Author-it 5 self-study training course launched today

We’ve added two self-study training courses in Author-it version 5 today – one for Author-it users and the other for Author-it Administrators and Users. This year, we’ve also introduced a classroom courses in RoboHelp 7 and FrameMaker 8, and we’ve launched an updated version of our DITA training course. We’ve another course in development and… Read more »

New updated DITA ecourse released (finally)

Tomorrow (or possibly tonight) we’ll be releasing the updated version of our popular ecourse “An Introduction to DITA“. Updated to reflect the changes in the DITA standard Updated to reflect the changes in the DITA Open Toolkit from version 1.3 to 1.4.2.1 Updated to reflect the changes in the downloading processes for installing the various… Read more »

Our DITA XML training course – Update

Carol is in the studio today, recording the audio track for the new, updated, version of our self-teach online course on DITA XML. She has to record 140(!) audio segments, which will take some time to complete. The development team will then match (within Abobe Captivate) these segments with the visuals and slides, ready, I… Read more »

New technical author vacancies

We’ve posted three new technical author vacancies today – both contract and permanent. We’ve also added a new self teach training course – RoboHelp X5 training. We’ll be introducing a training course in RoboHelp 6 shortly.

Linking Secondlife to technical communication

I’ve been wondering for a while how/if Secondlife could be used as a medium for technical communicators. Yesterday I received an email that illustrated one way of using it. It said: “DITA User Meeting at Secondlife. Join us today at the DITA Chat-Meeting in Secondlife. Today Tuesday again at9:00 – 10:00 am PT/PDT12:00 – 1:00… Read more »