NORTHEAST OHIO CHAPTER
SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
Professional Development Workshop
Adobe Technical Communication Suite - Integration
The Adobe Technical Communication Suite provides new possibilities for single-source publishing and integrated workflows for producing print, PDF, and online information deliverables. During this workshop, you will learn to improve your productivity and create interactive content using the new integration features in Adobe FrameMaker, RoboHelp, and Adobe Captivate.
This workshop will provide an introduction to using the components of the Adobe Technical Communication Suite for single-source and multi-channel publishing. Students will learn:
How to plan FrameMaker documents for single-source publishing.
Basics of RoboHelp for creating online user assistance.
Importing FrameMaker documents by reference into RoboHelp projects.
Mapping styles and importing FrameMaker TOCs.
Using FrameMaker conditional text and RoboHelp conditional build tags to customize published content.
Using user-defined variables in FrameMaker and RoboHelp to represent commonly-used names and phrases.
Embedding 3D (from Adobe Acrobat 3D) and multimedia content (from Adobe Captivate) into FrameMaker and RoboHelp projects.
Publishing RoboHelp projects.
Presenter Bio:
Alan Houser is president of Group Wellesley, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based firm that provides consulting, training, and application development services to support single-source publishing, electronic publishing, and XML-based publishing.
Houser is an Associate Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication and a member of the OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Technical Committee. He is a popular conference presenter, and has delivered seminars in structured authoring, XML, and DITA around the globe.
Date
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Time
8:30am – 5:00pm
Place
Kent State University
Computers will be provided by Kent State University.
Food
Breakfast and Lunch will be provided
Cost
$100 for members
$150 for nonmembers
$50 for students
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Please register with
individual names and e-mail addresses of all attendees.
Limited seating is available, so don’t wait to register! If the class is sold out, you will be notified and placed on a waiting list. You will be notified by January 8 if a spot becomes available.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations and refund requests must be made by e-mail or phone by January 6, 2009. Contact Amy Vogt (440-498-8529) or Denise Kadilak (216-251-0716) to cancel. A $15.00 cancellation fee will apply.
Absolutely NO REFUNDS will be made after midnight, January 6, 2008. No-shows will NOT be refunded.
