Re: Moving away from MS Word?

Subject: Re: Moving away from MS Word?
From: "Char James-Tanny" <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:58:38 -0400

> As was stated at the Writers UA conference last week, we have been
> promised a move to XML for 7 years now. Until we get a real tool that
> produces real XML, tech writers are not likely to embrace XML.

Sarah O'Keefe did a presentation at LavaCon 2005 on "Building a
Business Case for XML". You can see her slides at
http://www.scriptorium.com/LavaConBizCaseXML.pdf.

Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http://www.helpstuff.com
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References:
Re: Moving away from MS Word?: From: Troy Klukewich
RE: Moving away from MS Word?: From: Condo, Candis

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