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Presentations

2007

Implementing Accessible Web Design, presented at the 15th Annual WritersUA Conference, March 2007, with Brian Walker. (Copyright © 2007 Brian Walker and Char James-Tanny.)

Innovations in Help Authoring Tools, presented at the 15th Annual WritersUA Conference, March 2007. (Copyright © 2007 JTF Associates, Inc.)

The Future of Communication, presented at the Boston STC Chapter Meeting, February 2007. (Copyright © 2007 JTF Associates, Inc.)

2006

Managing Multi-cultural, Multi-site Teams Using Web Technology, presented at the STC Region 2 Conference, September, 2006, with M. Katherine Brown. (Copyright © 2006 M. Katherine Brown, Brenda Huettner, and Char James-Tanny.)

Choosing a Help Authoring Tool, presented at the European Online Help Conference, September, 2006 (Copyright © 2006 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Trends in Microsoft Online Help, presented at the European Online Help Conference, September, 2006 (Copyright © 2006 JTF Associates, Inc.)

User Assistance Trends Panel, presented at the European Online Help Conference, September, 2006 (Copyright © 2006 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Creating Customized Outputs with AuthorIT, presented at the STC Annual Conference, May, 2006 (Copyright © 2006 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Introducing Windows Vista Help, presented at the STC San Diego Chapter, April, 2006 (Copyright © 2006 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Creating HTML Layouts without Tables, presented at the WritersUA Online Help Conference, April, 2006 (Copyright © 2006 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Migrating from HTML to XHTML and XML, presented at the WritersUA Online Help Conference, April, 2006 (Copyright © 2006 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Choosing a Help Authoring Tool, presented at the Joint Meeting of the Pittsburgh and NEO STC chapters, April, 2006 (Copyright © 2006 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Trends in Help Authoring Tools, presented at the Joint Meeting of the Pittsburgh and NEO STC chapters, April, 2006 (Copyright © 2006 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Introducing Windows Vista Help, presented at the Joint Meeting of the Pittsburgh and NEO STC chapters, April, 2006 (Copyright © 2005 JTF Associates, Inc.)

2005

Introducing Windows Vista Help (keynote), presented at the 3rd European Information Development Conference, November, 2005 (Copyright © 2005 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Introducing Windows Vista Help, presented at the STC Houston chapter meeting, October, 2005 (Copyright © 2005 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Introducing Windows Vista Help, presented at the WritersUA (formerly WinWriters) East Coast Conference, September, 2005 (Copyright © 2005 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Migrating from HTML to XHTML and XML, presented at the WritersUA (formerly WinWriters) East Coast Conference, September, 2005 (Copyright © 2005 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Introducing Windows "Longhorn" Help, presented at the STC Connecticut Professional Day, May, 2005 (Copyright © 2005 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Single Sourcing with AuthorIT, presented at the STC Annual Conference, May, 2005 (Copyright © 2005 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Introducing Windows "Longhorn" Help, presented at the STC Annual Conference, May, 2005 (Copyright © 2005 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Trends in Help Authoring Tools, presented at the STC Connecticut Professional Day, May, 2005 (Copyright © 2005 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Trends in Help Authoring Tools, presented at the STC Nashua chapter meeting, April, 2005 (Copyright © 2005 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Design Web site Layouts without Tables, presented at the STC Boston - Accessibility SIG meeting, March, 2005 (Copyright © 2005 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Windows "Longhorn" Help - Topic Types and Behaviors, presented at the WritersUA (formerly WinWriters), March, 2005 (Copyright © 2005 JTF Associates, Inc.)

2004

Introducing Windows "Longhorn" Help, presented at the WritersUA (formerly WinWriters) Web Help Conference, August, 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Introducing AuthorIT, presented at the STC Suncoast Chapter (Tampa) Chapter Meeting (part of the Single Sourcing Summer Series), July, 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Introducing Windows "Longhorn" Help, presented at the STC Annual Conference, May, 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

AuthorIT Tips and Tricks, presented at the STC Annual Conference with Rhonda Bracey, May 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Choosing a Help Authoring Tool, presented at the STC Annual Conference, May 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Introducing Windows "Longhorn" Help, presented at the Australasian Online Documentation and Content Conference, April, 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Saving Time and Money with Web Standards, presented at the Australasian Online Documentation and Content Conference, April, 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Introducing AuthorIT, presented at the STC-San Diego Chapter Meeting (one of three speakers), March, 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Managing Content with AuthorIT, presented at WritersUA (formerly WinWriters) Online Help Conference, March, 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Choosing a Help Authoring Tool, presented at WritersUA (formerly WinWriters) Online Help Conference, March, 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Know Your Audience (keynote), presented at the STC-Israel Technical Communications Convention, February, 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Choosing a Help Authoring Tool, presented at the STC- Israel Technical Communications Convention, February, 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Introducing Windows "Longhorn" Help, presented at the STC-Israel Technical Communications Convention, February, 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Single Sourcing, presented at the STC-Boston Chapter Meeting (one of three speakers), January, 2004 (Copyright © 2004 JTF Associates, Inc.)

2003

Single Sourcing with AuthorIT, presented at the STC Annual Conference, May 2003 (Copyright © 2003 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Choosing a Help Authoring Tool, presented at the STC Annual Conference, May 2003 (Copyright © 2003 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Creating Cross-browser Cascading Style Sheets, presented at the WinWriters Online Help Conference, February 2003 (Copyright © 2003 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Introduction to HTML Help, presented at the WinWriters Online Help Conference, February 2003 (Copyright © 2003 JTF Associates, Inc.)

