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Success Factors for DITA Adoption with XMetaL

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The Right Tool for the Right Job for the Right Output for the Right Audience: Expanding Options for Technical Communicators

Speaker: Alan Houser
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM   Date: October 31
Track: Software Demonstrations
Experience level: All levels

Technical Communicators are in the midst of a grand convergence. After years of relative stagnation, tools are becoming better (easier to use, more reliable, more full-featured), delivery options are increasing (PDF, print, online, interactive), tools for generating non-conventional content (3D, demonstration, simulation) are improving, and technologies like XML-based publishing are enabling new efficiencies.

If you want to shake up your organization’s technical publishing, this talk will help you to sort through some of the newly-available and newly-accessible options in tools and technologies and help you to choose appropriate solutions for delivering technical communication products that meet your needs and your budget.