The tools I use
by noel on Jun.15, 2008, under Technical Communication
As a technical writer I use a number of different tools, I thought I would list them to see if I can get a comparison or good idea about what others are using.
The tools I use are:
Madcap Flare – At work we have just moved all our new projects over to Flare V3. It is used to produce help and manuals
Madcap Analyzer- We got it as part of the Madcap MadPak. Used to it check links, etc., for our online manuals
Macromedia RoboHelp X5 – All previous products were documented in this. I tend to only use this when I need to update some legacy documentation.
Microsoft Word – Used to plan and draft a lot of my work.
Adobe Flash – Used to make interactive help and demonstrations to be included on the corporate web sites and in manuals.
Adobe Captivate – As above.
Adobe Contribute – Used to draft and edit Knowledge Base articles on the corporate web site.
Other tools used:
Adobe Fireworks – Used to do image editing and screen captures for manuals and web site.
Microsoft Paint – Used to make minor adjustments to screens captures.
BIMP Lite- Used to convert graphics from one format to another (usually PNG to GIF).
IrFanView – Used to batch process DPI settings for images captured.
Other tools I have but don’t use currently:
MadCap Capture – I find Paint and Fireworks more effective for what I need to do.
MadCap Mimic – Is not as advanced as Captivate.
What tools do others use?
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June 23rd, 2008 on 12:20 am
Dude, MS Paint? Check out http://www.getpaint.net/
I also prefer to use OneNote instead of Word for drafting and such.
June 24th, 2008 on 4:37 pm
Hey Mack,
I use OneNote at home, but I haven’t got a copy on my company laptop, wish I had but you know what its like at work
As for Paint.Net, I have it installed but Fireworks is a lot more powerful, besides I only use MS Paint to capture the most basic of images because it is the quickest.