Upcoming Seminars

(Reprinted from the March 2006 issue of Tielines, an STC publication.)

May 24, 2006

Neil Perlin will present an STC Web seminar, Life After RoboHelp—How We Got Here and Where To Next, from 1 to 2:30 PM Eastern Time. Perlin will summarize the history of Help authoring tools, discuss the major RoboHelp replacement tools, and examine how a move to XML-based authoring tools affects documentation development. Register at stc.webex.com.

June 14, 2006

Paul Prescod will present an STC Web seminar, Introduction to DITA, from 1 to 2:30 PM Eastern Time. The seminar will bridge the gap between the high-level hype about DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) and the many detailed technical articles about how DITA works. Register at stc.webex.com.

October 13–14, 2006

STC’s Region 2 Conference, Making Cents of Making Sense: The Business of Technical Writing, will be held in London, England. The audience for the conference includes anyone involved in the business or production of technical documentation, including writers, editors, documentation managers, translators, technical illustrators, and publishers. For more information, please visit the UK chapter Web site.