Meta-Systems Documentation, Inc. supports the 40 & 8 (The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses) Nurses Training Program. Since 2018, the 40 & 8 Society has expended over $33,069 and assisted 54,530 nurses in obtaining their nursing degreed. Please visit the website of http://www.fortyandeig… Read More »Posted on by msdincorp
On Wednesday May 28, 2014 Reid Wiseman, an astronaut from Maryland, launched into outer space. Wiseman will be on board the International Space Station for six months. He is scheduled to do two or more spacewalks, and to perform numerous experiments, including making parts using the first 3D printer… Read More »Posted on by msdincorp
This past couple of weeks I was researching collaboration software for MSD. I had determined Slack to be one of the best alternatives, and was trying to locate a contact email address or phone number for training, but the site didn’t have one. They didn’t have any contact information whatsoever… Read More »Posted on by msdincorp
Nearly everyone has been in a situation where they they thought they knew exactly what the customer wanted and delivered the “perfect” product only to find that they you were just a little off of the target. If only a few more questions had been asked to gain just a bit more insight into the cus… Read More »Posted on by msdincorp
The key to hiring the right people for a documentation project is to thoroughly understand the task at hand before asking your HR department to hire. Since documentation projects can require various types of backgrounds, differing levels of experience, and knowledge of different authoring tools, it … Read More »Posted on by msdincorp
This newsletter focuses on the importance of maintaining the documentation milestones and schedules for developers of hardware and software systems or products. Lets first briefly discuss a few basic principles for establishing documentation milestones with respect to the system’s development.
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Every project leader knows that most projects are wrought with unexpected twists and turns. Unexpected “fires” that often catch the most experienced manager unprepared and can keep the most ambitious manager from accomplishing his daily planned tasks. Since many of our reader’s projects h… Read More »Posted on by msdincorp
Instead of sending your technical documentation staff to school, why not bring the instructor to them? Working with a documentation consultant that is willing to share his experience and expertise with your project team will considerably upgrade the talent and productivity of your documentation team… Read More »Posted on by msdincorp
If you’ve read the previous newsletters, you now know the following: We thoroughly understand the task at hand. We’ve hired the right people. We’ve identified a Documentation Consultant to help us over the rough spots. And we’ve established our budgeting and schedule. NOW LET’S WRI… Read More »Posted on by msdincorp
MadCap Flare Trial and Tutorial Review
The Flare Tutorial is an 88-page PDF file with step-by-step instructions on using MadCap Flare. Creating a project called “San Diego”, using a pre-existing template, is fairly easy. That is covered in the first 19 pages. Once you have created a project, … Read More »
