Adobe Software
Free upgrade from TCS 5 to TCS 5.1
[Edited on July 11, 2014] Adobe released Technical Communication Suite 5.1 on July 9, 2014. The new version appears to be the same components, but updates Captivate to version 8, and Presenter to version 10. Per the Adobe announcement: Customers worldwide, who have purchased Adobe Technical Communication Suite 5 (including Adobe Captivate 7 and Adobe Presenter…
Read MoreWriters UA Presentation: Bright and shiny things in FrameMaker 12 (video preview)
I’m really looking forward to being in Palm Springs and seeing all my WritersUA and tech comm pals! I’ll be giving three presentations there, and this one is 40 minutes on Thursday at 1:20. There will be four 10=minute sections, and I will discuss UI improvements and new features Collaboration (new and improved features) Publishing…
Read MoreWriters UA Presentation: Using video with Technical Communication Suite 5 (video preview)
I’m really looking forward to being in Palm Springs and seeing all my WritersUA and tech comm pals! I’ll be giving three presentations there, and this one is 90 minutes on Monday at 2:45. The first 45 minutes will be focused on placing video in Captivate, FrameMaker, and RoboHelp, and the second 45 minutes will…
Read MoreInserting infinity symbol in FrameMaker
In response to a forum inquiry, to insert an infinity (∞, or lazy 8) symbol into a FrameMaker 9 (or later) file you can use a number of options outlined in the FrameMaker Character Sets document. Here’s a snip from that manual showing the options for the symbol in question: One very important point: The…
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