Blog and Podcast
February 23 Video Newsletter
It’s amazing how much time it takes to do the “little” stuff! Here’s a peek at what I’ve been up to in February. Things I mention/demo in the video: TC Camp Mammoth Mountain Example of Recordings Only option for courses Gear List page Testimonials page Next week: Info on new 3-part webinar/blog/video series with Adobe…
Read MoreTech Comm Tools Video Newsletter Vol 5 (Holiday Edition)
I hope you’re as lucky as I am at the end of each year to slow down just a bit and look forward to the holidays. Today, that slowdown benefits you, because I noticed a free offer I’d like to pass on to you: Download a free set of 120 holiday-themed icons at…
Read MoreTech Comm Tools Video Newsletter, Vol 1 Oct 30, 2017
Check out the inaugural edition of the Tech Comm Tools Video newsletter! In this issue: Welcome to new members from the STC/Adobe Webinar Series Save $100 on my FrameMaker – Working with Content Course
Read MoreBook size poll results
The results are below. Reference books Slightly more folks (56% to 43%) prefer a larger format for a reference book. This one was a bit surprising to me, and will be something I consider for future titles I publish. However, the difference isn’t enough to go back and change the size if the current (2017 Release)…
Read MoreWhat are your favorite book dimensions?
I’m getting ready to publish my Structured FrameMaker workbook, and would love hear your opinion on overall book size. What do you prefer… large thin books, or short thick books? I’ll post the results in a few weeks, and if you include your email below I will email you the results directly.
Read MoreMy tourist day in D.C.
I created this video montage using Adobe Spark…tell me what you think of it!
Read MoreTackle tedious text tasks with timesaving techniques
The next time you get cross-eyed with repetitive text processing, do a little research into RegEx. RegEx, or regular expressions, is a syntax for describing text patterns. By describing text patterns, you can expand what Find/Change can do for you. RegEx is available in many applications, including FrameMaker, RoboHelp, and Dreamweaver. Last week I was working with…
Read MoreFrameMaker 2015 Update 1 released
Adobe released FrameMaker 2015 Update 1 on August 26, 2015. FrameMaker 2015 users should take advantage of additional features and functionality covered in this post by downloading it using the Help > Updates option within FrameMaker. Of course, there are also minor bug fixes in the release as well. I’ve also added this patch to material in…
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