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Choosing the English That’s Right for You
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Content Oriented Architectures
Creating Quality Content with Open Source Tools
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Creativity or Confusion Factor
Demystifying DITA to PDF Publishing
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Developing Quality Content in a Global World
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DITA 101 - DITA… What’s up with that?
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Global Sales in Local Languages
Globalizing a CMS-based Website from the Ground Up
How to Get the Most Out of Content Migration to DITA
How To Leverage More When Writing For A Global Audience
Improving User Assistance Using Journalistic Principles
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Lean Instructional Design for Today’s Competitive Environment
Learn How To Use a Wiki At Work
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Localization Makes Strange Bedfellows
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MadCap Flare - Controlling Document Look and Feel with CSS
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Managing the Move to Structured Content
Metadata, Taxonomies, and Information Architecture: Putting the Pieces Together
Migrating to DITA and Component Content Management for Global Customers
Moving from Unstructured Documents to Structured XML
Principles of Web Operations Management
Process Modeling for a DITA Environment
Producing Quality Documentation In An Agile Development Environment
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Creating Quality Content with Open Source Tools
Speaker: Scott NesbittTime: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Date: October 31
Track: Content Technologies
Experience level: All levels
Room: Salon I - J
When you think of authoring any kind of content, what tools come to mind? Probably software like FrameMaker, Microsoft Word, Author-IT, RoboHelp, and a few other tools that are considered standard. But have you consider the Open Source alternative?
Many people equate Open Source with Linux. But here’s definitely a lot more to it than Linux. In fact, users of Open Source software can take advantage of a number of content authoring tools which give writers—technical or otherwise—the ability to create and publish professional content.
In this presentation, Scott Nesbitt will highlight the strengths and drawbacks of Open Source tools. Scott will introduce some techniques for developing content the Open Source way, and give you a peek at how some vendors use Open Source tools for their documentation and collateral. You’ll also learn when and when not to go open.
This presentation will also look at a variety of Open Source tools for creating quality content, including:
- Word processors and wikis
- Help authoring tools
- Markup languages and how to publish with them
- Software for generating developer documentation
- Graphics and multimedia applications
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