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DOCUMENTATION TOOLS-Gautam Soman1
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INTRODUCTION Technical Writing usually involves use of
sophisticated tools. Each tool has its own strengths and limitations. A tech writer needs to choose a tool by taking
into consideration the type of the application, the type of the end deliverable, the target audience, and of course, the customer’s preference.
This presentation discusses major categories of tools, and the major choices in each category.
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CATEGORIES OF TOOLS Word Processing Tools Help Authoring Tools Screen Capture Tools Image Processing Tools Video Editing Tools HTML Editing Tools Code Documentation Tools Content Management Tools
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WORD PROCESSING TOOLS MS-Office Open Office
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HELP AUTHORING TOOLS Adobe RoboHelp DocToHelp Madcap Flare
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SCREEN CAPTURE TOOLS SnagIt FastStone PrintScreen
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IMAGE PROCESSING TOOLS Adobe PhotoShop
PaintShopPro GIMP
MS-Visio
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VIDEO EDITING TOOLS Camtasia Studio Adobe Captivate Wink
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HTML EDITING TOOLS Adobe Dreamweaver Microsoft FrontPage
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CODE DOCUMENTATION TOOLS SandCastle NDoc JavaDoc Doxygen PHP Documentor
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CONTENT MANAGEMENT TOOLS Digite
Documentum Tortoise SVN
SharePoint Server
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THANK YOU! This presentation is based on a blog-post
written by Gautam Soman. You can read the complete article at ByteSpace
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