Adobe RoboHelp 9 Review

March 4, 2011 By

RoboHelp 9, the latest version to be released by Adobe Systems, is being heralded as a major version, so what does it include?

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MadCap Review

June 29, 2010 By

MadCap has released a product – MadCap Feedback – that is new to me and looks like it has a nice set of features especially if you want to close the loop between technical writers/technical communicators and end users. And who doesn’t want to do that!. Its Feedback Server has a Web 2.0 reporting tool that gives technical authors, information designers, and educational content developers insight into the end-user experience.

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Review Camtasia 6: The Good, Bad and The Ugly

March 2, 2010 By

I upgraded to Camtasia 6 at the weekend (from v4) mostly to import and edit .MOV files. These are created by my faithful Canon Powershot when I shot videos. Sony makes AVIs. The other reason was to do more heavy lifting with Camtasia. I have tons on material on the hard-disk and want to get […]

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9 Mind Mapping apps

October 25, 2009 By

David Appleyard reviews 9 different specialist mind mapping applications. Some are expensive, commercial solutions – others are relatively budget-friendly.

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Review of DITA Authoring Software

June 9, 2009 By

Of all the technical writing tools I’ve used over the years, Epic Editor was probably the most impressive, especially when it came to doing tech documents that involved DocBook and Dita. It was difficult to learn – no point pretending otherwise – but once I got the hang of it, I used it non-stop for […]

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