sarah O'Keefe

To enter the drawing, please fill out a brief survey about digital book delivery.

Enter the drawing

Please respond by July 20. We'll announce the two winners in the next issue of Illuminations.

Sign Up for Our New Web-Based DITA and XMetaL Class

We've scheduled four sessions of our new Introduction to DITA and XMetaL web-based class in 2007. This course—which occurs over five half-days—includes hands-on training for XMetaL Author DITA Edition.

Here are the details on the class:

• Syllabus
• Schedule

We're also offering FrameMaker 7, XML, XSL, Photoshop, and InDesign classes. For information about upcoming class dates, check out our online calendar, or select the following links:

• Unstructured and structured FrameMaker 7 classes
• XML and XSL classes
• InDesign and Photoshop classes

For information about classroom- and online-based training, see our training options page.

If you have any questions, contact training@scriptorium.com.

Welcome, David Kelly!

David Kelly has joined our staff as a project manager. In addition to project management experience, David has skills in FrameMaker, XML, XSL-FO, and technical writing. In his spare time, David paints. Here's one of his pieces, Dogwood Double-X:

Welcome, David!

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