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English ArticlesTerminology Work in Across - Tips and Tricks Terminology work is an important and often undervalued part of translating. In addition to offering an extensive terminology database, the Across translation memory also makes it possible to integrate terminology work into the workflow as a defined work step. This article examines and offers solutions for two problems commonly faced by translators.Word 2007 - Creating Customized Tables In Word 2007, you can create customized tables. This enables you to give your table any look you want. For example, each cell can have a different size and color.Inkscape 0.48: Creating an invitation For small projects such as leaflets and invitations, you no longer need to struggle with using word processing programs or expensive desktop publishing software. Inkscape provides a reliable, free, and feature-rich alternative to such programs (as does Scribus).Inkscape 0.48: Aligning text to a path You can make your brochures, Web sites, or logos look more aesthetically pleasing by making the text deviate from the usual reading direction or making it look like it is moving.Word 2007- Customizing default Styles In Word 2007 it is possible to customize the default formatting styles to ensure your document has exactly the look you want. For example, you may want to make the subtitles bigger or adjust the spacing between titles and body text.Inkscape - Creating and manipulating gradients Gradients are a great way to make your designs look more professional and can also be used to add depth by simulating shadows. Inkscape has an excellent gradient tool which allows you to manipulate the stop points exactly as you want them.Inkscape - Creating a wood grain effect A wood grain effect is a simple way to create interesting backgrounds and add texture to your image. This can be achieved using the calligraphy tool in Inkscape. In this tutorial we will create a wood grain overlay to simulate a plank of wood, but this technique can be adapted to fit whatever shape you wantInkscape 0.48 - Transforming geometric shapes into organic forms by using paths Inkscape is a handy piece of freeware designed for making graphics in the SVG format. Graphics made in this format do not lose their quality no matter how much you enlarge them. This tutorial will explain how to use the paths tool to transform a geometric shape, a circle in this example, into a more organic looking form.Excel 2007 - Highlighting Alternate Rows To improve the readability of an Excel table it can be useful to use alternate colors to mark the different rows on your spreadsheet.Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar in Word 2007 With the introduction of ribbons, it is now no longer possible to create a custom menu in Word. Instead, the Quick Access Toolbar has been introduced which allows the user to create a custom command toolbar above or below the ribbons. After you distribute documents online, it can take time for your recipients to print out, complete and return them. This can be done more quickly by using content controls, which allow your recipient to enter the necessary information directly into the document.Photoshop - Using the history brush The History Brush is used to "paint" a previous state onto an image for instance, if you want to apply a filter or an effect to an image but want to retain certain elements of the picture, the filter can be applied to the whole image and the History Brush can be used to paint over the objects from which the filter should be removed. It is possible to rename a series of files so that they are given the same name followed by a ordinal number. This can be particularly useful when importing large numbers of photos from a digital camera, for example.Excel 2007 - Preventing Duplicate Entries Duplicate entries can cause problems. You could, for example, charge a customer twice or order two of the same product without meaning to. With this simple function this can be avoided.Adobe Photoshop CS3/CS4/CS5 - Selecting a color range The Color Range selection tool is a useful way of selecting large areas of photographs. It can also be used to manually alter certain colors subtly, for instance in a photo of a landscape on a dull day you could select the range of greens found in the grass and increase the amount of green, making the colors bolder and the photo more vibrant. In this tutorial we will remove this hot-air balloon from the picture so that we can add it to another photo. There are several methods for doing this but this is a simple way to demonstrate how the Color Range selection works.Photoshop CS5 - Creating shadows for text When inserting text into an image you can make it stand out more by casting a shadow from the text. This may sound complicated but is actually very easily achieved with Photoshop.Photoshop CS5 – Glass Text Effect By altering a few settings you can easily create text that looks as though it is made of glass. This is great for making your text more interesting or could be used to create watermarks for example.Photoshop CS5 – Adding a reflection effect to text Adding reflections to text can give your text a stylish and modern feel. This technique is used by Apple in many of their marketing campaigns.Excel 2007 – Automatically creating number sequences Excel offers a fast and easy way to create user-defined number sequences.Word 2007 - Embedding or linking a PowerPoint Presentation This tutorial shows how to insert a PowerPoint presentation into a Word document