Technical-Writing-Tools

This post lists down some of the Technical Writing and E-Learning tools.The following tools and software's are used by Technical writers/Authors:

• RoboHelp
• Arbortext Editor
• Articulate
• Adobe Captivate
• Adobe FrameMaker
• DITA
• DTD
• AuthorIT
• Moodles

Technical Writing Tools

The above listed tools and software's are defined here:

1. RoboHelp: It is a Help Authoring Tool, released in the year 1998.
2. Arbotext Editor: It is the first SGML based editing tool, released in the year 1991.
3. Articulate: It is an e-learning software and authoring tool.
4. Adobe Captivate: An e-learning tool used for screencasts, podcasts etc. It can import PowerPoint Slides.
5. Adobe FrameMaker: It is a document processor(arrangement of document components) used by many professional Technical Writers.
6. DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture): It is designed as an end-to-end architecture. DITA is an XML data model for authoring.
7. DTD (Document Type Definition): It defines a document type for SGML markup languages. This family of SGL markup languages include XML, HTML etc.
8. AuthorIT: It is a help authoring tool. It was released in 1996 as help authoring tool and content management system(CMS).
9. Moodles (Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment): It is an e-learning platform released in 2002. It is also known as "Learning Management System" or "Virtual Learning Environment"