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The newsletter of Scriptorium Publishing |
Volume 11
Issue 7
July 2008
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In this issue:
Scriptorium Starts a Wiki
Pretty Good Webinar on Not Pretty Things
Just More Free Webinars
Fall Conferences and Special Offers
Upcoming Web-Based Training
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Scriptorium Starts a Wiki |
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Earlier this month, Scriptorium launched wiki.scriptorium.com. This free online resource includes the content from our FrameMaker workbook series, complete with the exercise files. The workbook content is for FrameMaker 7 and is about 90% accurate for version 8. Registration is open and we encourage you to add information about the new features in FrameMaker 8.
The wiki content is under a Creative Commons license. You are free to share or remix information from the wiki, as long as you provide attribution and make clear to others the license terms of this work for any reuse or redistribution.
P.S. We've postponed publication of our book on structured FrameMaker 8. Read our blog for details. |
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Pretty Good Webinar on Not Pretty Things |
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| par-a-digm |
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A set of assumptions, values, and practices that constitute a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them. |
| shift |
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A change or move from one location, concept, person, etc., to another. |
| pretty |
adj. |
Pleasing or attractive. |
Possibly due to conference withdrawal, Sarah is offering her presentation, Paradigm Shifts are Never Pretty, as a free webinar.
The webinar starts August 15th at 11 a.m. Eastern time and will last about an hour and fifteen minutes. The presentation discusses the inevitability of change, who or what might challenge it, and how to meet those challenges.
Sign up now! There are just a few seats left. If you and multiple coworkers want to attend, please register only one participant and share a computer during the session. |
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Just More Free Webinars |
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Just Systems is hosting Best Practices for Structured Authoring and Publishing, a series of free webinars presented by Scriptorium. Join Sarah O'Keefe and learn about making the transition from desktop publishing to structure, spend a morning or two with Simon Bate and the DITA Open Toolkit, or do it all.
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From Desktop Publishing to Structured Authoring
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| August 18, 2008, 11 a.m. Eastern time |
| presented by Sarah O'Keefe |
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Just as the printing press revolutionized documentation, new communication technologies continue to improve how information is created and delivered. Desktop publishing has been effective at creating individual documents but now with the focus on content reuse, the technical writing team as a whole will need to focus on a new process and workflow. As with any paradigm shift, there may be challenges. Attend this webinar to learn the best approach to structured authoring. Sarah will review this paradigm shift and help you understand how to overcome any obstacles and focus on the positives when shifting from a desktop publishing environment to an XML-based workflow. |
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An Overview of the DITA Open Toolkit
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| August 26, 2008, 11 a.m. Eastern time |
| presented by Simon Bate |
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Attend this webinar if you need to get a better understanding of the DITA Open Toolkit (DITA OT), how to use it, and how it works. You will learn about the components in the DITA OT and their function. You will also learn how to install and run the DITA OT and how it relates to XMetaL. |
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Key Elements on Customizing and Troubleshooting Output
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| September 23, 2008, 11 a.m. Eastern time |
| presented by Simon Bate |
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Attend this webinar if you need to customize the output from the DITA Open Toolkit (DITA OT). The DITA OT includes components that are designed to be customized for HTML and PDF output. You will learn how to make modifications to these components. You will also learn how to read and understand other toolkit components that create much more complex output. |
Register with Just Systems. |
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Fall Conferences and Special Offers |
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Clear your calendars. Another round of conferences is coming this fall.
Scriptorium's first stop will be Burlington, Massachusetts, for DocTrain East (October 29–November 1). Simon Bate will offer a preconference workshop on XMetaL and DITA and give a presentation on Comparing DITA Support in XMetaL and FrameMaker. In the exhibition hall you will find Matt Arnold and Simon at our booth, where you can talk to them about documentation and tools—and get some free chocolate.
The next stop on the itinerary is Wiesbaden, Germany, for the tcworld Conference and Trade Fair (November 5–7). Sarah O'Keefe is presenting on the implications of Web 2.0 for technical communicators and is hosting an introduction to XSL workshop. If you'd like to speak with us, you can find Matt, Sarah, and free chocolate at the booth.
Your Scriptorium connection could save you a lot of money. Tekom is offering a special 20% discount to first-time attendees from non–German-speaking countries. That's up to €160 off! Just send an e-mail to mca@scriptorium.com for details. |
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Upcoming Web-Based Training
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We have posted our class schedules through December.
If you're interested in structured authoring solutions and technologies, you should definitely take a look at our XSL in Publishing, XMetaL and DITA, and XML and Structured Authoring classes:
Making the move to FrameMaker, structure, or both? Scriptorium Publishing's web-based FrameMaker classes can get you on your way to using the unstructured and structured interfaces of FrameMaker:
For information about private on-site or web-based training, see our training options page. If you have any questions, contact training@scriptorium.com or call 919-481-2701. |
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