AuthorIT: Time-Saving Techniques Using AuthorIT  

A presentation about techniques one could employ using AuthorIT.

Bracey, Rhonda. CyberText Consulting (2005). Presentations>Documentation>Software

Choosing a Help Authoring Tool  

Discusses in detail why you might want to consider a specific tool for help authoring.

James-Tanny, Char. Helpstuff (2004). Presentations>Documentation>Software>Help

Mike Hamilton Gives Flare Demo to the STC Suncoast Chapter

Mike Hamilton from Madcap Software visited the Suncoast chapter in Tampa, Florida, and presented on Flare. In this presentation, he talks about the story behind RoboHelp and Macromedia/Adobe (this blew my mind). He also provides a lot of inside detail on Flare.

Hamilton, Mike and Tom H. Johnson. Tech Writer Voices (2007). Presentations>Documentation>Software>Madcap Flare

Online Authoring Tools: Descriptions and Demonstrations  

It’s sometimes difficult to determine which tool is right for a particular job. This demonstration shows the types of online documentation projects that are best suited to each of three online authoring tools: Dot-To-Help by WexTech Systems, ToolBook by Asymetrix, and RoboHelp by Blue Sky Software. Technical writers who have used these products to create online help projects will discuss feature comparisons, system requirements for both author and user of the online documentation, and limitations of the tools. By seeing demonstrations of the authoring tools and the projects created with these tools, attendees should have a better understanding of what each tool can help them accomplish.

Roddy, Laurie C. and Lee S. Turner. STC Proceedings (1995). Presentations>Documentation>Software>Adobe RoboHelp

A Systematic Approach to Creating and Maintaining Software Documentation  

Problems with the current paradigm. - Difficult to write and hard to use. - Inconsistent between project revisions. - No assurance that effort will pay off for end users. - Not designed to provide high quality responses to queries.

Powell, Allison L., James C. French, John C. Knight. University of Virginia (1996). Presentations>Documentation>Software

Using UNIX Tools To Write Automated Documentation Checks  

Writers working on the UNIX® operating system can use basic utilities, along with shell programming, to write scripts that check documentation for completeness and adherence to house style.

Skyer, Susannah. STC Proceedings (1994). Presentations>Documentation>Software>UNIX

WebWorks Publisher 7 Tips and Tricks  

A presentation describing techniques for Adobe FrameMaker and WebWorks Publisher users.

Knopf, David A. Knopf Online (2002). Presentations>Software>Documentation>Adobe FrameMaker

A Comparison of Three Visual Help Authoring Tools

What Are These Tools? Screen recorders that let you: record a series of screens as frames in a movie – like chaining together screen shots; annotate the frames with text captions, high-lights, and other effects for enhanced learning and explanation; add testing – informally through “dead-end” quizzes or formally using eLearning; publish the result.

Perlin, Neil E. SlideShare (2007). Presentations>Documentation>Software>Help