I'd Rather Be Writing » contest http://idratherbewriting.com The Latest Trends in Technical Communication Fri, 25 May 2012 16:20:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Day 6 Cartoon [The 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway] http://idratherbewriting.com/2009/06/09/day-6-cartoon-the-12-days-of-christmas-giveaway/ http://idratherbewriting.com/2009/06/09/day-6-cartoon-the-12-days-of-christmas-giveaway/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:28:02 +0000 Tom Johnson http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=3743 Here’s the cartoon for Day 6. The winner of this caption contest wins a free copy of Camtasia Studio, courtesy of Techsmith.

Cartoon drawn by Ben Minson at Grypon Mountain. For full details about the contest, see the initial Giveaway post.

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]]> http://idratherbewriting.com/2009/06/09/day-6-cartoon-the-12-days-of-christmas-giveaway/feed/ 42 Day 3 Cartoon [12 Days of Christmas in June Giveaway] http://idratherbewriting.com/2009/06/06/day-3-cartoon-12-days-of-christmas-in-june-giveaway/ http://idratherbewriting.com/2009/06/06/day-3-cartoon-12-days-of-christmas-in-june-giveaway/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:00:36 +0000 Tom Johnson http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=3702 more »]]> Here’s the cartoon for Day 3 of the Christmas in June Giveaway. The person who comes up with the best caption for this cartoon wins a free copy of Screensteps from Blue Mango Learning Systems.  Add your captions in the comments below. For full details about the giveaway, see this post.

This cartoon was drawn by Ben Minson.

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]]> http://idratherbewriting.com/2009/06/06/day-3-cartoon-12-days-of-christmas-in-june-giveaway/feed/ 28 Podcast: Flare 4 — Ten New Features, Interview with Sharon Burton http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/09/08/flare-4-interview-with-sharon-burton/ http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/09/08/flare-4-interview-with-sharon-burton/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:26:00 +0000 Tom Johnson http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1943 more »]]> Download MP3 (right-click and select Save Target As to download)
Duration: 60 min.

Flare 4 was just released today by Madcap Software. In this podcast, I talk with Sharon Burton — product manager at Madcap Software — about all the main features of the Flare 4 release.

Flare 4 topics we discuss include the following:

  • Page layouts
  • New outputs (PDF, XPS, XHTML, and Adobe Air)
  • Enhanced reporting capability
  • Built-in topic reviews
  • Additional help guides
  • Global project linking
  • Image resizing
  • Smart cross-references
  • Mini-TOCs for print

Although Flare 4 is the core focus of this podcast, Sharon also explains a little about Madcap’s other new releases, including Blaze, X-Edit, and Analyzer.

As if releasing 4 new products (Flare 4, Blaze, Analyzer, and X-Edit) on one day wasn’t enough, Madcap also totally redesigned its website.

If you have questions about Flare 4 or any other Madcap product, direct them to Sharon at sburton@madcapsoftware.com. You can also visit Sharon Burton’s blog at http://madcapsoftware.wordpress.com. You can visit Mike Hamilton’s blog at http://madcapsoftware2.wordpress.com.

If you have feedback on the podcast, add your comment below the post or send me an email at tomjohnson1492@gmail.com.

Contest Note: By the way, today is the last day to enter the Flare 4 giveaway. (If you missed the post about the Flare 4 contest, see “Flare 4 Giveaway — Enter to Win a Free Copy by Commenting on this Post“). In the contest deadlines, I said I would announce the winner on the day of the Flare 4 release. So Monday night (Sep 8) at 9 p.m. MST, I will announce the winner. You can enter the contest up until that time.

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