The back issue of this journal is available to ISTC members as a PDF file.
This issue was accompanied by a bellyband and insert from Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Features
ISTC news
- From the editor
- President’s view
- UK Technical Communication news
- Mike Austin Award
- Horace Hockley Award
- Your ISTC directory
- ISTC groups and online
Articles
- Increasing user assistance visibility
Karla Reis
Taking a journey from an information developer to a user assistance developer at SAP. - Pursuits of the unsuspecting Polymath
Lindsey Thomas
From trepidation to elation; imparting her experiences and learning from her first TCUK conference. - TCUK 2018: a CPD reflective record
Mike Unwalla
CPD is important for technical communicators. Mike uses his review of TCUK as part of his CPD. - Your turn to shine
Karen Mardahl
Encouraging you to submit a proposal for the next TCUK conference. - So what do you do?
Helen Harbord
Giving some tips on how to engage and excite people when describing your role as a technical writer. - “RoboCop” and “HLMT” redux?
Neil Perlin
Sharing his experience showing why we don’t want to repeat old mistakes as we move into the future. - Accessibility in online documentation
Joanna Suau
Describing how to improve the accessibility of your online output for disabled readers who use assistive tools. - Review of Adobe RoboHelp 2019
Matthew Ellison
Putting this brand new authoring tool from Adobe through its paces. - Plunging into the waters of UX
Maja Engel
Exploring user experience principles and how they can be applied to user manual tone and formatting. - Information Design Summer School 2018
Alison Peck
Outlining this annual course and its relevance to technical communication. - The great STE myth
Michael Bergstrom
Deliberating the effectiveness of Simplified Technical English. - Arrays, arrays and more arrays: part 1
Mike Mee
Love them or loathe them, you and VBA need arrays! - Customising your first hybrid mobile app
Phil Lane
Showing you how to add some identity to your app with a custom icon so that your customer will recognise your app on their mobile devices.
Regular columns
- Ethical dilemmas – Warren Singer
- MadCap tips – Matthew Ellison
- Controlled language – Mike Unwalla
- Adobe tips – Bharat Prakash
- Book review – Information Security Management Principles by Andy Taylor (editor), David Alexander, Amanda Finch and David Sutton. Reviewed by Andrew Peck..
- Editing – Paul Baker