2002

Cross-browser Strategies and Techniques, presented at the WinWriters Web Help JumpStart Conference, August 2002 (Copyright © 2002 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Which Help Authoring Tool Do You Choose?, presented at TRIDOC, April 2002 (Copyright © 2002 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Creating Cross-Browser Cascading Style Sheets, presented at the Tenth Annual WinWriters Conference, February 2002 (Copyright © 2002 JTF Associates, Inc.)

RoboHelp HTML Tips and Tricks, presented at the Tenth Annual WinWriters Conference, February 2002 (Copyright © 2002 JTF Associates, Inc.)

2001

Which Help Authoring Tool Do You Choose?, presented at the New Zealand Documentation Developers Conference, September 2001 (Copyright © 2001 JTF Associates, Inc.)

RoboHelp HTML Tips and Tricks, presented at TECH*COMM 2001, July 2001 (Copyright © 2001 Creative Computing Company)

Which Help Format Do You Choose?, presented at TECH*COMM 2001, July 2001 (Copyright © 2001 Creative Computing Company)

Cross-Browser Dynamic HTML, presented at the Online Help Conference - Europe 2001, June 2001 (Copyright © 2000-2001 JTF Associates, Inc.)

HTML Help Makeover Panel, presented at the Online Help Conference - Europe 2001, June 2001 (Copyright © 2000- 2001 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Which Help Authoring Tool Do You Choose?, presented at the STC Professional Development Day, March 2001 (Copyright © 2001 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Getting Up to Speed with RoboHelp HTML 9.1, presented at the STC Professional Development Day, March 2001 (Copyright © 2001 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Getting Started with RoboHelp HTML, presented at the Ninth Annual WinWriters Conference, March 2001 (Copyright © 2001 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Cross-Browser Dynamic HTML, at the Ninth Annual WinWriters Conference, March 2001 (Copyright © 2001 JTF Associates, Inc.)

HTML Help Makeover Panel, presented at the Ninth Annual WinWriters Conference, March 2001 (Copyright © 2001 JTF Associates, Inc.)

2000

Creating WebHelp with RoboHELP HTML Version 9, presented at the Interchange Conference, October 2000 (Copyright © 2000 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Dynamic Linking in WinHelp, presented at the Interchange Conference, October 2000 (Copyright © 2000 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Cross-Browser Dynamic HTML, presented at the Help Technology Conference, August 2000 (Copyright © 2000 JTF Associates, Inc.)

Single-Sourcing with RoboHELP Office 2000, presented at TECH*COMM 2000, July 2000 (Copyright © 2000 Creative Computing Company)

Introduction to JavaScript, presented at TECH*COMM 2000, July 2000 (Copyright © 2000 Creative Computing Company)

Which Help Format Is Right for You?, presented at TECH*COMM 2000, July 2000 (Copyright © 2000 Creative Computing Company)

Developing Cross-Browser Help with RoboHELP 2000 for HTML Help, presented at the WinWriters Conference, March 2000 (Copyright © 1999 Creative Computing Company)

Web Building Blocks: An Introduction to JavaScript, ActiveX Controls, Java Applets and Servlets, and Dynamic HTML, presented at the WinWriters Conference, March 2000 (Copyright © 2000 Creative Computing Company)

1999

Context-Sensitive HTML Help…Without Tears, co- presented with Sharona Nelson at Help University, November 1999 (Copyright © 1999 Char James-Tanny and Sharona Nelson)

Using RoboHELP Classic to Create Your Table of Contents and Index, presented at the Help Technology Conference, August 1999 (Copyright © 1999 Creative Computing Company)

Using the RoboHELP Office Tools, presented at TECH*COMM 1999, July 1999 (Copyright © 1999 Creative Computing Company)

Saving Time with Word Macros, presented at TECH*COMM 1999, July 1999 (Copyright © 1999 Creative Computing Company)

Using RoboHTML 7.0 with Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop 1.2, co-presented with Sharona Nelson at the IO Conference, April 1999 (Copyright © 1999 Char James- Tanny and Sharona Nelson)

Using RoboHELP Classic to Create Your Table of Contents and Index, presented at the WinWriters Conference, February 1999 (Copyright © 1999 Creative Computing Company)

Organizing Information for Your Users: Build Tags and Information Types, presented at the WinWriters Conference, February 1999 (Copyright © 1999 Creative Computing Company)

Preparing .doc Files for Conversion to HTML.Using Styles and Cascading Style Sheets, presented at the WinWriters Conference, February 1999 (Copyright © 1999 Creative Computing Company)

Dynamic Linking in WinHelp and HTML Help, presented at the WinWriters Conference, February 1999 (Copyright © 1999 Creative Computing Company)

1998

Using Dynamic Linking in WinHelp and HTML Help, presented at the Help Technology Update Conference, August, 1998 (Copyright © 1998 Creative Computing Company)

Context-Sensitive Aliases and Build Tags, presented at the Help Technology Update Conference, August, 1998 (Copyright © 1998 Creative Computing Company)

Using Aliases and Build Tags, presented at the WinWriters Conference, February, 1998 (Copyright © 1998 Creative Computing Company)

1997

Converting WinHelp to HTML, co-presented with Neil Perlin at the WinWriters Conference, February, 1997 (Copyright © 1997 Char James-Tanny and Neil Perlin)

HTML Tools, presented at the WinWriters Conference, February, 1997 (Copyright © 1997 Creative Computing Company)

1996

Designing Online Documentation, presented at the STC Region 6 Conference, October, 1996 (Copyright © 1996 Creative Computing Company)

HTML Tools, presented at the STC Region 6 Conference, October, 1996 (Copyright © 1996 Creative Computing Company)

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