Ed. Marian Newell, ISSN 0953-3699.
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Contents
Features
- Support for DITA in Flare 5. With the DITA standard gaining ground in large authoring teams, Matthew looks at MadCap Software’s support for it. Matthew Ellison
- New depths in Help project analysis. How MadCap Analyzer can improve the quality of your Flare projects. Eddie van Arsdall
- Destruct or construct your variants? Do you build your variant documents from the top down or bottom up? Consider the factors involved. Torsten Machert and Phillip Barratt
- Demystifying patent translation. Just as patents require specialised writing skills, they also require specialised translation skills. Amanda Montecinos
- Current trends in quality assessment. Reviews best practices in measuring translation quality, and the touch-points between the authoring and translation phases. Libor Safar
- Matching vendors to requirements. Choosing a publishing system demands careful research. Francis discusses the process with a company that recently went through it. Francis Corbet
- Selecting a web CMS. Looking at the factors that influence your choice, in the second of a series of articles on web CMS software. James Brice
- The adventure begins. Describes his entrance into technical communication and his first year on the University of Portsmouth’s MA course. James Windebank
- Text insets and conditional text. For FrameMaker users seeking single sourcing on a shoestring, Tammy offers a solution based on these features. Tammy van Boening
Regular Columns
- Editorial
- Letters
- Presidential Address
- ISTC News
- Editing – Verbs: singular and plural
- Book review – The Global English Style Guide by John R Kohl
- International Standards – WG 2 meets in Hyderabad
- A Day In The Life – Darryl Wilkins