Monthly Archives: August 2013

Keeping track of your Flare topics in Excel using pivot charts

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Mattias Sander — 2 Comments

If you are using file tags to keep track of your topics in Flare (e.g. 01 Created, … , 06 Published), and if you need a way to get a quick visual overview of all your files, keep reading. Keeping…

The benefits of working with small batches

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Mattias Sander — Leave a comment

I just read The Lean Startup by Eric Reis, and found that the Build – Measure – Learn cycle can easily be adopted in technical writing. The idea is to build (design, and write), then measure (SME reviews, editor comments),…

Generating MadCap Flare snippet files using Excel (VBA)

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Mattias Sander — 3 Comments

If you have a list of phrases (e.g. a list of STE terms) you would like to quickly add to Flare as snippet files to make good use of Flare’s clever “auto suggest based on snippet” feature, keep reading. The…