Consulting in technical communication.

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Expertise

I can offer you insights from 20+ years of experience with writing manuals, procedures, and migrating content across the most common techcomm tools. Read below how I can help you with your documentation needs.

Content migrations From FrameMaker to DITA? Word to XML? DITA to DocBook? If you want to move your existing content to a new tool, I can help with automatic content recognition, XSLT scripts, and complex migrations.

Structured content from old documents Do you want to move your content to a modern CCMS, but your docbase is messy Word documents and old PDF? Machine learning can transform your content into a structured format quickly and cheaply. Let me show you how I can help.

Output customization Your current PDF and HTML outputs need a makeover? Or are you looking into publishing to a new format like JSON or ePub? I have extensive experience with print formatters like AntennaHouse, Apache FOP, the DITA Open Toolkit, as well as CSS styling.

Information architecture I can assist with most aspects of technical communication, like authoring manuals, planning a styleguide, or enforcing Simplified Technical English (STE).

Compliance How do the Risk Inventory and Evaluations (RI&Es) fit into your documentation workflows? Do your manuals comply with safety regulations? Are you up-to-date about the EU Machinery Regulation? I can make sure that your documentation complies with European norms and sectoral standards.