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Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 15 Comments »
Creating video tutorials is no trivial task. When you sit down to create 20+ video tutorials for a project, you're faced with dozens of questions. What screen size should the ... Read more..Six Ways I’m Using the H4 Zoom Recorder to Do Technical-Writing Related Things
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Podcasting, Technical Writing | 15 Comments »
If you asked me 6 months ago how much I used my Zoom H4 digital recorder, it wasn't much. I initially got it to record live interviews at conferences, and ... Read more..Camtasia Versus Captivate: Thinking About Screen Real Estate Problems in Video Captures
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 19 Comments »
The two leading screencast tools, Camtasia and Captivate, both have strengths and weaknesses that make selecting a clear winner difficult if not impossible. But lately I’ve been using both of ... Read more..“Could you please tell me what the job of a technical writer is like?”
Friday, December 21st, 2007 Posted in Technical Writing | 24 Comments »
I recently received an email from a reader who asked to know what the job of a technical writer is like. Anoop writes, I am a computer science Master's student ... Read more..Adventures with the New Technical Communication Suite from Adobe (mostly RoboHelp 7 and Captivate)
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 Posted in Technical Writing | 22 Comments »
Rob Houser's recent article in Writers UA, "What's New in RoboHelp 7?", is a thorough, insightful article I highly recommend. After reading his review, I thought I'd post a few ... Read more..Sample Integration of Captivate Screen Demos in RoboHelp Hotspots
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in Technical Writing | 4 Comments »
I made a help file showing a sample integration of Captivate with Robohelp, specifically showing screen demos inside hotspots. I like that the screen demos hide so nicely. (The content of ... Read more..Thoughts on Adobe’s New Technical Communication Suite
Saturday, November 24th, 2007 Posted in Technical Writing | 4 Comments »
I'm excited to welcome Adobe as a new sponsor for Tech Writer Voices. This past week, I've been playing around with their new Technical Communications Suite. This Suite includes Framemaker, ... Read more..Embracing the New Vernacular Instead of Pursuing the Holy Grail of Single Sourcing
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 Posted in Technical Writing | 6 Comments »
For a long time, I looked at help authoring tools in terms of their single sourcing ability -- creating the source material in the tool, and then outputting to online ... Read more..