Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation (XML Press, ISBN: 9780982219119) by Anne Gentle provides technical communicators with a roadmap for integrating social media — blogs, wikis, and much more — into their content development efforts. This is critical because, as Anne notes in … Read More
Flare 5 DITA feature review, part 2
[Alan Pringle wrote most of this review.] This post is Part 2 of our Flare 5 DITA feature review. Part 1 provides an overview and discusses localization and map files. Cross-references and other links I imported DITA content that contained three xref elements (I shortened … Read More
Flare 5 DITA feature review (Part 1: Overview and map files)
[Disclosure: Scriptorium is a Certified Flare Instructor.] [Full disclosure: We’re also an Adobe Authorized Training Center, a JustSystems Services Partner, a founding member of TechComm Alliance, a North Carolina corporation, and a woman-owned business. Dog people outnumber cat people in our office. Can I start … Read More
Top five reasons to like XMetal and OXygen
by Sheila Loring Full disclosure: We’re an XMetaL Services Provider and have no particular affiliation with oXygen.I’m in the fortunate situation of having access to both XMetaL 5.5 and oXygen 9.3. Both are excellent XML editors for different reasons. I’d hate for Scriptorium to make … Read More
Review of screen capture programs
by Sheila Loring Matthew Ellison reviews seven screen capture programs: FullShot, HyperSnap, SnagIt, Madcap Capture, RoboScreen Capture, ScreenHunter (free), and TNT. He also points out what to look for in a screen capture tool and compares features in a handy table. http://www.writersua.com/articles/capturetools/index.html SnagIt lands at … Read More