Tools

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
Tools

Free FTP Services

There was an interesting post on Techshoret recently about free FTP services that people use. Several excellent ones were mentioned, including: www.SendSpace.com www.transferbigfiles.com (which lets you transfer files up to a GB in size) www.yousendit.com (a personal favorite) Someone mentioned that you can also send files through your Skype - something we do often at WritePoint, though I did offer a word of caution. Because Skype is essentially a communication tool, many people leave the lines of communication…

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December 12, 2009