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Join us at ConVEx 23 in Baltimore – April 17-19, 2023

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In today’s fast-paced world, staying ahead of end-user expectations and demands is more important than ever. Orchestrating a seamless content experience takes focused planning and flawless execution. Our expert team is dedicated to helping you prepare for an AI-driven future, leveraging advancements in content technology to achieve measurable results. Join us at ConVEx 23 in […]

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Precision Content speaking about the future of technical communications at ConVEx 2021

Posted on by Keith Schengili-Roberts

For the second year running, the ever-popular DITA North America conference hosted by the Center for Information-Development Management is going wholly virtual as ConVEx 2021, and Precision Content has several key presentations. Please join us online between April 26-28 for three sets of talks designed to get you thinking seriously about microcontent and the future […]

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Learn More About Why DITA and Agile Go So Well Together

Posted on by Keith Schengili-Roberts

It’s been 20 years since the Agile manifesto was published, and technical communicators have been trying to find ways to deliver content in a more nimble fashion ever since. Things like bi-weekly Sprints and more frequent standup meetings where everyone is expected to report on their development progress—including content development—ramps up the pressure on technical […]

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Tool talk: Reviewing easyDITA version 18

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By Jacquie Samuels, Sr. Content Specialist at Precision Content As part of my work for Precision Content Authoring Solutions, I’ve been working with easyDITA by Jorsek almost exclusively for the last few years as it’s the component content management systems (CCMS) used by several of our clients. Admittedly on the authoring side, it hasn’t always […]

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Sentence-Case Versus Title-Case for Topic-Based Authoring

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By Rob Hanna. The issue of whether to use sentence-case or title-case for topic and section titles can be nearly as controversial and personal for us as the Oxford comma. Most of the commercially-available style-guides are split on the issue as to when to use title-case and even how to use title-case. The APA style-guide […]

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Are you satisfied with your DITA solution?

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By Rob Hanna – President of Precision Content If your answer is “No” then you are not alone according to a 2017 survey of more than 250 technical communication professionals conducted by The Content Wrangler. The DITA Satisfaction Survey[i] indicates that 62% of respondents using DITA are—to varying degrees—dissatisfied. As many as 10% of that group were […]

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Addressing DITA Dissatisfaction Part 1: Skills Development

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By Rob Hanna – President of Precision Content This article is part of a series based on the results of a survey of more than 250 technical communication professionals conducted by The Content Wrangler in 2017 entitled The DITA Satisfaction Survey[i]. In the survey, almost two-thirds of respondents voiced concerns with their DITA deployment. In […]

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Addressing DITA Dissatisfaction Part 2: Technology

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By Rob Hanna – President of Precision Content This article is part of a series based on the results of a survey of more than 250 technical communication professionals conducted by The Content Wrangler in 2017 entitled The DITA Satisfaction Survey[i]. In the survey, almost two-thirds of respondents voiced some concerns with their DITA deployment. […]

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Addressing DITA Dissatisfaction Part 3: Management

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By Rob Hanna – President of Precision Content This article is part of a series based on the results of a survey of more than 250 technical communication professionals conducted by The Content Wrangler in 2017 entitled The DITA Satisfaction Survey[i]. In the survey, almost two-thirds of respondents voiced some concerns with their DITA deployment. […]

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A DITA project gone wrong: How to fight the Daleks

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Don’t let the Daleks EX-TERMIN-ATE your documentation plans. Get back on track with Precision Content. The Whoniverse DITA is a wonderful documentation standard that takes technical documentation into a new world of possibilities. From re-use to multi-channel publishing, there’s no doubt that DITA is a massive step forward from unstructured content. However, that massive step […]

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