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Entries Tagged as 'Tips'
7 Tips for Business Trips to Shanghai
January 21st, 2010 · View Comments · China, Tips
Tags:Add new tag·Best Buy·Bund·Business·China·Hong Kong·Pudong·Shanghai·Tips·Trips
How To Write Blog Posts Faster & Save Your Fingers From Exhaustion
January 18th, 2010 · View Comments · How To, Productivity, Tips
What to know how to type faster and get those blog post online quicker? I use the AutoCorrect feature in Word to speed things up. Most writers use it to correct typos and clean up your document AFTER it’s written. That’s fine but it’s more productive it you can correct the document AS YOU WRITE [...]
Tags:Microsoft Word·Productivity·Spelling·Text replacement·Time-·Time-saver·Tips·writing
How do you Manage Extremely Negative Comments on your Blog?
January 17th, 2010 · View Comments · How To, Tips
I need your advice. Someone has left a fairly negative comment on my blog. What should I do? Approve or Delete? The reason I ask is this. I want people to give their opinion and, even if it offends me in some ways—let’s say they made some sarcastic remarks or found a typo—I’d still approve [...]
Tags:blogging·Feedback·guidelines
How to change 100 Screenshots to the Same Size with a Single Click
November 17th, 2009 · View Comments · How To, Tips
All the screenshots in your Word document are different sizes. What’s the quickest way to get them all the same size? Is there a shortcut? Yes!
How Outsourcing Can Boost Your Tech Writing Career
November 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · Career, Tips
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Most technical writers see outsourcing as a real threat. But, if you look at it from another angle, it’s one huge business opportunity.
Tags:Career·India·Outsourcing
How Apple’s Setup Guide Shows that it Thinks Different
November 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To, Tips
Seth Godin believes that everything reflects what you stand for—right down to your technical documents. Ever looked at Apple’s tech docs?
Tags:Apple·google·Installation Guide·seth godin·Setup Guide·template
Reviews of 9 Mind Mapping apps
October 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · Reviews, Technical Writing, Tips
David Appleyard reviews 9 different specialist mind mapping applications. Some are expensive, commercial solutions – others are relatively budget-friendly.
Tags:books·ConceptDraw·Curio·FreeMind·iMindMap·Mind Manager·Mind map·MindMap·MindNode·MindView·MyThoughts·Publications·Shopping·Tony Buzan·XMIND·XMind Pro
Make Sure your Blog Posts are Pinged Automatically
October 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To, Tips
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One of the hidden features in Windows Live Writer is the ability to automatically ping (send a signal) to popular blog aggregators every time you publish something to your blog. This feature actively pings the servers of the blog aggregators you specify and to indicate when there is new material.
Tags:Aggregator·google·Ping·search·SEO·Tag·tools·Web Design and Development·Web search engine·Windows Live Writer
Process Design Tutorial #2 | How to use Business Process Modeling Techniques in Software Development
June 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · How To, Tips
We’re now going to talk about the role of Business Process Modeling in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Business process modeling allows those involved in defining how an application works (i.e. the to-be processes) to create a common agreement on how the application should work.
Tags:Analyst·BA·Business·Data Model·diagrams·flowchart·Matrix·notation·process·requirements·Specification·swimlane·Templates·Traceability·uml·Use Case·Visio.
Key Features of DITA architecture – IBM DeveloperWorks
May 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Tips
If you want an introduction to DITA, not Dita Von Tesse sadly, then IBM developerWorks is the place to go. The summary describes DITA as “The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an XML-based, end-to-end architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information. This architecture consists of a set of design principles for creating "information-typed" [...]
Tags:content management·Dita·XML
Bob Bly's articles on Technical writing
April 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Tips
With a 30-year track record as a top freelance copywriter specializing in direct response marketing, Bob Bly — dubbed “America’s top copywriter” by McGraw-Hill – offers some tips on how to improve your tech writing skills.
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Fontographer Review
April 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · Tips
Macromedia’s Fontographer, the industry-standard for font design on the Macintosh and Windows, offers all the features necessary for font design and more.
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Master-level Programs in Technical Writing, Communication Design and Information Design
April 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · Tips
List of Master-level Programs in Technical Writing, Communication Design and Information Design.
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Adobe Acrobat Review
April 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · Tips
Adobe Acrobat is by now the industry standard for publishing electronic documents. It does this by creating PDF files from any Microsoft package or by scanning in printed material from a hard copy.
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