Communicator Autumn 2015

The back issue of this journal is available to ISTC members as a PDF file (11MB).

This issue was sponsored by MadCap Software.

Features

Studying in the virtual classroom
Louise Fahey
Reviewing and reflecting on the University of Limerick’s writing course
Five benefits of gaming for businesses
Kayleigh Tanner
Discussing creating games as learning material
Perfect your editing with PerfectIt
Alison Reeves
Reviewing PerfectIt Pro version 3
Working remotely
Warren Singer
Examining trends, tools and applications for flexible working
Who is a better technical communicator?
Carol Leahy
Debating the role of gender in technical communications
Can we quit QWERTY?
Ellis Pratt
Looking at viable options for replacing QWERTY
Where DITA enhancements come from
Brian Lanigan
Exploring problems and solutions that inspire changes to the standard
A company-wide semantic network
Frank Zscheile
Optimising writing processes with the help of Acrolinx
Variables and screen output/input
Mike Mee
Showing you how to use variables and message boxes with Word VBA
Review of Adobe RoboHelp 2015 release
Matthew Ellison
Assessing the new features of this recent release
The tools of choice
Michael Gregson and John Burns
Sharing key Lean and Six Sigma tools for business improvement
An introduction to robotics
Wael Elazab and Warren Singer
Introducing a new technology regular column