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Subject:RE: What tools are you using From:"Chris Vickery" <cvickery -at- arenasolutions -dot- com> To:"Nancy Allison" <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>, "Technical Writing" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:01:04 -0800
-Syntext Serna 3 for editing DITA and Docbook XML.
-Render XEP for outputting DITA and Docbook to PDF with XSL-FO.
-Madcap Flare 4 for building Webhelp from the HTML output from DITA.
<--fairly excited about this because I am still learning it. I'm sure it
will fill me with despair and rage soon enough.
-XML Mind for software requirements documents.
-Jira for Agile management and bug management.
-SnagIt 8 for screen caps.
-Word 2007 for small docs like tip sheets.
-iTunes for rawking out.
-Santa Ramen for lunch. <-- excited about this
Chris
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Subject: What tools are you using
at this moment? And, are you excited about any of them?
Me: Framemaker 7.1 to create pdfs for web distribution. PaintShop Pro
version 8. MS Word 2003.
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