Key Concept Archive
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Arbortext, XML, and Spacing
This week’s topic: Spaces, pretty printing, and XMLWe occasionally get comments or questions that fall along this line:Your XML is very difficult to read (no pretty indenting)Your file has spaces (white space characters)Your XML has line returns that is show…
- Key Concepts: basics, techcomm tools, xml authoring
- Filed under: Common Questions
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Templates for API Documentation
Templates can improve your documentation no matter what your skill level is, and no matter how mature the documentation set. Clarence Cromwell will talk about a set of templates for minimum viable API documentation, including: What is “minimum viable documentation”…
- Key Concepts: basics, techcomm tools, xml authoring
- Filed under: Common Questions
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Top 5 Ways to Better Whiteboard Collaboration on Remote Conference Calls
Solving the Whiteboard Problem – Working Remote Like a Pro One of the things that's hardest for remote teams to adapt to is no longer having access to the collaborative “draw it on the whiteboard” meeting. Drawing something out is…
- Key Concepts: basics, techcomm tools, xml authoring
- Filed under: Common Questions
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Using Confluence for External Facing Product Documentation
As a Technical Communicator, we all get this question: What tool do you use to write your technical documentation? Romy has found that her answer surprises most people, who then immediately want to know how they use it and if…
- Key Concepts: basics, techcomm tools, xml authoring
- Filed under: Common Questions
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These are a few of our favorite things
Liz Fraley shares the top features they use and the their best methods for teaching #XML authoring and single-source #publishing (via the #Arbortext tool suite) About the presenter Liz Fraley, Single-Sourcing Solutions, is a serial entrepreneur. She's founded two companies,…
- Key Concepts: basics, techcomm tools, xml authoring
- Filed under: Common Questions
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Arbortext Author and Print
Arbortext, XML, and Spacing With the Arbortext Author and Print package, you get the full capability of Arbortext Editor plus the ability to create PDF output. Tens of thousands of authors worldwide use Arbortext Editor to generate product information such…
- Key Concepts: basics, techcomm tools, xml authoring
- Filed under: Common Questions
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The Best USB Headsets for Audio and Web Conferencing
Updated: August 2019 If you work remotely, chances are you spend a lot of time on the phone, on web conferences, and virtual meetings. For you to be productive, the other end of the call has to be able to…
- Key Concepts: basics, techcomm tools, xml authoring
- Filed under: Common Questions
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DITA Output Doesn't Have to be Ugly
Traditionally, stylized DITA output has been clunky and code-editor driven. But it doesn't have to be that way. See how one tool is taking features from other user experiences and bringing them in to a world that has been neglected….
- Key Concepts: basics, techcomm tools, xml authoring
- Filed under: Common Questions
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