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Leaking Corporate Secrets: Microsoft Word Files Provide More Than WYSIWYG Information

Tuesday, August 19, 2003

When you share Microsoft Word files with others you may unintentionally leak sensitive corporate or personal information, including, but not limited to, the names of authors and reviewers, text deleted during the revision cycle, private comments, and information from ...

Filed under: Content Management : Mishaps and Mistakes : Technical Writing : Mishaps and Mistakes

One Size Fits All? Louis Rosenfeld On Abandoning The Search For The Perfect Job Title

Tuesday, August 05, 2003

Information architecture consultant Louis Rosenfeld makes the case for abandoning the search for the perfect business title. Many professional titles exist for those whose job it is to make information easier to use. Some call themselves information architects, others ...

Filed under: Content Management : Career Information : Technical Writing : Career Information

The Society For Technical Communication

Saturday, August 02, 2003

If you’re involved in creating, maintaining, publishing or managing content (and who isn’t nowadays), you should be a member of the Society for Technical Communication. STC is the world’s largest professional association for technical communicators with over 150 local ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Organizations

Structured FrameMaker (7.0): Introduction To Authoring

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

The folks at Scriptorium Press know Adobe FrameMaker 7.0. Even better, they know how to transfer their knowledge to others. Scriptorium�s Professional Training for Professional Communicators series of learning workbooks are an excellent learning tool for those ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : Adobe FrameMaker : Structured Authoring : Book Reviews

Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy

Saturday, June 28, 2003

In “Managing Enterprise Content”, the authors, Ann Rockley, Pamela Kostur, and Steve Manning, make the case for their “Unified Content Strategy”—a practical and logical way of researching, planning, preparing, testing, implementing and selling content management across ...

Filed under: Content Management : Book Reviews : Technical Writing : Structured Authoring : Book Reviews

Content Management: Success Is in the Planning

Saturday, June 21, 2003

In order to meet the challenge of providing value to customers—and, equally as important, to shareholders—content-heavy organizations must take greater advantage of breakthroughs in information and computing technologies designed to improve productivity, boost quality ...

Filed under: Content Management : Technical Writing

Single Sourcing - Building Modular Documentation by Kurt Ament

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Kurt Ament has hit the nail on the head! His latest effort, “Single Sourcing: Building Modular Documentation,” is a valuable reference for those of us who seek to save time, effort, and money by implementing a productive method of creating information once and reusing ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Structured Authoring : Book Reviews

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