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Continue reading →: MadCap Flare Tricks: Using Variables in your CSSMadCap Flare (v 2019) now supports the use of variables (also known as custom properties) in the css. This is a great enhancement, as it allows users to keep their documentation look-and-feel consistent. It also saves time, since you can use an attribute variable in several styles and define it…
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Continue reading →: Adding JS to DITA filesThis week I’ve been doing some research on how to make JS scripts work with DITA-based topics in the XML documentation plug-in for Adobe Experience Manager. While defining the scope of my research, I identified three possible approaches: My goal was to add interactive decision trees to the content generated…
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Continue reading →: How an Emoji Becomes an Emoji
Some days ago I attended another amazing live session organized by the CS50’s program professors Malan and Yu. This time the topic revolved around how an emoji ends up on your phone keyboard. As always, I’m glad that I could learn some new things. What is Really an Emoji? 🤓…
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Continue reading →: MadCap Flare Tricks: How to Show/Hide a Background Image via a ConditionMy team has been confronted with a new challenge this week. We document several products in the same MadCap Flare project, some of them are publicly accessible and others are for internal use, and need to have an “Internal” background image. The background image is defined in the “body” element…
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Continue reading →: MadCap Flare Tricks: How to Open External Links in a new Window by DefaultI’d like to share with you a script I’ve found on the MadCap Forums that you can use to open external links (<a href>) by default in a new target frame. To do so, you can add the script below to the body part of your page layout (.flmsp): <script…
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Continue reading →: Creating Accessible Content with Link States and Colour RatiosHi again! I’ve just learned a couple of new tweaks you can make to your CSS to create accessible content and I want to share them with you. About Link States Although I’ve been working as a technical writer for several years now, I never had anything to do with…
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Continue reading →: SWAT Document Structure – Accessibility TechniquesI’m currently attending an Accessibility Bootcamp held by Deque that aims at improving the user experience of people with disabilities by making software and documentation WCAG compliant. We’ve had an insightful session about SWAT structure for documentation. As usual, I’ve jotted down the main ideas: Basic Document Structure Concepts Semantic…
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Continue reading →: Instructional Design Models
I’m currently taking a new course at Udemy to sharpen my skills and knowledge so that I can create better e-learning courses and materials. The course’s goal is to learn how to implement instructional theories practically on the job and goes by the title: A practical approach to instructional design.…
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Continue reading →: Adding Interactivity to your Content
I’m always thinking about new ways to create clear and compelling content that can help my readers better understand the whys and how-tos of a feature. To enhance the user experience and usability of the content I create, I’ve been playing around for a while with the concept of interactivity.…
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Continue reading →: How to keep your laptop and phone secure
Today I’ve attended an online discussion hosted by the CS50 professors David Malan and Brian Yu on how to keep your laptop and phone secure. Believe it or not, in 2019, the most common password used to “protect” systems and devices was 123456. The second one: 123456789. The third one:…






