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          ANN: MadCap Lingo, Rewriting Rules for Translations

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   ANN: MadCap Lingo, Rewriting Rules for Translations
   ANNOUNCE: WritersUA Conference, Reviews, and More
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ANN: MadCap Analyzer, Proactively Suggesting Improvements

MADCAP SOFTWARE LAUNCHES MADCAP ANALYZER, FIRST SOFTWARE TO 
    PROACTIVELY SUGGEST CONTENT DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENTS

If you use Madcap Flare, you need Madcap Analyzer. If you dont 
use Flare, youre going to wish you did. Heres why:

Unlike any other application currently available, Analyzer lets 
you design and generate reports for problems such as broken or 
missing links for your Flare projects. But it goes further than 
that, much further. Analyzer also makes suggestions for your 
projects, most of which you can change right there in Analyzer.

How easy and powerful is Analyzer? Check it out:

1. Open a Flare project in Analyzer.

2. Immediately see a list of issues and suggestions for 
   the project.

3. Open the Flare files in Analyzer and fix the identified 
   problems and make the suggested changes.

Youre done.

Why kinds of issues does Analyzer let you know about? Too many 
to list here, but some of the big ones are:

Reports
 * Condition tags (undefined, used, unused)
 * Context-sensitive Help IDs (unused, duplicate, 
        topics linked)
 * Images (used, unused, topics with images)
 * Links (broken, absolute, external, incoming, outgoing)
 * TOCs (duplicate items, topics not in TOCs)
 * Variables (suggestions, undefined, used, unused)
 * Non-XML topics (convert HTML files to XHTML files in a batch)
 * And much, much more

Suggestions
 * Styles suggestions, including duplicates, undefined, used, 
   and unused
 * Snippet suggestions
 * Phrases that should be snippets, including fuzzy match phrases
 * Writing structure suggestions
 * And many, many more

Theres a number of ways to get Analyzer:
For a limited time, Analyzer is available for $199, a $100 
discount from the $299 list price.

If youre a Flare maintenance customer, you pay $99.

If youre a Madpak maintenance plan customer, you get it free.

Or buy the Madpak today and Analyzer is included at no additional 
charge.

To learn more about Analyzer or to download the trial, go to
 https://www.madcapsoftware.com/products/analyzer/home.aspx.

To see a live demo, go to 
http://www.madcapsoftware.com/training/livedemos.aspx
and sign up.

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ANN: MadCap Lingo, Rewriting Rules for Translations

MADCAP SOFTWARE DEBUTS MADCAP LINGO, REWRITES THE RULES FOR 
   TRANSLATING DOCUMENTATION

The Most Integrated Translation Memory System and Authoring Tool 
the Industry Has Ever Seen Eliminates File Transfers Susceptible 
to Content and Formatting Corruption

La Jolla, CA, USA  January 14, 2008  MadCap Software, 
announced the launch of MadCap Lingo, which rewrites the rules 
for translating documentation.

MadCap Lingo, an XML-based, fully integrated translation memory 
system and authoring tool, eliminates the need for file transfers 
in order to complete translation. As a result, documentation and
localization professionals no longer have to risk losing valuable 
content and formatting. Instead, document components, such as 
tables of content, topics, index keywords, concepts, glossaries, 
and variables all remain intact throughout the translation and 
localization process, so there is never a need to recreate them.

MadCap Lingo sets new standards for functionality and ease-of-use
in translating content. Key features include:

Translation Memory
 * Built-in translation memory system
 * Connect with third-party translation memory systems

Side-by-Side Translation Editors
 * Topics can be viewed in visual mode or grid mode
 * Dedicated editors for index keywords, concepts, TOCs,
 * and more

Ensure Project Integrity
 * No need to transfer/ship files out of a project
 * Keeps all files in context
 * No risk of losing files or content
 * Topics with changed content are flagged when a new
 * version is loaded

Ease of Use
 * Speedy keyboard shortcuts for a fast workflow
 * Option to translate text using integrated Google service
 * File list window which shows exactly which files require 
   translation
 * View and edit multiple topics simultaneously
 * And much more

To learn more about MadCap Lingo or to download the trial, go to 
http://www.madcapsoftware.com/products/lingo/home.aspx

To see a live demo, go to 
http://www.madcapsoftware.com/training/livedemos.aspx
and sign up.

