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Planning For Legacy Content Conversion: Microsoft Word Snafus

Wednesday, March 03, 2004

Software tools exist to help convert legacy content to structured XML. Unfortunately, these conversion products work best on highly structured documents that are consistently formatted. Even the best-of-breed conversion tools cannot address the multiple ways authors ...

Filed under: Content Management : Technical Writing

Analyzing Content Management Needs: Users and Content Authors

Monday, March 01, 2004

In Losing Site of the Content in a Content Management System, James Robertson provides an excellent checklist of some of the many planning and analysis issues you�ll face when tackling a content management project. Robertson focuses on providing high level guidance on ...

Filed under: Content Management : Technical Writing

The Results Are In—Metri-Mark 2003 Documentation Manager’s Survey

Monday, December 08, 2003

Metri-Mark, a marketing research and consulting firm, recently released the results of their 2003 Documentation Manager’s Survey. If you don’t have time to read the entire survey, allow me summarize it.

More than half of the respondents say they work in the “high ...

Filed under: Technical Writing

Microsoft Manual of Style For Technical Publications 3.0: Free Download

Friday, December 05, 2003

Did you know that you can download a free copy of the Microsoft Manual Of Style For Technical Publications 3.0? To get your copy, visit the download page. The file provided is a CHM file that runs on Microsoft 95 and above. No Macintosh version is available at this ...

Filed under: Help Authoring : Technical Writing

Book Review: Beyond Borders - Web Globalization Strategies

Sunday, November 30, 2003

Book Review: �Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies� by John Yunker, New Riders Publishers, 2003 (ISBN 0-7357-1208-5)

Today, organizations of all sizes are reaching out across geographic borders in an attempt to target new customers in an increasingly ...

Filed under: Globalization : Technical Writing

Transforming The Society For Technical Communication

Wednesday, November 26, 2003

The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that exists to serve its members. While that�s not the official refrain, it is the essence of why STC exists and the focus of a recently introduced effort known as �STC ...

Filed under: Content Management : Technical Writing