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Podcast: What’s New in Flare 6 — Interview with Mike Hamilton
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Posted in Podcasts, Technical Writing | 3 Comments »
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/flare6.mp3] Download MP3 Length: 45 min. Flare 6 is available today from Madcap Software. This weekend I interviewed Mike Hamilton, VP of Product Management, about the new features Flare 6 contains. In this ... Read more..Madcap Flare’s Extensibility: Adding jQuery to Flare
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in Technical Writing | 1 Comment »
Alistair Christie recently published a podcast about Unscripted Screencasts and Flare Extensibility. In the podcast, he considers whether scripts are necessary for corporate screencasts -- a good topic for exploration ... Read more..DITA Features in Madcap Flare Webcast Tuesday at 11 a.m. EST from Scriptorium
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Posted in Technical Writing | No Comments »
Scriptorium is presenting a free webinar on the DITA features in Madcap Flare this Tuesday at 11 a.m. EST. Here are the details: Presented by Sarah O’Keefe, this webcast demonstrates using ... Read more..Why Help Authoring Tools Will Fade
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing, Web 2.0 | 21 Comments »
I read a blog post the other day that I can't stop thinking about. In the Myth of Single Sourcing, Michael Hiatt writes, The main issue for me is between authoring ... Read more..Embedding Videos into Madcap Flare
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Posted in Screencasts | 6 Comments »
One of Flare's shortcomings is the inability to easily embed video files. However, if you use the Camtasia Studio's Express Show format as your video format (and you choose the ... Read more..Podcast about the Podcast Poll
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 Posted in Podcasts | 7 Comments »
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/podcastsurvey.mp3] Download MP3 Length: 15 min. In this brief podcast, I discuss the results of the podcast poll that I published on my site earlier this week. I mostly wanted an opportunity to ... Read more..What I’ve Been Learning in Flare
Saturday, November 14th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | 9 Comments »
Right now I'm immersed in an online help project in which I've been using Madcap Flare. Here a few tips I've picked up in the past month or so. Read more..The Appeal of Adobe InDesign
Friday, September 11th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | 15 Comments »
Have you ever told a project manager that the instructions he plans on releasing with an application -- instructions written by an intern who is here for a three-month stint ... Read more..A Few Software Tips to Make Technical Writing Easier
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | 5 Comments »
LugIron recently praised a video response that a vendor made to a customer, calling it "an outstanding example of Social Documentation at work." The customer loved the video, especially given ... Read more..Palimpsest: Flare 5 DITA feature review Part 1: Overview and map files
Friday, June 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Palimpsest: Flare 5 DITA feature review Part 1: Overview and map files. I really enjoyed this thorough testing and analysis of Flare 5's integration of DITA. It's a huge new ... Read more..