Neil Perlin started a blog at the beginning of May 2007. (A belated welcome to the blogosphere, Neil!) In his latest entry, he talks about his reaction to RoboHelp 6 and gives his assessment of RoboHelp 7, based on the various sneak peeks that Adobe has made available.

Neil talks about kadov tags (they're going away!), Multiple Document Interface, snippets and variables, Unicode and double-byte support, support for Vista and Office 2007, support for multiple TOCs, and customizing the interface.

RoboHelp is always going to be a polarizing issue in the HAT world, no matter who owns it. Even though some of the other HATs have been around as long as RoboHelp (and one's been around even longer), only RoboHelp seems to be one with the target on its back. Neil's objective blog entry lets everyone know about the upcoming improvements.

Three times a year, STC distributes a knowledge-based survey to members to gather information about opinions on a variety of subjects.

This month, the survey asks about:

• Auto-assigning chapters based on your ZIP/postal code (basically, it means that if you move around the corner or to a different country, the membership database will assign you to a new chapter if one is closer to your new address)
• Capability of updating your own member record
• Searching the membership directory
• Joining communities throughout the year
• The STC Forums
• Strategic objectives

The Board uses the information gathered from the surveys as a basis for discussions and to make future plans. Check your email for the link, and then get heard and take part in the survey today!

The sixth annual WritersUA Skills and Technologies Survey is now available. Please participate!