MadCap Lingo Beta offer

Just received an email from MadCap software announcing the beta programme for their latest application, a translation tool called MadCap Lingo. “MadCap Lingo offers an incredibly easy-to-use interface, complete Unicode support for all left-to-right languages, and a rich list of industry-first features for assisting translators throughout the localization process—including a built-in translation memory system and… Read more »

Does user documentation belong inside or outside the firewall?

We’ve been involved in arranging a video interview with a candidate currently working in California. The client has been considering flying the candidate to Florida to use their video conferencing room at their office there or booking a couple of hours at a video conference facility in California. We suggested “You could just both install… Read more »

XMetal Author 5.1 due out soon

News from JustSystems: – A preview of XMetaL Author 5.1: * Support for DITA 1.1 Authoring * Enhanced Publishing Integration with the latest versions of the DITA Open Toolkit and RenderX XEP FO engine.Enhanced PDF output for bookmap publishing.Extended configuration options for PDF publishing, providing better control over output without XSL-FO programming. * Improved Transclusion… Read more »

Which vendor wins the battle of the Help Authoring Tools?

With the recent releases of new Help Authoring Tool versions for RoboHelp, AuthorIT and Flare, plus the release of Quadralay’s ePublisher 9.3, does this affect which Help Authoring Tool you should purchase? What I find interesting is the different ways in which the tool vendors perceive the issue of creating user assistance. If you want… Read more »

AuthorIT Version 5

At last week’s Online Help Conference Europe 2007, AuthorIT’s Austrian distributors demonstrated AuthorIT version 5 and AuthorIT Xtend. These were officially released this week. Verison 5 has a new UI (similar to the latest versions of Word and Outlook) and additional capabilities for controlling the published outputs. They also demonstrated Xtend, which suggests reusable content… Read more »