Two Ways to Work with Conditional Text Tags in RoboHelp and FrameMaker
Conditional text tags are at the heart of “single sourcing integration” between Adobe RoboHelp (RH) and Adobe FrameMaker (FM), especially if you are using FM in the unstructured mode. Even though it is possible to create your source files in RH and then use RH10 or RH11’s many delivery formats including PDF and HTML, a…
Read MoreAdobe FrameMaker Pet Peeve: No Way to Edit and Delete Conditional Text Tags Wholesale Across All the Chapters of a Book
© Ugur Akinci Adobe FrameMaker is a great product that I’ve been using for over 15 years now. It’s dependable, scalable, and won’t leave you stranded in the midst of a project by crashing (unless you run out of RAM, which is a possibility when you’re using FrameMaker together with other resource-hungry applications like RoboHelp,…
Read MoreHow to Write About Changing Contexts in Procedural Task Steps
© Ugur Akinci In using software, the context changes frequently depending on the actions we take. For example, when we click a command button, a new window might open. Or when we select a specific option from a drop-down menu, the system may display a new dialog box in a new tab. A new window,…
Read MoreQ&A: "What is the difference Between a User Guide and a System Admin Guide?"
READER QUESTION: I’m working on a software product that has a GUI. Currently, we have a user guide and a system administration guide. The user guide mainly focuses on tasks that can be done thru the GUI; the admin guide mainly focuses on system maintenance and administration. However, there’s no distinguishing line between the two…
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