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[...] at eXtremetechwriting.com. The post Getting Started with DITA appeared first on Experienced Freelance Technical Author and Copywriter. [...]

[...] The post “Technical Writing’s Dead, Get into e-Learning” appeared first on Experienced Freelance Technical Author and Copywriter. [...]

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[...] What do you do if you want some topics in your project to use one Master Page and other topics to use a different Master Page? That’s the question I had to ask recently, and [...]

[...] ’t need any post-build modifications. Once you have converted the TOC, you just set up your master page and CSS, build the help, and your sexy menu is right there. In the project above, the black [...]

[...] different places where you can add JavaScript and jQuery code in Flare HTML5 projects: in a Master Page file, in a skin file, and in the individual topic files. Does it matter where you add your [...]

[...] Topic-based documentation is a way of writing documentation in stand-alone chunks, which are usually stored in [...]

[...] for a specific answer to that problem. That’s what your users want too, and topic-based documentation gives them just that, because each topic focuses on a specific concept or set of [...]

[...] type of content. To write structured content well, you need to know how to write topic-based documentation and you also need to know the rules of the language you are using. This is where [...]

[...] benefit them and how it fits into the bigger picture of the product/system as a whole. As technical writers, sometimes it is difficult to know how expert our audience is, especially if we are working [...]

[...] jarred with me. So I decided to ask some learning professionals about their take on technical writers and where we could possibly fit in the world of e-learning. What did they have to say? Read [...]

[...] on a specific concept or set of instructions and works as a stand-alone article. When your technical writers are producing topics, they need to use a more minimalist style and have to really think [...]

[...] your drop-down lists use different styles (the two custom styles you have created). The post MadCap Flare – How to Use Different DropDown Styles in the Same Topic appeared first on Experienced [...]

[...] too, something I’m going to be posting about soon). The 3 Places You Can Use Scripts In MadCap Flare There are three different places where you can add JavaScript and jQuery code in Flare HTML5 [...]

[...] seen on recent job ads in the UK, and I have purposely avoided web CMSs and e-learning tools. MadCap Flare and Adobe RoboHelp Hands up, you got me. I’ve never used Adobe Robohelp, despite being a [...]

[...] for 2015 For 2015, I’m planning on learning: JavaScript and jQuery, specifically for use with MadCap Flare HTML5 help output. More DITA. I started learning about DITA last year, but work commitments [...]

[...] ;rewrite content >get content reviewed >get content approved and signed off >put technical documentation into document management system. To make it easier to remember, I decided to hire a [...]

[...] : none; text-transform: uppercase; } #cssmenu > ul { width: 100%; height: 100%; } #cssmenu ul ul { width: 100%; } #cssmenu > ul > li > a { border-right: 4px solid #ce0214; color: # [...]

Recently, I was messing about on LinkedIn forums and noticed a thread about the way MadCap Flare detects mobile outputs. At last, other people who fin [...]

[...] know, please add it in the comments section because it’ll save me having to read the MadCap Flare documentation for that feature. How to Stop Your Columns from Breaking Bad As the separate body [...]

[...] ;re unlikely to get lost and by the end of the exercise, you will have created your own DITA output. And it’s not just for DITA newbies. There are posts about more advanced DITA [...]