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ANNOUNCE: WritersUA Conference, Reviews, and More

  ARTICLE: Review of Three User Assistance Tools
  Matthew Ellison takes a look at three user assistance tools that 
  have been developed in Europe: Fast-Help International, chm2web 
  Pro, and E.S.T. Help Author Pro. 
  http://www.writersua.com/articles/tools0801/index.html

  SURVEY: 2008 Salary Survey Now in Progress
  We need your input for the 2008 User Assistance Salary Survey. 
  No personal info is required. Results are publicly posted.
  http://www.writersua.com/surveys/salary08/index.html 

  EVENT: WritersUA Conference Discount Deadline Approaches
  All of the details for the 2008 WritersUA Conference for 
  Software User Assistance are now available, including 
  information about topics, speakers, activities, exhibitors, 
  and hotel and travel. Registration discounts continue until 
  February 2.
  http://www.writersua.com/ohc/

  PRESENTATION SLIDES: WritersUA Conference Archive
  A number of presentation slides and supplemental resources 
  from past WritersUA Conferences are still available on the 
  WritersUA web site. You can find excellent content from 
  2004-2007.
  http://www.writersua.com/ohc/suppmatl.htm 

  EVENTS: WritersUA Visits STC Chapters
  Joe Welinske, President of WritersUA, will be speaking at 
  several chapter of the STC in the coming weeks: San Fernando 
  Valley, Jan. 14; Orange County, Jan. 15, San Francisco, Jan. 16; 
  and New York Metro, Feb. 28. 
  http://www.writersua.com/

  DITA QuickPoll
  The latest QuickPoll asks: How much will DITA change how you 
  work?  Add your own response to the tally! 
  http://www.writersua.com/ 

  EVENT: User Assistance Course - Bellevue C.C.
  Bellevue Community College is offering "Key Trends in Software 
  User Assistance." Joe Welinske, President of WritersUA, is 
  teaching the course on Wednesday evenings, Feb. 6 - Mar. 5.
  http://www.writersua.com/articles/news/news_bcc.htm

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With the 15th Anniversary of TECHWR-L rapidly closing in on us, 
it seems  like a great time to look back and see where we've been. 
It'd be great to see TECHWR-L postings or blog entries about the 
most valuable lessons you've learned from TECHWR-L over the years. 
Any takers? 

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ANN: Welcome EC Software as a continuing TECHWR-L Sponsor!

Join us in welcoming EC Software as a returning TECHWR-L 
Silver-level Sponsor. Find EC Software at:
http://www.ec-software.com

EC Software, located near Salzburg in Austria, is the maker of 
the award-winning Help & Manual help authoring tool and the TNT 
screen capture application. Originally released in 1997, 
Help & Manual was the first help authoring tool that could create
multiple online help formats, PDFs and printed documentation from 
the same source project, in one easy step. The programs unique 
combination of ease of use and professional help authoring
capabilities have made it very popular with software developers, 
professional help authors and corporate documentation departments.

Today, Help & Manual is one of the best selling documentation 
tools worldwide. In addition to the programs ability to produce 
documentation in almost all the worlds languages this popularity 
is also due in no small part to EC Softwares outstanding support,
which receives constant praise from users.

The company is currently gearing up to produce version 5 of 
Help & Manual, which represents another very major step forward. 
Among other things, this version will switch to XML as the primary 
save format, enabling true multi-user editing, reusable content 
libraries and the ability to save projects directly in versioning 
repositories.

Welcome  and thanks to  EC Software as a returning TECHWR-L Silver Sp
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