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DITA / Marketing Writing / Single Sourcing / Technical Writing / Tools

What Non-Technical Writers Can Do with DITA

In the "Pirates of Silicon Valley" movie, there's a scene when Steve Jobs is presenting Lisa, a personal computer developed by Apple, to a businessman. At the end of the presentation, the businessman asks "You say this gadget of yours is for ordinary people. What on earth would ordinary people want with computers?" As we all know, the rest is the history. In my previous post Is DITA Just for Technical Writers, I asked if DITA can follow…

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June 21, 2011
Tools

Looking at Software We Use

I  want to try to start a regular addition to the blog - evaluating software that we technical writers use. I'd like to invite you to write a guest post on a tool you find to be especially useful. I've been using Flare as an option for creating online help for many versions. WritePoint remains relatively vendor-neutral. What that means is that we evaluate a lot of tools (not all, but quite a few) on a regular basis…

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June 16, 2011
Services

We Are Opening a Branch in Beit Shemesh

WritePoint is opening a new branch in Beit Shemesh and we are thrilled to be able to offer several of our top courses, including the following courses. Our Technical Writing Course sets the standard in Israel (the only one recognized by Misrad HaTamat for ongoing education) and includes: Basics of technical writing - how to correctly and efficiently write user manuals, installation guides, etc. - for both hardware and software. How to formulate procedures, effectively write introductions, what…

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December 28, 2010
Content Management

Content Management with MS SharePoint

Whether you're a single author or part of a team, managing your content is an important practice that ensures efficiency in your work and accuracy in your documentation. The problem is that most content management systems are very expensive and require a large learning curve. That's where Microsoft SharePoint comes in. Without worrying about a costly implementation or learning cycle, you can begin using SharePoint's built-in document management features immediately. Furthermore, most organizations already have SharePoint and, if…

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December 22, 2010