Ed. Katherine Judge, ISSN 0953-3699.
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Contents
Emerging Trends
The Summer 2021 issue looks at social and collaborative learning, SEO, trends in English, MadCap Flare 2021, version control, gender-inclusive writing, technical illustration and more.
Features
- The Globots are coming. Reflecting on the fool’s game of making predictions, and then making some. Paul Ballard
- Clarify not simplify. Debating if explaining COVID-19 is more complex than the 35-year span plots of EastEnders. Sawsan Khuri and Nasara AlHussan
- Streamline your online help. Explaining how Mirakl, a global SaaS company has added value to its online documentation with MadCap Software. Sabine Berland
- The rise of social and collaborative learning. Discussing the rise of social and collaborative learning and sharing experiences to help you create your own social learning. Helen Hill
- What is version control? Looking at what version control is and why it’s useful for technical communicators. Sara-Jane Holbein
- Gender-inclusive writing. Changing your language to become a gender-inclusive writer. Alexandra Gifuni
- A beautiful swan. Applying technical illustration skills to design a beautiful swan. Neil Bulpitt
- Review of Flare 2021. Assessing the features of the latest release from MadCap Software. Matthew Ellison
- Transforming traditional processes. Describing how RapidAuthor transforms the traditional process of technical documentation creation. Antonina Mitrofanova
- SEO and analytics. Building for findability to achieve one of the top 5 websites in Google’s search results. Virginia Soares
- Trends in spoken English. Wondering about some of the things he hears people say. Tony Eyre
- What are styles? Creating and using styles is a powerful feature of Microsoft Word and one that can be a good skill to learn. Katherine Judge
Regular Columns
- From the editor
- President’s view
- TCUK Metro News
- International Standards – Ciaran Dodd
- MadCap tips – Matthew Ellison
- Book review – The Ultimate Guide to Business Writing by Julian Maynard-Smith. Reviewed by Warren Singer.
- Editing – Jean Rollinson