In episode 94 of The Content Strategy Experts podcast, Bill Swallow and David Turner of DCL take a look at content migration and discuss all of the players and parts involved. “It’s not just about moving the content and loading it to the new system. … Read More
DITA to PowerPoint: Exploring the challenges
PDF format at the end of this post. We’ve worked on a few DITA-to-PowerPoint projects. In some cases, the project sounded like a natural fit. In other cases, the fit was less than compelling. Even in projects that seemed to have a natural fit, we … Read More
Structured content and evolving needs
When we look at structured content, the first priorities are usually efficiency and cost savings. These savings are gained through intelligent content reuse and automated content delivery. The implicit promise of structured authoring is consistency; use structure, get consistent content. But this isn’t always the … Read More
Guest webinar with DCL
Join Gretyl Kinsey of Scriptorium and Mark Gross of DCL on September 18th at 1:00 p.m. ET for their presentation, which is called Rewrite or convert? Preparing your content for automated DITA Conversion. They will discuss key questions you’ll need to answer for a successful … Read More
Content conversion (podcast)
In episode 52 of the Content Strategy Experts podcast, Gretyl Kinsey talks with Mark Gross of DCL about content conversion. They explore some of the use cases they have seen and what partial conversion looks like.
Making the most of your conversion to XML, part 1
Your publishing workflow has been the same for years, but new technology, different customer requirements, and company growth are making you realize you might need a change. Your print-based processes won’t always be sustainable, and XML is looking like a possibility for the future. There’s … Read More
Greatest hits for your listening content strategy pleasure
Transitioning to new publishing processes? Release your greatest hits collection first!
Drink me: starting small like Alice
“What a curious feeling!” said Alice; “I must be shutting up like a telescope.” And so it was indeed: she was now only ten inches high, and her face brightened up at the thought that she was now the right size for going though the … Read More
Converting MS Word to DITA
This is a short reminder that it’s not too late to sign up for our webinar on converting documents from Microsoft Word to DITA. This webinar is the second in our series of webinars co-presented with JustSystems on “Things to Consider When Moving to DITA.” … Read More