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Welcome to the ITauthor Podcast. If you haven't been here before, this is a technical writing podcast, aimed at technical communicators or anyone interested in software documentation. The latest podcasts are on this page. You can listen to the podcasts here and now by clicking the play button on the audio player at the top of the show notes for each podcasts, or you can subscribe to the podcast feed or the email list. All of the previous podcasts are available on the Podcast Archive page. Please feel free to leave a comment or ask a question. Thanks for visiting!

ITauthor podcast #19 – Three generations of computer users (Part 1)

November 9th, 2008

MargoChristie I wanted to find out how people of different generations use computers, what they use their computers for, how they use them and what they feel about computers and software generally. So who better to ask than three generations of women from my family.

In this, the first of a series of three podcasts, I talk to my mum, Margo Christie about why she decided - quite recently - to buy herself a laptop. She describes how she learned to use a computer and what she uses it for now.

 

 

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ITauthor podcast #18 – ISTC Conference 2008

October 10th, 2008

GrahamC Graham Campbell talks to attendees at this year’s ISTC (Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators) Conference in Nottingham.

First, Graham talks to Mike Hamilton from MadCap Software about recent and future software releases and some of the new features and improvements in Flare 4.

Andrew Jackson of Pacific Blue Solutions gave a presentation on information mapping. He gives an overview of what information mapping is all about, why it’s relevant for technical writers and how you go about learning how to use information mapping.

In the final segment of the podcast, Graham gets “an assorted bunch of tech authors” (John, Chris, Katja and Paul) to share their thoughts about the conference and to discuss technical authoring in general.


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ITauthor podcast #17 – Mike Hamilton talks about Flare 4

September 27th, 2008    3 Comments

Recorded at the UA Conference Europe 2008.

I talk to Mike Hamilton from Madcap Software about the newly released version 4 of Flare. He describes a lot of the new features and explains the relationship between Flare and Blaze. Mike also mentions the work currently underway at Madcap to produce a DITA version of Flare.mike_hamilton


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ITauthor podcast #16 – Flare and Chrome, the pubcast

September 20th, 2008    4 Comments

A lack of meeting rooms forced Graham and I to adjourn to the pub to record this podcast (shame). In between munching on burgers and chips and sipping on beer, we talk about Google’s new Web browser, Chrome, and the newly released Flare 4 from MadCap.

Writing tips

  1. Copying and pasting formatting in Microsoft Word.

    Select some text that has the formatting you want to copy.

    Press Ctrl + Shift + c.

    Select the text you want to apply the formatting to.

    Press Ctrl + Shift + v.

  2. Keyboard shortcut to choose a style in Flare 4.

    Press Ctrl + h to bring up a style popup while you are editing text.

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ITauthor podcast #15 – September 13th, 2008 – Virtual Machines

September 14th, 2008    2 Comments

Virtual machines. What are they and why are they useful for a technical writer?

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