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MadCap offers MadCamp training seminar

by techcommdood on July 14, 2010

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I received the following email and thought to share it with you all.

MadCap Software would like to remind you there is still time to signup for MadCap’s MadCamp, the 4-day intensive training seminar covering a range of technical writing topics, including advanced single-souring and CSS development.

The exclusive 4-day training seminar will cover:
* Basic/Intermediate Flare training
* Half-day CSS advanced training
* Half-day Advanced Single-sourcing
* Lunch with the MadCap development team
* Exclusive MadCamp attendee giveaways

Preview of never-before-seen features and functionality currently in development:
* See the latest new features and functionality of MadCap Software’s products

Training will be held at the Empress Hotel, located in beautiful downtown La Jolla, California:
* A five-minute walk to the La Jolla Cove, restaurants and shopping
* Located just 15 minutes north of downtown San Diego

For more information on pricing, scheduling or to register, visit our website at www.madcapsoftware.com/training/madcamp.aspx or contact me directly.

Kind Regards,

Mike Mancuso
Territory Manager | MadCap Software

Direct: +1.858.320.0387×220
Toll Free US/CA: 1.888.623.2271×220
Fax: +1 – 858.320.0338
mmancuso@madcapsoftware.com

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Using Conditional Text in Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2

June 3, 2010 Content Development

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If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you’ve likely seen my frustration in trying to get conditional text to work in a linked file scenario with FrameMaker 9 and RoboHelp 8. I’m writing this post to help others who may be struggling with this issue, and to alert Adobe to a need for [...]

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First Full Day of Using MadCap Flare

March 2, 2009 Tools

I’ve used many Help Authoring and Content Authoring tools over the years. The first tool I picked up, aside from Microsoft Word, was Aldus (remember them?) PageMaker. From there I went on to learn Quark Xpress for some of the translation layout and typesetting work I was doing after college. Throughout my career I then [...]

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When to Single-Source

February 19, 2009 Content Development

The following originally appeared in the June 2002 issue of the STC Single-Sourcing SIG newsletter. I’m repurposing it here in the event that the SIG site redesign purges the content. Although an older article, much of it still applies today.
When to Use Single-Sourcing
It depends.
Don’t you just love that answer? I know I do. I love [...]

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Topic-Based Authoring: Of DITA and Chocolate and Other Fine Food

February 16, 2009 Content Development

I’m seeing more and more about DITA, and particularly topic-based authoring. I’m having trouble wrapping my head around topic-based authoring being a new concept. I can remember learning about it in my first semester of communications studies. With the advent of DITA, have the fundamental concepts around topic-based authoring changed? I’d like to think not.
I [...]

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