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Adobe RoboHelp 10 Review (Full): Help Authoring for the Modern Era

What's so exciting about RoboHelp 10? Aside from moving away from the X versioning symbolized in Adobe Acrobat and the Apple MacOS, that is? Quite a bit, indeed. RoboHelp 10 offers many new features, but I’m focusing this review on two areas important to technical communicators: producing online help for mobile applications and simplified review workflows with PDF comments enabled for Adobe Reader. Continue reading ...

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Best Tech Writer Tips & Tricks from the TechWhirl Email Discussion List

When technical communicators chat amongst themselves, vast quantities of really valuable information can be passed along, about tools, management techniques, trends, and lots of little ways to make the job go more smoothly. In 2011, Techwhirl’s email discussion list continued to provide a treasure trove of opinion, facts, recommendations, suggestions and ideas. As we close out the year, we thought it would be worthwhile to mine this vast expertise and provide you with some wide-ranging tips and tricks you can use in 2012 and beyond. Continue reading ...

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Minute Bytes: How to Do Amazing Things with Adobe Acrobat

Adding bookmarks to PDF documents is key for improving the user experience with your documentation and your product. Minute Bytes' Julie Clarke demonstrates some surprisingly easy shortcuts that technical writers can use to add bookmarks to PDF documents in this 3.5 minutes how-to video. Continue reading ...