Archive - Jun 2008

Adobe Job Opportunity

 Please email resume to juliam@adobe.com

 

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Free Copies of Adobe(r) Technical Communication Suite(r) at X-Pubs 2008

Hello!

Adobe(r) Systems have announced that they will be giving away full copies of Adobe Technical Communication Suite (worth £1320 each) at X-Pubs 2008!  Chances to win one of them are 1 in 15.

TCS features the full DITA application for FrameMaker, allowing you to create and publish DITA documents to multiple formats, as well as pass them on to Adobe Acrobat(r) to enrich your PDFs with 3D and rich media like Adobe Captivate(r) simulations.

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12013 design

Part of Plans for DITA Open Toolkit 1.5

Design for implementing "conref range" in the DITA Open Toolkit
What user need will be met by this feature?

Users can use @conref combined with @conrefend to refer to a range of sibling elements and pull them into the specified location.

What is the technical design for the change

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Myths about technical writing

When you start working with DITA, there are some things that you may feel you need for traditional reasons that you won't find in DITA. Before you try to modify or specialize DITA, it may be worthwhile to rethink some technical writing practices that are outdated and not recommended today.

1. The GlueText Myth

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What has been the most challenging aspect of your DITA implementation?

Migrating legacy data
14% (3 votes)
Writing in a topic-oriented way
18% (4 votes)
Choosing the right DITA elements/attributes to use
9% (2 votes)
Learning new tools
5% (1 vote)
Setting up a publishing system/stylesheets
55% (12 votes)
Total votes: 22
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