The back issue of this journal is available to ISTC members as a PDF file (8MB).
This issue was accompanied by a bellyband and insert from MadCap Software.
Features
ISTC news
- From the editor
- Business affiliates
- Area groups
- President’s view
- Membership group news
- Your ISTC directory
Articles
- The ‘right to disconnect’ from work
Christopher Wright
The French can now disconnect from work emails out of hours: recommending guidelines for managing your emails. - What size are my shoes?
Tony Graver
Offering tips to improve confidence as a technical communicator. - The death of sub-editing
Margaret Ashworth
Recalling sub-editing before computers and describing the impact that technology has had on today’s newspapers. - Becoming a document engineer
Marjorie Jones
Learning what software engineers can teach us about constructing documentation. - Solving the content paradox
Bernard Aschwanden and Jacquie Samuels
Writing fewer words by analysing problems and crafting solutions. - Branching out into content strategy
Cristina Belli
Imparting experience of implementing a content strategy in a non-native English company. - Welcome to MadCap Central
Neil Perlin
Introducing the new software from MadCap which helps you with project management and source control. - MadCap Flare to Zendesk
Craig Wright
Sharing experience of using Flare content in Zendesk customer support centre software. - Optimsing your VBA code
Mike Mee
Explaining how to improve your code to make it run faster. - The growth of DITA in the UK
Keith Schengili-Roberts
Exploring why DITA usage has taken hold in the UK. - ST4 compelling alternative to DITA
Phil Lane
Providing a software overview of SCHEMA ST4. - Count on it
Tom Briggs
Delivering code-breaking sessions with enthusiasm by promoting maths. - Flow-motion: OBASHI and digital flow
Fergus Cloughley, Paul Wallis and John Burns
Describing how to use OBASHI to chart dataflow and understanding how an organisation works.
Regular columns
- MadCap tips – Matthew Ellison
- Ethical dilemmas – Warren Singer
- Adobe tips – Jake Cahill
- Book review – The Language of Technical Communication by Ray Gallon. Reviewed by Helen Harbord.
- Editing – Jean Rollinson