Fonts are a styling detail where the associated requirements can take many technical writers by surprise. Most of us are not graphic designers and as such, most of us are happy with the default options. They … Read More
Starting in 2026, the Finnish technical communication society (STVY) uses our DoX CMS system as part of their internal documentation. STVY also addressed this in a blog post. The reason that they chose us is how … Read More
The new version 8.7 of DoX CMS added to the functionality of the filters used to control views considerably. The now allow you to set up standard views or workspaces which remain in use until you … Read More
I remember when a Russian lecturer for a university course on international communication joked that ‘Everything in Finland works but nothing can be done about anything, whereas in Russia, nothing works but you can make anything … Read More
I discussed how to research how your predecessors used DoX CMS if they left no internal documentation behind in an earlier piece. As I stated there, internal documentation on the conventions at play is essential. This … Read More
The collaboration between DoX Systems and those who teach technical communication in Finland continues. I have written about our collaboration with the University of Vaasa before. This Fall, such collaboration extended to the Master’s programme in … Read More
It is too often that I come across situations where the only technical writer in a company has changed and the new user was provided with zero internal documentation on how to use their copy of … Read More
Structured authoring alongside the systems that support it constitute a process with multiple steps. Despite how the details of this process can differ based on the needs of each enterprise, systems have their built-in default workflows. … Read More
This series that I have decided to dub ‘Academusings’ provides a more theoretical take on subjects related to technical writing and structured authoring than my usual advice. I figured that it would be interesting to apply … Read More
The effects of structured authoring covers systems other than actual content editing where it at least supports them better than direct text editing does. For example, revisioning, which involves dividing content to separately controlled revisions, is … Read More