Hi Technical Communicators,
The India chapter of Society for Technical Communication (STC) is organizing its first 2014 Chennai learning session on 25 January (Saturday), 2014. Please visit STC India Website for more details on STC India Chapter.
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STC India Chennai: Learning Session – 25 January (Saturday), 2014
Venue Sponsor: Ericsson, Guindy, Chennai
Networking Break and Speaker Gifts Sponsor: Ericsson, Guindy, Chennai
The session is FREE for both STC and non-STC India members.
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Venue: Ericsson
Address: Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd., Tamarai Tech Park, 4th Floor, South Block, Guindy, Chennai – 600 032, India
Landmark: Below the Kathipara Junction flyover, just before Olympia Tech Park
Map: Ericsson, Guindy, Chennai
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Agenda
About the Speakers
Kiranmayee has 26 years of experience in the IT industry and has been working in the technical publication and knowledge services arena for 20 years now. She has presented in many forums, conferences and has won numerous awards for her presentations (won the best speaker award in the STC Annual conference 2004, and in the STC India Summit I in 2011). She has also won international awards for her work. She likes mentoring, teaching and sharing knowledge.
Kamalakannan Srinivasan (Kamal) has over 12 years of experience in the field of technical writing. During his career, Kamal has worked at various corporate companies and created documents for clients belonging to different domains. Currently, he is working as a freelancer, creating end-user documents and elearning materials for clients.
Session Abstract
Adobe RoboHelp – All about scripting!!! – Kiranmayee
“Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.”- Dale Carnegie
If you have used macros in MS-Word to automate repetitive tasks, you will definitely be interested in learning how to use scripts in RoboHelp. Scripting is similar to macros; it allows you to automate repetitive tasks. One of the most powerful features of RoboHelp is scripting. RobolHelp does not support macros, but you can use scripts (which are coded instructions) to provide the same functionality. RoboHelp ships with a few helpful scripts to get you started. You can create scripts using a notepad and import them to RoboHelp to perform a task. This session will explore and demo the concept of using scripts (ExtendScript or JavaScript), the built-in scripts in RoboHelp 9. After all, reading is one thing, but the best way to learn is to see something in action.
Domain Knowledge & Technical Writing – Kamalakannan
The session will state the importance of domain knowledge in the technical writing profile and provide pointers to technical writers to leverage domain knowledge to enhance the user documentation skills. Writers can learn to differentiate between domain knowledge that facilitates User Interface workflow and Back-end workflow.
Registration Details
This session is limited to 25 participants only.
Please register for this event by filling your details in the Registration Form.
Registration closes on 20 January 2014
If you have any queries, please write to Aarthi (techiejune@gmail.com) or Saravanan at (sara.techwrit@gmail.com)