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Mastering Word’s typographic controls
Typography is the art and craft of arranging text on the page and screen for maximum legibility and comprehension. The world of typography changed forever when Jan Tschichold published The New Typography in 1928. Tschichold was part of the 1920s Bauhaus movement in...
Creating Professional Layouts in Robohelp
At the ripe old age of 24, Robohelp is the granddaddy of online help and looks it. The familiar layout of folders on the left and topic pages on the right hasn’t changed much over time and appears particularly dated in an era of touchscreens, responsive web pages, and...
Madcap Flare: Tips and Tricks
MadCap Flare is an extremely powerful single sourcing and content management platform capable of publishing to a variety of formats. Today, I’ll cover tips on online help HTML5 outputs. This is aimed at the intermediate Flare user who wants to work with their online...
MadCap Flare: Tips and Tricks
MadCap Flare is an extremely powerful single sourcing and content management platform capable of publishing to a variety of formats. In this article, I’ll cover tips on using Page Layouts for printed PDF documents. This is aimed at the intermediate Flare user who...
Using Social Media for Your Job Search
Social media is one of the most useful tools within today’s competitive job market. Building a professional online presence and leveraging job-search features on social networking sites are powerful ways to access new and diverse opportunities. In the midst of my own...
Five Web Tools for Building Your Own Website
Are you thinking of developing a website? Do you want to re-develop an outdated site? If so, you may be considering the best tool to build your own website. Let’s review five web tools to get you started. WordPress Wordpress has a user-friendly interface, making it...
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