Our internship program is unique in Israel – we actually PAY our students to work. They come to you after having completed an intensive, extensive, quality course. The rate we request is below industry standard for entry-level technical writers – and we provide mentoring and feedback.
We've been working with Flare since it was first released and have helped several companies move to Flare either by using the application to create their documentation, porting their documentation for them, or by training them. We recently received this document comparing Flare to AuthorIT and received permission to reproduce it here. In the next few posts, we'll be reprinting this analysis as it compares these two help authoring tools. Overview This document highlights the advantages and disadvantages…
Help trends are something that are rarely documented. Help authors do what they feel works for them and over time, a general consensus develops. At times, it is necessary to challenge of confirm that consensus. Recently, someone in Israel wrote to me and explained that the documentation manager was insisting that they include graphics in the online help. This technical writer wanted to know if I knew of any surveys or studies that discussed the best or accepted…