Adobe RoboHelp 2019: The Essentials (2nd Edition)


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Adobe RoboHelp 2019: The Essentials (2nd Edition, with support for Build 10) Learn Adobe RoboHelp 2019 (update 10) in Two Quick Days or less Using IconLogic's Proven "Skills and Drills" Approach to Learning. "Adobe RoboHelp 2019: The Essentials, 2nd Edition" is a self-paced, step-by-step workbook that teaches you the essential RoboHelp skills needed to create and deliver user assistance (software/application help systems, operations manuals, policies and procedures... the list is endless). Step-by-step instructions guide you through the process of creating new RoboHelp projects and topics from scratch. Learn to import content from Microsoft Word and HTML files. Enhance your topics with graphics, and interactive multimedia (using eLearning content created in Adobe Captivate). Improve the navigation of your content by adding hyperlinks, indexes, and glossaries. Increase your production efficiency by learning about cascading style sheets, variables, snippets, and master pages. Learn how to control the look of final output via Skins and presets. Deliver content that can be consumed on any kind of device including desktops, laptop, smartphones, and tablets using output such as Responsive HTML5, WebHelp, HTMLHelp, and even eBooks. This book features: All of the Adobe RoboHelp projects, images, audio files, and other assets to get started (Just download the free RoboHelp 30-day trial software from the Adobe website and jump in!) Dozens of step-by-step, hands-on activities Confidence Checks to challenge your new skills Hundreds of supporting screen shots




Adobe Robohelp 2019


Book Description

"Adobe RoboHelp 2019: The Essentials" is a self-paced, step-by-step workbook that teaches you the essential RoboHelp skills needed to create and deliver user assistance (software/application help systems, operations manuals, policies and procedures... the list is endless). Step-by-step instructions guide you through the process of creating new RoboHelp projects and topics from scratch. Learn to import content from Microsoft Word and HTML files. Enhance your topics with graphics, and interactive multimedia (using eLearning content created in Adobe Captivate). Improve the navigation of your content by adding hyperlinks, indexes, and glossaries. Increase your production efficiency by learning about cascading style sheets, variables, snippets, and master pages. Learn how to control the look of final output via Skins and presets. Deliver content that can be consumed on any kind of device including desktops, laptop, smartphones, and tablets using output such as Responsive HTML5, WebHelp, HTMLHelp, and even eBooks. This book features: All of the Adobe RoboHelp projects, images, audio files, and other assets to get started (Just download the free RoboHelp 30-day trial software from the Adobe website and jump in!) Dozens of step-by-step, hands-on activities Confidence Checks to challenge your new skills Hundreds of supporting screen shots




Adobe Captivate 2019: The Essentials (Third Edition)


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Adobe Captivate 2019: The Essentials (Third Edition) ... a self-paced workbook that teaches the core Adobe Captivate skills "Adobe Captivate 2019: The Essentials (Third Edition)" is a self-paced workbook that teaches the core Captivate 2019 (version 11.5.5) skills needed to create eLearning courses. You will follow step-by-step instructions and learn how to create a soft-skills lesson from scratch. Then you will learn to record and produce software demonstrations, interactive training simulations, and video demos. By the time you finish working through this fast-paced book, you will know how to add and modify text captions, images, characters, videos, assets, smart shapes, and more. You will record, import, and edit voiceover audio. You will also further enhance the learner experience by adding interactivity via click boxes, buttons, text entry boxes, and quizzes. Have you already created content using Microsoft PowerPoint? Don't throw that presentation away. You will learn how to import existing PowerPoint content into Captivate. Last but not least, you will publish a Captivate project as HTML5 so your output can be opened with a web browser by learners on any device, including desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. This book features: Captivate projects, images, audio files, and other assets to get started Dozens of step-by-step, hands-on activities Confidence Checks to challenge your new skills Hundreds of supporting screen shots




Adobe PageMaker 7.0


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The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to master Adobe PageMaker, fully updated to cover version 7.0. Classroom-in-a-book format teaches PageMaker in short, project-oriented lessons. This page layout program now offers loads of new features, including a new simplified workflow with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and added integration with popular business tools such as Microsoft Word, QuarkXPress, and more.




Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices in Modern Construction


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Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices in Modern Construction is the new and enhanced edition of the pioneering book Modern Construction by Lincoln H. Forbes and Syed M. Ahmed. This book provides a multi-faceted approach for applying lean methodologies to improve design and construction processes. Recognizing the wide diversity in the landscape of projects, and encompassing private and public sector activity, buildings and infrastructure, the book expands upon the detailed coverage of integrated project delivery and new lean tools and techniques to include: Greater emphasis on the importance of creating a lean culture and the initiatives required to transform the industry; Expanded discussions of the foundational writings in lean construction theory; Exploration of the synergies between "lean" and "green" initiatives; Specific procedures for modifying planning and scheduling activities to improve the performance of the project team; Expanded sections on quality, and topics that have become a part of the lean lexicon, such as Choosing by Advantages, "line of balance"/location-based scheduling, virtual design teams, takt time planning and set-based design; Discussion questions for beginners and advanced lean practitioners; and Improved cross-referencing within the text to help the reader navigate the frameworks, techniques and tools to support the application of lean principles. The techniques described here enhance the use of resources, reducing waste, minimizing delays, increasing quality and reducing overall costs. They enable practitioners to improve the quality of the built environment, secure higher levels of customer/owner satisfaction, and simultaneously improve their profitability. This book is essential reading for all those wanting to be at the forefront of construction management and lean thinking.




Microsoft Manual of Style


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Maximize the impact and precision of your message! Now in its fourth edition, the Microsoft Manual of Style provides essential guidance to content creators, journalists, technical writers, editors, and everyone else who writes about computer technology. Direct from the Editorial Style Board at Microsoft—you get a comprehensive glossary of both general technology terms and those specific to Microsoft; clear, concise usage and style guidelines with helpful examples and alternatives; guidance on grammar, tone, and voice; and best practices for writing content for the web, optimizing for accessibility, and communicating to a worldwide audience. Fully updated and optimized for ease of use, the Microsoft Manual of Style is designed to help you communicate clearly, consistently, and accurately about technical topics—across a range of audiences and media.




Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019


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Create responsive eLearning content, including quizzes, demonstrations, simulations and Virtual Reality projects that fit on any device with Adobe Captivate 2019 Key FeaturesBuild responsive, interactive and highly engaging eLearning content with Adobe Captivate 2019Build Virtual Reality eLearning experiences with Adobe Captivate 2019Assess your student knowledge with interactive and random quizzesSeamlessly integrate your eLearning content with any SCORM or xAPI compliant LMSBook Description Adobe Captivate is used to create highly engaging, interactive, and responsive eLearning content. This book takes you through the production of a few pieces of eLearning content, covering all the project types and workflows of Adobe Captivate. First, you will learn how to create a typical interactive Captivate project. This will give you the opportunity to review all Captivate objects and uncover the application's main tools. Then, you will use the built-in capture engine of Captivate to create an interactive software simulation and a Video Demo that can be published as an MP4 video. Then, you will approach the advanced responsive features of Captivate to create a project that can be viewed on any device. And finally, you will immerse your learners in a 360o environment by creating Virtual Reality projects of Adobe Captivate. At the end of the book, you will empower your workflow and projects with the newer and most advanced features of the application, including variables, advanced actions, JavaScript, and using Captivate 2019 with other applications. If you want to produce high quality eLearning content using a wide variety of techniques, implement eLearning in your company, enable eLearning on any device, assess the effectiveness of the learning by using extensive Quizzing features, or are simply interested in eLearning, this book has you covered! What you will learnLearn how to use the objects in Captivate to build professional eLearning contentEnhance your projects by adding interactivity, animations, and moreAdd multimedia elements, such as audio and video, to create engaging learning experiencesUse themes to craft a unique visual experienceUse question slides to create SCORM-compliant quizzes that integrate seamlessly with your LMSMake your content fit any device with responsive features of CaptivateCreate immersive 360° experiences with Virtual Reality projects of Captivate 2019Integrate Captivate with other applications (such as PowerPoint and Photoshop) to establish a professional eLearning production workflowPublish your project in a wide variety of formats including HTML5 and FlashWho this book is for If you are a teacher, instructional designer, eLearning developer, or human resources manager who wants to implement eLearning, then this book is for you. A basic knowledge of your OS is all it takes to create the next generation of responsive eLearning content.







Scribus


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"'Scribus: the official manual' is the most comprehensive source of information regarding Scribus, the premier open source desktop publishing (DTP) software program." ; "... [also] contains important information about DTP concepts, fonts and typography, color management, the PDF file format, and many other important topics integral to commercial layout and printing."--Back cover.




How to Become a Technical Writer


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If you can write clear, concise instructions, then you can be a technical writer. Learn, step-by-step, how to turn your creative writing talent into a highly lucrative career, where you get paid big money consistently to use your writing skills.