so it can be opened as a slideshow in Word. You can do this by embedding the presentation in the document or by linking them. In the Word document, the first slide of the presentation is displayed which, when double-clicked, opens the PowerPoint presentation in full screen as a slide show.Photoshop CS3/CS4 and CS5 - Removing unwanted objects from pictures The clone brush tool is extremely useful for removing unwanted objects from pictures and, depending on the picture, can be very easy to use. This tutorial is suitable for beginners.Excel 2007 - Exchanging Rows and Columns You have a table in Excel and would like to exchange the rows to columns and the columns to rows. Excel provides an easy way to do this.Excel 2007 – Creating a Drop-Down List You can create drop-down lists in, for example, surveys and standard forms to provide users with predefined entries to select from. At the start of 2007, the press awed their readers by publishing photos that had stunning colors and a sense of magic. We saw that a new age of photography had begun and we learnt a new abbreviation: HDR for High Dynamic Range. This article analyzes whether development in photography toward HDR represents a step closer to reality.The Evolution of Technical Documentation At the end of the 70s, monitors were still green, text was written by hand or typewriter, screenshots were made using an analog camera, we still used hot metal in professional typesetters, and technical documentation was still distributed in folders. As an experienced writer in technical documentation, I have been swept along by the vast developments in the industry: from punched cards (which I first saw in my first semester of study), to text files with proprietary markup language on mainframe computers, to FrameMaker operating on Sun Microsystems and structured FrameMaker in Windows, right up to XML and document management systems.Agile and eXtreme – The Future of Technical Documentation Our products have never been highly sought-after products that people saved for, or waited impatiently to call their own. But even if they were never truly loved, they were at least considered useful, even indispensable, if you wanted to learn to use a device or a new software program. However, even this is now being called into question. The term "controlled language" is used more and more frequently to make technical documentation easier to understand, and to improve the efficiency of documentation processes. Companies that operate internationally, such as SAP, BMW, and Siemens, already use controlled languages. But what exactly is controlled language and how does it benefit technical writing?Single-Sourcing for Training and Presentation Materials Today, businesses invest highly in the development of their business processes. However, training and presentation materials are, to a great extent, created and managed independently of other company documentation, and are often completely separated from the editorial department.Comet Creates Technical Documentation ... and How Can this Benefit You? What is technical documentation? Who needs technical documentation? What are the advantages of good technical documentation? What are the advantages for your customers? Here you can find the answers and learn more about Comet.Neuer Weg in der Benutzerunterstützung: „Moment of Need”-Content Als „Moment of Need“-Content bezeichnet man Inhalt, der dem Benutzer unmittelbar während seiner täglichen Arbeit Informationen oder Support liefert. Eine Schlüsselfunktion dabei ist, dem User das Suchen nach Hilfe zu ersparen, indem die richtigen Antworten genau am richtigen Ort angezeigt werden. Der Artikel von Paul Trotter erklärt die Eigenschaften von „Moment of Need“-Inhalt und zeigt die Vorteile für dessen Einführung auf. Paul Trotter ist CEO und Gründer der Firma Author-it Software Corporation.Technical Documentation - More than Just Operating Manuals Almost all new products on the market from toys to highly complex machinery now come with accompanying documentation. Yet few people know exactly what technical documentation is.Using Standardization for Success - Where is Standardization Required? Standards are a proven method of achieving uniformity and making documentation easier to manage for everyone involved.Technical Documentation for Web Applications What are Web applications and how does the Web change documentation?Localization Tools – Up to 30 Percent More Cost-Efficient Translation The term "localization" means more than just translation. The authoring platform, Author-it, provides extensive support for translation projects.New: Comet Offers Technical Documentation Training in English-Speaking Europe In cooperation with the renowned IT service provider, GBdirect Ltd. in Bradford, England, Comet Communication now offers its wide range of training courses for technical writing in English-speaking Europe. All courses can be booked in the United Kingdom or Ireland and are held in English either in-company or in the training center in Munich.A unified process for authoring technical and learning content with DITA based on activity theory Within the context of the DITA 1.2 Learning and Training specialization this presentation proposes a process for creating technical as well as learning content expressed in DITA using activity theory as a framework.Are You Writing Glocally? Think Globally, Act Locally – Even in Technical Writing Glocalization is a new word, formed by combining the terms globalization and localization. Glocalization means thinking globally and acting