Software Tools
- MadCap Software: Flare. The site for the online help authoring tool that is supposed to replace Robohelp.
- Robohelp Support Center
- Adobe Acrobat support
- Free PDF conversion tools:
Style Guides
- Microsoft Manual of Style, 3rd edition (Amazon)
- Apple Publications Style Guide 2003 (.pdf)
- Sun Technical Publications Manual (Amazon)
- Plain Language.gov. A site dedicated to the plain language movement.
- Web Style Guide. Style guide for Web content.
- Chicago Manual of Style FAQ
- Bedford St. Martin Citation Styles
STC
Tips and Tricks
- Microsoft Word: Using Styles (PDF), by Pam Tremé
Translation
- Travlang. A resource for translation help; covers travel information and language resources.
- Babel Fish Translation. Translate almost any phrase from one language to another.
Web sites
- E-Server TC Library: A Cooperative Library for Tech Communicators
- Internet Resources for Technical Writers.
- White Paper Source: The source for writing and marketing white papers
- Information Mapping
- Cherryleaf. Based in UK.
- University of Wisconsin CNS Online Help Documentation (Tutorials on Frontpage, Dreamweaver, Adobe, Word, etc.)
- Technical Writing Textbook Online. A web-based adaption from Power Tools for
- TechPubs
XML Resources
- Online XML Tutorial from w3schools.
- An XML Tutorial for Everyone. Online tutorial.
- Online demonstration of SiberSafe. An XML Content Management System designed specifically for managing technical publication content.
- White papers, book chapters, and articles from Bright Path Solutions (request form)
- How XML Helps the Visually Impaired. Article from The Content Wrangler website.
- Is XML the Answer to Everything? Article from Free Software Magazine.
- Structured Content Management with XML. Article from eBizQ.
- Overcoming objections to XML-based Authoring Tools. Article from XML.org.
- Case Study: Ontario Systems Creates Dynamic Content with XML
- XML Weekend Crash Course by Kay Ethier. Book
- The Rockley Group. Content Management and Reuse Strategies.
- XML.org.