The back issue of this journal is available to ISTC members as a PDF file (9MB).
This issue was accompanied by a bellyband and insert from Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Features
ISTC news
- From the editor
- Letters
- President’s view
- Online groups
- Award news
- Event news
- Area groups
- Business affiliates
- Your ISTC directory
Articles
- Exploring possibilities using Flare 12
Homer Christensen
Diving into the new version of MadCap Software’s Flare. - Budget, business case and beyond
Rachel Johnston
Explaining how a business case is about more than money. Done well, it provides a secure foundation. - Seeing a new bigger picture?
Fergus Cloughley, Paul Wallis and John Burns
Talking OBASHI: a methodology to help understand, visualise and document how your organisation works. - Become more productive and motivated
Mattias Sander
Looking at a methodology. Can ideas and methods from Lean manufacturing make you more productive and motivated? - Is your job affecting your health?
Craig Wright
Explaining how thought processes we use in our work can become habits that have a negative effect on our home lives. - Is your translated data secure?
Sean Marlow
Looking at your translated data. How secure is your intellectual property? Is translation a back door, creaking long after the horse has bolted? - How mobile is changing our industry
Neil Perlin
Considering the future. Will technology users in the future expect to get documentation in the same as news or social media? - Creative DITA and specific requirements
Joanna Kusiak
Describing how to overcome three main DITA challenges after designing a course from scratch. - Communication – naturally
Tim Clabon
Looking at what we can learn from our natural environment. How do plants and animals communicate? - Creating VBA loops: part 2
Mike Mee
Looping the loop to save repeating code using Word VBA macros.
Regular columns
- MadCap tips – Matthew Ellison
- Ethical dilemmas – Warren Singer
- Book review – Alison Reeves
- Editing – Jean Rollinson
- A day in the life – Robert Scott-Norton