UA Europe is a UK-based company that specialises in software user assistance and eLearning. The company presented the annual UA Europe Conference in association with Joe Welinske from 2006 until 2017.
UA Europe works with many major Help Authoring Tools and technologies, including MadCap Flare, EC Software's Help+Manual, and Adobe RoboHelp.
Training and consulting
UA Europe offers a range of training and consulting services, including:
- Customised training on many state-of-the-art Help authoring tools and techniques
- Analysis and audit of existing Help and eLearning materials
- Design and architecture of new User Assistance and eLearning solutions
- Creation of templates, style sheets, master pages, and skins
- Development of User Assistance and eLearning content
- Advice and guidance on the selection of User Assistance tools and technology
Latest news
Matthew Ellison's presentations at MadWorld 2022
The 2022 MadWorld conference took place on 12-15 June, 2022 in Austin, TX.
Matthew presented the following sessions:
- Advanced Techniques for Great Landing Pages
- Tips for Creating a Documentation Portal
- Advanced Customization of the TopNav and SideNav Skins Using CSS
For copies of Matthew's presentation slides in PDF format, see the Conference presentation slides page on this website.
For further information about the annual Madworld conference, visit Madcap's MadWorld Conference website.
Matthew Ellison presented on Re-usable Micro Content at UX Writer Conference '22
The presentation covered:
- What Micro Content is, how the term was coined, and the different ways Micro Content can be used
- How to write re-usable Micro Content that works in a range of different contexts
- How Micro Content can be used to enhance Search
- Tips for sharing Micro Content between tech writers, UX writers, and developers
For further information about the conference, visit the UX Writer Conference website.
Matthew Ellison co-presented at tcworld Conference 2021
The presentation covered:
- Managing large migration projects
- Using single-sourcing to support multiple versions and platforms
- Personalizing content for better user experience
- Using consistent design language
MadCap publishes story of docs design implemented by Matthew Ellison
MadCap Software has recently published a customer success story based on Illumio's migration to a new documentation website, for which the design was implemented by Matthew Ellison (working as a consultant for MadCap Software).
Within the article, Illumio documentation manager Katherine Morgan says of Matthew:
"He was amazing and very collaborative"
Illumio used MadCap Flare to create a modern, responsive documentation website with two HTML5-based product guide portals and a range of downloadable PDFs.
Read the full customer success story.
White Paper on
Six Best Practices to Improve Your Documentation
Matthew Ellison has written a White Paper that answers questions including:
- How should I structure various information types?
- Why is optimising search within my documentation so important?
- How can I answer users' questions as quickly and effectively as possible?
Company Director Matthew Ellison
Based in the UK, Matthew Ellison has over 30 years of experience as a user assistance and eLearning professional in the software industry. Some of this time was spent managing a team of writers and trainers at a UK-based consulting company, before enjoying a period in the US as Director of the WinWriters (now WritersUA) Conference.
Matthew has a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering and a Post-Graduate Certificate of Education from Bristol University in the UK. He is a MadCap Flare Certified Instructor and an expert in many other user assistance tools and technologies. He has also been a part-time lecturer at Portsmouth University for the MA Technical Communication course. Matthew is a winner of the prestigious Horace Hockley award that is presented annually by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC).
Matthew has been a popular speaker at conferences and training events throughout the world since 1997, and has covered a diverse range of topics from context-sensitive Help to the Spice Girls! He also regularly publishes articles and reviews on user assistance tools and technology.
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