This conference is about users. It is about the technical needs that are growing as structured documentation makes major inroads. By combining the ideas of both the technical sides of DITA and XML with the publishing needs of technical communicators that are met by Adobe systems, we feel that this conference provides 2 focused technical days followed by 2 focused publishing and communications days. Monday and Tuesday include technical presentations on DITA and XML, technologies that are storming the gates of technical communications.

Despite acquisitions from eHelp to Macromedia, to now Adobe, the RoboHelp product still falls short on what so many technical writers desperately need – a true single-source writing environment. While we all know way too much about the RoboHelp feud with its seceded competitor MadCap and their Flare product, we still don’t have what we need. I really need help finding some shortcuts. I'm a lone writer at a company in New York trying to figure out the best way to get things REALLY single sourced.

Macros, Keyboard Shortcuts, Snippets, and Variables...