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Technical Writing 101 book, third edition Technical Writing 101 book, third edition
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A humorous, insightful reference about what it takes to be an effective technical writer. This updated edition includes information about multimedia content, DITA, and Web 2.0.

  • PDF version (328 pages, 5 MB): ISBN 978-0-9704733-7-0 (9780970473370)
  • EPUB version (4 MB): ISBN 978-0-9828118-0-1 (9780982811801)
Also available as a printed book ($35.95 cover price): ISBN 978-0-9704733-6-3 (9780970473363).

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The DITA Style Guide (EPUB version) The DITA Style Guide (EPUB version)
$9.99

As more companies implement DITA to streamline the development of technical content, the demand for DITA-literate technical communicators is growing. The DITA Style Guide: Best Practices for Authors provides comprehensive, practical explanations of DITA elements and attributes. Real-world examples and clear recommendations show you how to create consistent, semantically correct DITA content.

EPUB version (2.4 MB): ISBN 978-0-9828118-2-5 (9780982811825)

Also available as a printed book ($35.95 cover price): ISBN 978-0-9828118-1-8 (9780982811818)

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The State of Structured Authoring, second edition (EPUB version) The State of Structured Authoring, second edition (EPUB version)
$49.99

Why and how are technical communicators adopting structured authoring? The State of Structured Authoring uses data from a 2011 survey along with analysis from Scriptorium Publishing to answer this critical question.

Get insights into the challenges of planning and implementing structure, including:

  • DITA versus custom structure
  • Pitfalls in tool selection
  • Effective user education
  • Change management challenges
  • Avoiding costly mistakes

The State of Structured Authoring is your essential resource for determining whether structured authoring is right for you.


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Also available in print ($94.95 cover price): ISBN 978-0-9828118-3-2 (9780982811832)

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FREE! Hacking the DITA Open Toolkit FREE! Hacking the DITA Open Toolkit
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The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) defines a set of XML elements for creating and organizing content. However, the DITA specification is silent on transforming DITA into user-readable documentation. The DITA Open Toolkit (DITA OT) fills that gap, providing a mechanism for transforming DITA content into multiple output formats, including HTML and PDF. The DITA OT formatting for both of these formats is basic, at best. This paper focuses on the changes you can make to the DITA OT HTML output to create attractive output. These modifications include changes to cascading stylesheets (CSS), headers and footers, and more advanced customizations. The paper also illustrates how you can create content-specific elements through DITA specialization.

19 pages.
FREE! FrameMaker 8 and DITA Technical Reference FREE! FrameMaker 8 and DITA Technical Reference
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FrameMaker 8 provides support for creating, editing, and publishing DITA 1.0 content. You can use FrameMaker to author and publish DITA content as high-quality print and PDF output, or you can create content elsewhere and use FrameMaker strictly for publishing print and PDF output.

This document describes FrameMaker’s DITA support and provides guidance on how you might best integrate DITA and FrameMaker.

55 pages with index.
Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 8 Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 8
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Publishing Fundamentals: FrameMaker 7 (formerly FrameMaker 7: The Complete Reference) PDF Version Publishing Fundamentals: FrameMaker 7 (formerly FrameMaker 7: The Complete Reference) PDF Version
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Downloadable format: Download is a zip file (6.7 MB) containing a PDF file with no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions that prevent printing or lock the file to a particular computer. We do not offer refunds on downloaded books.

The must-have reference for FrameMaker 7. Includes complete coverage of structured FrameMaker. 878 pages. Formerly published as FrameMaker 7: The Complete Reference.

This PDF version contains bookmarks and internal links.

NOTE: Other than corrected errata, this book does not contain significant updates to the content of The Complete Reference.
The Masters Series: FrameMaker 6 The Masters Series: FrameMaker 6
$51.50

A tutorial and reference guide to FrameMaker 6 by Thomas Neuburger, Twelfth Night Publishing.
WebWorks Publisher 6 Cookbook (PDF download) WebWorks Publisher 6 Cookbook (PDF download)
$34.95

The PDF version of our WebWorks Publisher Cookbook for WebWorks Publisher 6.


NOTE: At this time, we aren't planning to update the Cookbook for versions 7 and later of WebWorks Publisher, partially due to licensing restrictions from Quadralay. Users of ePublisher Pro should not buy the Cookbook.

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