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Adding Conditions to Microcontent in MadCap Flare 2020
MadCap Flare 2020 adds improvements to its microcontent feature by supporting conditions. In this blog post, I delve into the enhancements and provide step-by-step instructions on how you can marry...
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My impressions of the MadCap Flare certification
I am pleased that I recently earned my MadCap Flare Advanced Developer certification test. This blog post shares my impressions of the test and how it might be improved. What is Flare and the...
View ArticleOnline Conferences for Technical Writers in 2021
Here’s a list of interesting conferences this year. Evolution of TC 2021 conference, June 9 to 11, 2021https://evolution-of-tc.com/ Lavacon, October 24 to 27, 2021http://lavacon.org MadWorld...
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Streamline your MadCap Flare search results
Technical writers with large help projects may want to consider implementing MadCap Flare’s search filter functionality to help users streamline their search results. By default, Flare creates HTML5...
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Here’s a list of interesting North American and virtual conferences. With the pandemic still with us, it seems that the number of conferences has dwindled, compared to previous years. Lavacon, October...
View ArticleHow Checklists Can Make Your Job Easier
As a technical writer who relies on checklists for aspects of my work, I just had to read a book called The Checklist Manifesto. Atul Gawande, the author of the book and a surgeon and a professor at...
View ArticleOnline Conferences for Technical Writers in 2023
Here is a list of interesting in-person and virtual conferences for technical writers in 2023: Write the Docs, May 7 to 9, 2023, Portland, OregonWrite the Docs Women in Tech Global Conference, May 9 to...
View ArticleFirst impressions of MadCap’s purchase of IXIASOFT
MadCap Software’s purchase of IXIASOFT makes sense to me as it broadens MadCap’s offerings. I like MadCap Flare and have recommended it to a few clients over the years. While Flare already uses an...
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Four Ways Confluence Could Be Better
Years ago, I used Confluence and then recently used it again at a client site. I liked it when I first used it but feel disappointed that it does not seem to have evolved. Here are four ways that it...
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ChatGPT: The AI-Powered Proofreader
ChatGPT, a text-generating model developed by OpenAI to simulate responses that resemble human conversations, saves you time and effort by editing your documents. Copy a page of content into ChatGPT...
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