Amanda Caley, Director of Content Chameleon reviews Author-it 5.2 and provides a 12-step guide to assist experienced Author-it users in performing a first-pass evaluation of the new structured authoring feature.

Here is a copy of the article that has been published in the Communicator Summer 2009 issue.

Posted by Michael Lai, Marketing Executive, Author-it Software Corporation

If so, there are a few presenters at the Peer Showcase who will cover Author-it topics that you should check out. Char James-Tanny, who has over 25 years experience as a technical writer and is an Author-it Certified Consultant, will be presenting  “Using Author-it Xtend to analyse content reuse across product families“.

Rhonda Bracey is also an Author-it Certified Consultant, and Rhonda will be presenting on Monday at the General Sesssions. Rhonda’s topic will be Techniques For Reviewing a User Interface.

Sue Heim, a technical writer for over 20 years and a long time Author-it user, is presenting “Using Author-it Xtend and Localization Manager to reduce costs“.

And also Mary Connor, will be presenting “Integrating Flash-based Simulations/Tutorials into Web-based Help Using Single-sourced Content from an Author-it Library”

In the Emerging Skills section, Charlene Kingston Crow, a long time Author-it client will be presenting “Using Microsharing Tools Like Twitter to Build Better UA” which is topical for a lot of people right now. The Author-it team will of course be there so make sure  you stop by to say hello at Booth 10 and see demonstrations of the latest Author-it release 5.2 and products. BTW, if you haven’t yet registered for WritersUA you can still do so via their website and you can browse the full agenda online.

Posted by Kathy Howes,Author-it Marketing Manager, Author-it Software Corporation