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Interested in DITA Workshop Training?

January 26th, 2009by jayapandey · 2 Comments

TranslationI’m interested in a DITA training workshop in the DC area. I talked with www.suite-sol.com and www.groupwellesley.com guys and they need at least 5-6 candidates to arrange for such training in DC. Please let me know if you are interested by replying in the comments.

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Changes for Checking Color Contrast

January 24th, 2009by Cyn · Comments Off

TranslationNew WebAIM Color Contrast Checker Jared Smith has provided a new tool based on many color checkers available that offers the ability to lighten and darken your color combinations slightly to find acceptable contrast levels. This new tool is at http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ Change to Color Contrast Analyzer Tool The JuicyStudio Colour Contrast Analyser now redirects to [...]

Inauguration Day, 20 January 2009

January 20th, 2009by Cyn · Comments Off

TranslationSee the The 56th Presidential Inaugural Schedule at http://www.pic2009.org/page/content/weekendschedule/ for today’s events and maps for how to get downtown. Be part of history and upload your photos to the Official Inaugural Book at http://photobucket.com/obamaphotobook (a selection of photos will be included in the Official Inaugural Book). Another site with great photos is at http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/inaugural_preparations.html. Be [...]

Browsershots: A Cross Platform Browser Test Tool

January 17th, 2009by Cyn · Comments Off

TranslationThis is a terrific open source tool for Web designers. Get and download screenshots of how your site looks in all the browsers you select for Linux, Windows, Mac OS, Gecko, and KHTML/WebKit. For full information, see the post on the STC AccessAbility SIG blog.

Competition Winners Announced

January 17th, 2009by Cyn · Comments Off

TranslationCongratulations to all the winners of the 2008-2009 technical communication competitions sponsored by the chapter. Winners lists are now on the main site. See the 2008-2009 Competitions Winners page for links to the Online Communication Competition, Technical Art Competition, and Technical Publications Competition winners. Copies of the winning entries will be on display at the [...]

Accessibility Enhancements to the Chapter’s Main Site

January 17th, 2009by Cyn · Comments Off

TranslationThe alternate style sheet selections have been moved to the top navigation bar in the “Print / Switch Styles” pull-down menu. Modifications were made to the existing alternate style sheets for High Contrast, Audio, and Print to suit the new site design. New alternate style sheets have been added. There are now three style sheets [...]

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Assistant Editor January 24, 2012

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