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 Latest News (Secret Life of Word)

New Reviews for The Secret Life of Word

“I’ve never come across another book like it, and my experience using Word since reading this book has been a fun learning experience. Excellent!” – Sandra, on goodreads.com

“The Secret Life of Word tackles some of the higher end topics in Microsoft Word like creating macros, find and replace; fields, form fields, and content controls; […]

 Latest News (XML Press)

German Language Edition of The Boost C++ Libraries

We have just published a German language edition of The Boost C++ Libraries.

Die Boost C++ Bibliotheken is available on Amazon.de and also on other Amazon sites, including Amazon.com. This edition also includes additional information about the libraries and other updates from the English edition.

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 Latest News (Commentary,XML Press)

Stop SOPA/PIPA

XML Press is joining the one-day Stop SOPA blackout. We will black out our site on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, in support of the effort to block the SOPA (H.R.3261 – Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (S.968 – PROTECT IP Act of 2011) bills, both of which are currently under consideration in the […]

 Latest News (Chocolate)

Two chances to win a copy of Confluence, Tech Comm, Chocolate

Who is the girl on the cover?

She is the hero of the book. She is a technical communicator extraordinaire. Let’s dub her X for now. When you read the book, you will follow X as she sets up a Confluence wiki and adds a technical documentation space. Learn from her expertise with […]

 Latest News (XML Press)

XML Press Authors Among Most Influential Tech Comm Leaders

Congratulations to XML Press authors Anne Gentle (@annegentle) and Char James-Tanny (@CharJTF) for being recognized by MindTouch as being among the Top Ten Tech Comm Influencers in 2011.

It’s also great to see XML Press (@xmlpress), Sarah Maddox (@sarahmaddox), Alan Porter (@alanjporter), and Richard Hamilton (@richardhamilton) on MindTouch’s list of 401 Tech Comm Influencers. […]

 Latest News (XML Press)

Coming Soon: Confluence, Tech Comm, Chocolate

In February, 2012, we will be publishing Confluence, Tech Comm, Chocolate by Sarah Maddox. If you want to know how to use a wiki for technical documentation (and you like chocolate), this is the book for you.

Sarah Maddox is well-known in the technical communication community for her widely read blog (ffeathers) and for […]

 Latest News (Managing Writers)

Doc Plan Template in Microsoft Word Format

A reader requested a Microsoft Word version of the documentation plan template from Managing Writers, so I created one and posted it on the Documentation Template page, which also has DocBook and PDF versions of the template.

The template, which is one of the most popular links on our site, is freely available. […]

 Latest News (Newsletter)

XML Press Newsletter — Fall, 2011

The latest edition of the XML Press Newsletter is now available in HTML and PDF formats. This edition talks about XML Press at the LavaCon conference, which is being held November 13-16, 2011 in Austin, TX, and a new article on The Content Wrangler from XML Press author, Richard Hamilton.

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 Latest News (Secret Life of Word)

Optimizing VBA Code: Part Two: Loops

This is part two of “Optimizing VBA Code.” You do not need to read Part One: Variables to use the information in this article, but I hope you do. The material in both articles is derived from my book, The Secret Life of Word. This article is also available in PDF form.

This article looks […]

 Latest News (Secret Life of Word)

Optimizing VBA Code: Part One: Variables

This is the first in a series of articles about optimizing VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) code. The information here is drawn from my book, The Secret Life of Word: A Professional Writer’s Guide to Microsoft Word Automation. This article is also available in PDF form

VBA is known to be a slow language. Often […]