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Adepters – What is it and how do I find it?

Are you an Arbortext user? Have you heard the word Adepters and wonder what it means? Adepters is the name of the original Arbortext user mailing list which was launched in 1996. At that time there the web was still new, so…

Who Are You? (I Really Wanna Know)

“Who is the audience for this project?” runs the risk of a smarty-pants response (“the user”). For a smart answer, take time to define and understand who is reading and using the information you develop. In this TC Dojo session,…

Want to see what kind of software docs engineers celebrate?

I see posts on LinkedIn all the time about training in writing API docs or how best to document software systems. Here in Silicon Valley, it's the hottest sub-discipline in techcomm. In fact, API docs are so popular, they have an…

Working with DITA Maps in Arbortext

Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 3: Arbortext TC Dojo, Special S2 Recorded: October 2015 In Arbortext 7.0, creating, editing, and manipulating DITA maps is easy to do! In this TC Dojo: Arbortext Edition, we cover the basics for creating, managing, and…

Liz Fraley on Single Sourcing on the 10-Minute Tech Comm Podcast

Summary: Liz Fraley of single-sourcing.com talks about how companies can successfully make the shift to single sourcing on the 10 Minute Tech Comm podcast When you're first approaching single sourcing project and designing your information architecture, it can be daunting…

Stylesheet Reuse Basics: Property Sets

Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 3: Arbortext TC Dojo, Episode 5 Recorded: December 2013 One of the most powerful mechanisms available to you as a stylesheet developer is the creation and use of property sets. Property sets help you abstract formatting…

5 Tips for keeping your content flexible

Whether you're translating or not, some practices can make it easier for you to future-proof your content. There are five basic tips that localization experts agree on:Tip #1: Use numbers for your call-outs and have a legend table.There are two…

Everyone is talking content strategy, but what is it?

Content strategy differs from corporate communications strategy. Content strategy is far more than your web content or social media content or any of those things that come strictly out of the corporate marketing group. It is far more than “corporate…