Secrets of an Author-it Shop by Mary Connor

This presentation will provide a technical writing tour inside the workings of a software shop that uses Author-it™, a leading component content management system. ASI's documentation process combines many strategies that would work in other contexts: virtualization, allowing for complete machine and location independence; automation, using nightly build scripts to output entire Help systems, websites, and user guide sets; single-sourcing, reusing content across multiple contexts for consistency and efficiency; publication, creating separate deliverables for marketing, production, and training; and participation, opening our documentation to Google, to prospects and competitors, and to users who want to engage us directly about our content.

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The Austin STC chapter is proud to honor the winners of our 2009 - 2010 online communication and technical publication professional competitions.

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Join us for the North Austin STC networking lunch. STC networking lunches are an informal way to meet your fellow tech writers. There is no program, no agenda, just food and conversation.

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