I Heart Tech Docs, Ivan Walsh, Technical Writer

Many tech writers have had to convert Word documents into FrameMaker. It is a very unpleasant and painful process!

You can now get a Free Test-Drive of Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2.

Instead of creating your own FrameMaker templates from scratch, you can now download over 150 templates for free from the Adobe site. This offer is designed to encourage uptake in this technical writing software and encourage technical writers to try out the product. Adobe also offers a free 30 day trial. If the file is too large to download, contact them and request a CD. They usually send it out for free.

Top 10 Websites for Technical Writing. We like to keep an eye of the top websites for technical writing and see if any new sites have broken into the top ten. Here is the list of top technical writing sites for the week ending Sept 11th.

This month’s new releases include MadCap Blaze version 2, which is used for creating technical documents, especially longer documents that re-use content.

Here’s a run-down of the key features: