Hi All,

I hope this question belongs here ... sorry if it doesn't.

I've just started my first technical writing job. I'll be writing and editing technical manuals for military equipment. I'll be starting the nitty gritty training next week.

Here they use a software called XMetaL and an asset management tool called Alienbrain. Other than an HTML class five years ago and playing around with Dreamweaver, my knowledge is lacking.

I've been reading and watching video tutorials on Scriptorium. I'm feeling much more comfortable with XML and DITA in general than I did a few days ago but I'd like to dig in a bit more. Does anyone have any books or other resources that they can recommend that might help?

There are several technical writers here but none have their degree in tech comm. They are mostly engineers who have moved to technical writing.

Any help is very appreciated :)

Thanks,

Sarah