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MS Word Zero Day Flaw Lets Hackers In!

Monday, December 11, 2006

According to a Microsoft Security Advisory, attackers are taking advantage of a flaw that arises when an unspecified error occurs when processing a Word document. “This latest Word security flaw as “extremely critical” because it is unpatched and because malicious ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : Microsoft Word

Vista Views: Microsoft Office 2007 Preview

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Windows Vista is coming. What that means for you may vary depending on what your needs are and how your organization plans to tackle managing content. For now, there’s no agreement amongst analysts. Will Vista be a great improvement for Windows users, or just a step in ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : Microsoft Word

And The Winners Are (Adobe Technical Writing Suite Naming Contest)

Monday, November 20, 2006

Last week we asked our readers to put their creative hats on and come up with an appropriate name for a suite of Adobe software tools (Adobe FrameMaker, Acrobat 3D, Captivate, and Robohelp) packaged together as one unit and aimed at technical communication ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : Adobe FrameMaker

Help Name The Adobe Technical Communication Suite

Thursday, November 16, 2006

TheContentWrangler asks ... If Adobe Systems were to offer a suite of products aimed squarely at technical communications professionals that included FrameMaker, Acrobat 3D, Robohelp and Captivate all in one box, what would you call it? Suggest a name and you could win ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : Adobe FrameMaker

Sarah O’Keefe on DITA and Adobe FrameMaker

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

In Illuminations, FrameMaker guru Sarah O’Keefe takes a peek at the Adobe FrameMaker DITA Application Pack. O’Keefe writes: “Not all features are working in this beta release...Before the application pack, getting DITA to mesh well with FrameMaker was a difficult task. ...

Filed under: DITA : Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : Adobe FrameMaker

HyperSTE: An STE Plug-In For Word, Frame, Arbortext and XMetaL

Sunday, September 17, 2006

A software checker is a tool designed assist technical communicators in validating that the content they created isin compliance with the rules of Simplified Technical English (STE). Tedopres International, a company that specializes in STE authoring and content ...

Filed under: Simplified Technical English : Software Checkers : Technical Writing : Authoring Tools

Beta Download: Adobe FrameMaker DITA and S1000D Application Packs

Friday, September 08, 2006

A little tardy, perhaps, but the much-anticipated FrameMaker 7.2 Application packs for Microsoft® Windows are today available for free download from the new Adobe Labs web site. Of course a beta version is a work in progress. Expect things to go wrong. Then, share your ...

Filed under: DITA : S1000D : Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : Adobe FrameMaker