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Accelerated Authoring @ Method M
The Method M blog for technical writers, marketing staff, product managers and others who spend hours each week creating documents. This blog is dedicated to helping you work more efficiently and create better documents.
Reichman, Katriel. Method M (2007). Resources>Documentation>Technical Writing>Blogs
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Adobe Creative Suite 3 Video Workshop 
You can use the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Video Workshop to start learning about any application you're interested in, whether you own it or not. The Video Workshop shares expertise from across Adobe and the Adobe community--you'll learn tasks, tips, and tricks from leading designers, developers, and Adobe experts. There are introductory videos for new users, and more experienced users can find videos on new features and key techniques.
Adobe (2007). Resources>Documentation>Multimedia>Video
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AuthorIT: Resizing Graphics using JavaScript Code
My client wanted screen shots in their CHM, but the screens were very large thus creating problems when printing a topic. With some help from Dave Gash, I got the large screen shots to open at 50% size, with a function for the user to resize them to 100% either all at once or one at a time. The function also toggled back to 50% at the user's discretion. This solved the problem of large screen shots in the online help, while allowing error-free printing to occur.
Bracey, Rhonda. CyberText Consulting (2003). Resources>Documentation>Software>DHTML
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AuthorIT: Tips, Articles, Presentations, etc.
Various articles, presentations, tips and hints on using AuthorIT.
Bracey, Rhonda. CyberText Consulting (2004). Resources>Documentation>Software
#25832
AuthorIT: What's it All About? 
As other Help authoring tools (HATs) fall by the wayside or the scuttlebutt about their demise gets stronger, one HAT that continually gets favourable mention is AuthorIT. Maybe you've heard about it, but don't know what it is or how it is different from traditional HATs. In this article, I cover some of the main features of AuthorIT so you'll have enough information to investigate further.
Bracey, Rhonda. CyberText Consulting (2004). Resources>Documentation>Software
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Best Practices for Agile/Lean Documentation
Documentation is an important part of agile software development projects, but unlike traditionalists who often see documentation as a risk reduction strategy, agilists typically see documentation as a strategy which increases overall project risk and therefore strive to be as efficient as possible when it comes to documentation. Agilists write documentation when that's the best way to achieve the relevant goals, but there often proves to be better ways to achieve those goals than writing static documentation. This article summarizes common "best practices" which agilists have adopted with respect to documentation.
Ambler, Scott W. Agile Modeling (2001). Resources>Documentation>Agile
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Cherryleaf News and Information
Contains news and information on software and documentation issues, reports on survey into the current trends in technical communication, the future of Help / trends in user assistance, which Help authoring tool to buy, an introduction to single-sourcing, career advice, etc.
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A weekly podcast for technical writers by a company called DMN Communications.
Davis, Aaron and Scott Nesbitt. DMN Communications. Resources>TC>Documentation>Podcasts
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The sites linked from this directory provide resources relating to design and desktop publishing.
Technical Communicators Resource Site. Resources>Directories>Documentation
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A searchable knowledge base of specifications for DITA users.
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This blog discusses documents and information designs “in the wild" - especially those that are exceptionally good or exceptionally bad.
Doc or Die. Resources>Documentation>Information Design>Blogs
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DocBook is an XML vocabulary that is particularly well suited to books and papers about computer hardware and software.
SourceForge (2003). Resources>Documentation>Open Source>DocBook
#25443
DocBook is officially available as a [WWW] Document Type Definition (DTD) for both XML and SGML. It is unofficially available in other forms as well.
Docbook.org (2003). Resources>Documentation>XML>DocBook
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These are XSL stylesheets for the DocBook DTD and its derivatives (Simplified DocBook, etc.) to generate PDF/print documents or Web/HTML content.
SourceForge (2005). Resources>Documentation>XSL>DocBook
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Electronic Common Technical Document
The specifications for creating the eCTD Backbone Files and Study Tagging Files (techncal documents that follow the eCTD Specifications).
U.S. Federal Drug Administration (2006). Resources>Documentation>Standards
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Exploring Information Design and Development
Known to write a script or two to automate repetitive tasks like help builds, she also likes to write posts about XML-based information models like Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). She often experiments with online help technology, enjoys writing blog entries, and wants to find new ways to use communication to help people understand technical solutions to complex problems.
Gentle, Anne. BMC Software (2007). Resources>Information Design>Documentation>Blogs
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A technical writing/technical communication weblog with tips, tools and templates for technical writers.
Walsh, Ivan. I Heart Tech Docs (2003). Resources>Documentation>Blogs>Technical Writing
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Guide to Chicago Style Documentation
A guide to using the Chicago Style for writing.
Temple University (2002). Resources>Documentation>Style Guides
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HAT-Matrix.com is a new representation of an old standard--the Help Authoring Tool (HAT) Comparison Matrix that was available from helpstuff.com for five years (2001-2006). But instead of a static list, this site uses a searchable database. And instead of someone choosing the tools that are included, vendors choose whether to include their tools.
HAT-Matrix (2006). Resources>Documentation>Software>Help
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A page about each of the major online Help technologies: HTML Help, JavaHelp, WebHelp, WebWorks Help, WinHelp, and WinHelp 2000.
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A directory of hundreds of examples of online software documentation, categorized and rated by users.
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A weblog for writers of documentation and users of Help Authoring Systems.
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iScribe - Information Security Documentation
A blog on documentation requirements of the InfoSec domain, security implications of documentation technologies, tools and practices, and the information security perspective on information standards with occassional blurbs of the writer's views and lessons in technical communication.
Jithra, Khushbu. iScribe (2006). Resources>Documentation>Security>Blogs
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JavaHelp: A New Standard for Application Help and Online Documentation
JavaHelpTM software is a full-featured, platform-independent, extensible help system that enables developers and authors to incorporate online help in applets, components, applications, operating systems, and devices. Authors can also use the JavaHelp software to deliver online documentation for the Web and corporate Intranet.
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Topics on technical communication written by experts in the field and posted online.