locally. In relation to documentation, internationally active companies must think globally and act locally. As a result, the localization of documentation products has gradually become established as an independent industry. Also, an increasing number of companies are now offering localization services.Across - a Versatile Translation Memory Translation Memories (TMs) are an important tool for translators: they save previously translated sentences and display these as "matches" when the same or a similar sentence must be translated at a later date. TMs are particularly good for translating technical documentation because technical documents often contain a lot of repetition. Across Systems GmbH has just launched the latest version of the company's TM, "Across" Version 5.0. This article explains how Across works in everyday use.Quick, Free, and Ready-to-Use: The Wiki Concept Speed and cost have always been, and are increasingly, key factors in documentation. Conventional processes and tools are often not flexible enough.FrameMaker 9 - New and Enhanced Functions Adobe FrameMaker is a professional authoring and publishing solution for creating and publishing technical documentation. In only a short time since releasing FrameMaker 8 in 2007, Adobe has again developed a new version of its beloved authoring tool, which is now on the market. With FrameMaker 9, creating and publishing documentation is even easier, faster, and more efficient. The following describes the most important changes to the DTP program.Vorträge der Comet-Experten an der tekom-Herbsttagung 2009 Auf dem weltgrößten Branchen-Event der Technischen Kommunikation vom 4. bis 6. November 2009 in Wiesbaden besuchten über 300 Tagungsteilnehmer die drei Vorträge der Comet-Firmengruppe. Die Comet-Experten gaben darin Informationen zum neuen ISO-Standard für Software-Dokumentation sowie wertvolle Impulse zu den Möglichkeiten der Wiki-Technologie und zum technischen Schreiben.Wiki-based Product documentation Ein Vortrag von Prof. Sissi Closs auf der tcworld Roadshow am 13. Mai 2009 in Antwerpen.Using and Customizing MediaWiki for Documentation Projects Ein Vortrag von Heikki Komulainen auf der tcworld Roadshow am 25. Mai 2009 in Helsinki.Authoring Memory - the Electronic Memory Authoring memory is a type of electronic memory: it automatically checks text during input to see if similar or identical content already exists, and if so, suggests the content for reuse. This removes the need to search for existing content, and helps to avoid repeatedly recreating the same content.From Translator to Localization Manager When I first started translating professionally in the mid-90s, computer-assisted translation (CAT) was still somewhat of a novelty. Doubting Thomas's, who were only used to translating Word documents and relied on "feeling" to translate complex concepts, dismissed the use of CAT tools in the belief that only human translators can produce authentic text. That may be true, but today, most translators embrace new technology and see the benefits - in terms of quality improvements and shorter time-to-market - through the efficient use of tools, such as translation memory, and integrated workflow processes, such as terminology management.Author-it 5.0 - A Revolution in Content Reuse Ein Vortrag von Paul Trotter auf dem 7. Deutschen Single-Source-Forum am 18. Juni 2007 in München. Most people have a stronger preference for either the English of Bill Gates or the Queen’s English, but are not really aware of all the differences. Technical documentation increasingly calls for a less one-sided approach to writing in English and is noticeable in the growing trend of "international English".Quality has its price – language as a cost factor Language displays specific features that can influence the linguistic quality of content and extend or restrict documentation use. However, language is seldom quantified in the same way as the features and performance of other products and services. Integrating the work of technical writers, copy editors, translators, and other documentation specialists in a comprehensive quality-assurance process can significantly improve documentation quality, streamline documentation processes, and lead to greater customer satisfaction.Rules for Writing Technical Documentation Words and sentences can have multiple meanings, which is desirable in literary writing. However, ambiguity in technical documentation only leads to confusion.Single Source in Technical Documentation There is such an ever-growing abundance of information, we often feel as if we are drowning in a flood of information. Neither producers nor users have this overwhelming quantity of data under control. To combat this, we are always looking for ways and means to push this wealth of information back to a controllable level. Single source publishing is a strategy that promises to be an effective solution to this problem. Comet, one of the leading providers of technical documentation in Germany developed a customized solution for a WebHelp-based information portal. It offers information about a training center and its courses. We integrated a database-based solution to update course information interactively, as required. Vortrag tekom-Jahrestagung 2004 - Prof. Sissi ClossWriting comprehensive single-source English The quality, reusability and translatability of documentation have become increasingly important. A logical writing system for English as the source language is imperative.
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