Author: Cheri Lockett Zubak, Work Write, Inc – http://workwriteinc.com Cheri delivered this presentation at the September 2010 meeting of the Philadelphia Metro chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Thanks so much to all of you who attended! Check out the 38 pages of notes (link below) to read the full version of the “presentation [...]
Technical Paper: Delphi Programming for the HTML Help API
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Author: Robert Chandler, The HelpWare Group – http://www.helpware.net Robert is a Microsoft Help MVP and the developer of FAR, a leading utility for HTML Help development. This paper covers HTML Help programming using Borland’s 32-bit Delphi (that is, Delphi 2 and above). While Delphi does not support HTML Help directly, Delphi is a very rich [...]
Technical Paper: Deploying HTML Help
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Author: Robert Chandler, The HelpWare Group – http://www.helpware.net Robert is a Microsoft Help MVP and the developer of FAR, a leading utility for HTML Help development. This paper covers issues related to installing Microsoft HTML Help 1.x, in particular how to implement the Internet Explorer silent installation. Implementing the techniques in this chapter requires some [...]
STC-PMC Chapter Meeting: Developing Content as a Business Asset
Monday, August 9, 2010 By 1 Comment
Join Work Write, Inc. President Cheri Lockett Zubak at the September meeting of the Philadelphia Metro Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Cheri will be speaking on “Developing Content as a Business Asset.” Time and Location Date: September 14, 2010 Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm Location: Giant Community Center, 315 York Road, Willow Grove, [...]
Library Link of the Day tracks the interests of knowledge workers
Monday, August 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Like many technical communicators, I came to this field through a circituous route and have many professional interests that I try to follow. When I’m working on a new project and potentially new subject matter, I also tend to search out websites of that domain to immerse in the language and concerns of the audience. [...]
Old dogs, new tricks, and what you learn from your kids about how the world communicates
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
True story. My son and I share songs on our Ipods. He buys me some Drake and L’il Wayne, and I buy him some Leonard Skynard and Joss Stone. “Ugh,” he says. Sometimes, “Cool.” I like most of his music, so usually I just put on the earphones and listen. One day he comes to [...]