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Cost-effective document design for a translation workflow (recording) Cost-effective document design for a translation workflow (recording)
$20.00

Recorded webinar
Presented by Nick Rosenthal

In this webinar, Nick Rosenthal discusses the challenges companies face when translating their content and offers some "best practices" to managing your localization budget effectively, including XML-based workflows and ways to integrate localized screen shots into translated user guides or help systems.

Windows media file (19 MB, 27 minutes)
Dynamic text display: a space-spacing alternative to conditional processing (recording) Dynamic text display: a space-spacing alternative to conditional processing (recording)
$20.00

Recorded webinar
Presented by Simon Bate

In this webcast, we'll show you how we used the DITA Open Toolkit to create a Help set with dynamic text display. The webcast introduces some minor DITA Open Toolkit modifications and several client-side JavaScript techniques that you can use to implement dynamic text display in HTML files. Minimal programming skills necessary. Simon Bate, Senior Technical Consultant will show you want to modify and how to do it.

Windows Media file (63 MB, 60 minutes)
What do movable type and XML have in common? (recording) What do movable type and XML have in common? (recording)
$20.00

Recorded webinar
Presented by Sarah O'Keefe

The invention of movable type changed the economics of information, making the process of copying a book by hand obsolete. More than 500 years later, XML seems to be doing the same to desktop publishing. But where movable type changed the economics of a mechanical process—creating printed copies—XML changes the economics of content authoring, formatting, and customization.

Windows Media file (22 MB, 32 minutes)
DITA 101 webcast (recording) DITA 101 webcast (recording)
$20.00

Recorded webinar
Presented by Sarah O'Keefe

DITA, the Darwin Information Typing Architecture is the new buzzword in technical communication. But why? In this webinar, you'll learn about DITA concepts, business case, and typical scenarios where DITA is used.

Windows Media file (25 MB, 36 minutes)
Beyond documentation webcast (recording) Beyond documentation webcast (recording)
$20.00

Recorded webinar
Presented by Ellis Pratt

In this session we will look at the future of technical writing and likely changes to the ways in which user assistance is delivered. Are we moving beyond documents? If so, what does this mean for technical communicators?

Windows Media file (25 MB, 41 minutes)
How to build a business case (recording) How to build a business case (recording)
$20.00

Recorded webinar
Presented by Jack Molisani

Most employees hope for more training and better tools rather than asking for them with a justification on why they're a good investment. In this session professional recruiter Jack Molisani shares tactics for getting a purchase order approved.


Windows Media file (22 MB, 34 minutes)
Hacking the DITA Open Toolkit webcast (recording) Hacking the DITA Open Toolkit webcast (recording)
$20.00

Recorded webinar
Presented by Simon Bate

Learn how to customize the DITA Open Toolkit to produce HTML that meets your specifications.

Windows Media file (111 MB, 86 minutes)
Demystifying DITA to PDF publishing webcast (recording) Demystifying DITA to PDF publishing webcast (recording)
$20.00

Recorded webinar
Presented by Sarah O'Keefe

Learn about your options for extracting PDF from DITA content. Includes comparison of DITA Open Toolkit, FrameMaker, and InDesign approaches.

Windows Media File (55 MB, 64 minutes)
Documentation as conversation webcast (recording) Documentation as conversation webcast (recording)
$20.00

Recorded webinar
Presented by Anne Gentle

Even if your documentation system does not converse with your users, it can help customers talk to each other and make the connections that help them do their jobs well or learn something new as if they were in a classroom with a community for classmates.

ASF file (playable in Windows Media Player, 52 MB, 57 minutes)
The state of structure in technical communication webcast (recording) The state of structure in technical communication webcast (recording)
$20.00

Recorded webinar
Presented by Sarah O'Keefe
Hear the results of our industry survey on structured authoring.

Windows Media file (32 MB, 49 minutes)

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