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- John Daigle
Adobe Certified Captivate/RoboHelp Instructor

Lots of Resource Links!

About the site
Brief bio about John
This site includes demos, screencasts and other eLearning tutorials covering Adobe Captivate 5, RoboHelp 9 and Adobe Connect Pro.

 

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Join us at WritersUA in Memphis, Sunday, March 11

I'll be speaking at a special workshop at WritersUA and hope you can come say hello. There will be lots of useful info and free food, too! Meet with the Adobe Product Management team and share your experiences and feedback. Influence the future product roadmap. Catch industry stalwarts like Kevin Siegel, Alan Houser, Bernard Aschwanden, Beth Gerber, Joe Welinske, John Daigle, Matt Sullivan, Pam Harrison, Peter Grainge and, Rick Stone as they speak on trends in Help and Policy Authoring & Publishing.
Date: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Time: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm CST (with breakfast and lunch)
Venue: The Peabody Memphis, 149 Union Avenue, TN, USA

More info and Free Registration

eSeminar: Best Practices for Working with Objects
in Adobe Captivate 5.5 - March 15

Description: Join John Daigle, Pooja Jaisingh and Vish to learn about the best practices of working with standard and interactive objects in Adobe Captivate 5.5. These objects include text captions, images, rollover images/captions/slidelets, animations, click boxes, buttons, and highlight boxes. They will also be sharing some quick tips on troubleshooting common issues you can face when working with objects in Adobe Captivate 5.5.

Free Registration Link: http://adobe.ly/zEFBGA

Now you can get college credit for taking Adobe RoboHelp at Metro State College in Denver.

The Adobe RoboHelp class (COM 366R) will run these two consecutive weekends.
April 13, 14 and April 20, 21

Earn 2 credit hours toward a degree.

Watch the video of my former students and their comments on the classes.

For more information on enrollment, check out this site.

We had a great Adobe Captivate Class and the RoboHelp promises to be just as productive!

Announcing a free Flare to RoboHelp Project Converter

 For  MadCap Flare™ authors who are upgrading to Adobe® RoboHelp®

At WritersUA and STC Summits, folks have asked me if it was possible to convert a MadCap Flare™ project to an Adobe® RoboHelp® 7, 8 or 9 project. Now with this converter you can in most cases. It's an easy way to return to the familiar favorite, RoboHelp, or if you just want to migrate to an easy-to-use tool that is powerful, author-friendly and is part of the new Adobe Technical Communication Suite.

Learn more and download here.
 

Save 40% off RoboHelp 9 by switching your help authoring tool*
Get 40% off Adobe RoboHelp 9 when switching from MadCap Flare, Author-it, or Doc-To-Help.
Offer ends February 16, 2012. See details on Adobe's website.

Benefit from the 20th anniversary celebration of Adobe RoboHelp. Get 40% off RoboHelp software when you switch from MadCap Flare, Author-it, or Doc-To-Help. Offer ends February 16, 2012

RoboHelp Server 9 Feedback Analytics for Improving Content
Read about major improvements in latest release of Adobe RoboHelp Server 9 Reviewer's Guide.

Help Authors have long wanted to know: "Am I being helpful?" Adobe RoboHelp Server 9 helps answer that question.

Adobe RoboHelp Server is a powerful option used with the RoboHelp authoring tool. Join Adobe Partners and Experts for this interactive eSeminar to receive practical tips on how to configure and publish RoboHelp projects to the RoboHelp Server and to generate user feedback reports.

For more information contact John Daigle for an eSeminar. John is an Adobe Certified RoboHelp and Adobe Captivate instructor (Adobe Community Professional) and has consulted on Adobe RoboHelp Server since its inception.

John Daigle offers onsite and "virtual" instructor-led classes in Adobe RoboHelp and Adobe Captivate

Students rave about our training classes! 
Here are verbatim comments from recent classes.

Adobe Certified Training in:

  • Adobe RoboHelp 
  • Adobe Captivate 
  • Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional

For technical writers and instructional designers email John Daigle for special training class dates or arrange for your own onsite custom training.


Now offering virtual classes through

Adobe RoboHelp News
With thousands of authors around the world using RoboHelp in different environments, Adobe constantly gathers feedback in order to improve the way it works. Here are some items that will help you make sure your version of RoboHelp is working smoothly with the latest improvements.

RoboHelp tips and techniques are often contributed by my instructor/author colleagues. Here is a list of those resources:

 

Adobe Training Classes Scheduled:

  • Contact John Daigle for Certified Instruction in Adobe Captivate, Acrobat Connect Pro and RoboHelp.

  • Adobe Technical Communications Suite 3 FAQ - The synergy of RoboHelp, Framemaker, Captivate, Acrobat and Photoshop into a full tool suite for technical writers and eLearning designers. Read more

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