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
- Event news
- Your ISTC directory
Articles
- Estimating documentation projects
Geetha Haridas
How long will it take to write an introduction? An installation guide? Recommending a framework for estimating documentation. - Chatbots for technical documentation
Alex Masycheff
Discussing how structured content enables you to build a conversational UI and use chatbots to provide user assistance. - Multilingual technologies
Libor Safar
Looking at the soar in messaging technologies in the travel and hospitality industries. - Taking advantage of translation software
Jake Cahill
Exploring how writers can use translation software to both improve translation quality and reduce translation costs. - Publishing for print and web from ST4
Phil Lane
Explaining how SCHEMA’s ST4 helps you to single-source dynamic outputs of your content. - Podcasts on technical communication
Ellis Pratt
What is a podcast? Describing what they are and listing podcasts that you can listen to, so you can learn more about technical communication. - Marcomm and techcomm integration
Noz Urbina
Proposing a win-win-win situation where marketing communicators and technical communicators work together. - Communicator: the editing process
Katherine Judge
Delivering a quarterly journal takes planning. Conveying the steps involved. - Dynamic images in work instructions
Carl Johnson
Sharing Condesign’s experiences with lean technical documentation in manufacturing.
Regular columns
- A day in the life – Catherine Cotter
- Adobe tips – Jake Cahill
- Editing – Jean Rollinson
- MadCap tips – Matthew Ellison
- Ethical dilemmas – Warren Singer