This is a guest post by Daniel Ng, a technical writer in Malaysia. Daniel mentioned an interesting article he’d read on the possible return of Corel Ventura, and I asked him to expand his thoughts in a guest post.

Rob Houser’s recent article in Writers UA, “What’s New in RoboHelp 7?“, is a thorough, insightful article I highly recommend. After reading his review, I thought I’d post a few notes from my experiences with the same. (For more about Rob, see his site.) This past month I’ve been heavily using the RoboHelp 7 and Captivate 3 components of the Technical Communication Suite. RoboHelp 7 … more »

I’m excited to welcome Adobe as a new sponsor for Tech Writer Voices. This past week, I’ve been playing around with their new Technical Communications Suite. This Suite includes Framemaker, RoboHelp, Acrobat 3D, and Captivate. I’ve especially been playing with the Captivate-RoboHelp integration. So far I think it’s pretty amazing. You can embed Captivate movies directly in your online help, even in drop-down hotspots. For … more »