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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 [...]

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What are Your Favorite 10 Technical Writing Tools?

November 4th, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing

I’ve used the same technical writing tools for the last 5 years. A few products have come across my desk but nothing that really blown me away.
Here’s a run-down of what I use to write my technical documents. No order of preference. Which should I keep? Which should I replace?

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Robohelp or Doc-to-Help – which one do you recommend?

November 2nd, 2009 · View Comments · Reviews

I have a choice. Robohelp or Doc-to-Help? My client has given me permission to use whatever tool I want to do the next batch of tech docs — and they’ll buy the software. No cost to me. Which one should I choose?

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Convert Word Documents into MP3s Automatically & Claim your iPod as a Tax Write-off

October 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

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Remember the first time you heard your voice on the answering machine? Bet you wanted to change your voice straightaway. No?
In the same vein, I found this app that lets you convert your Word documents into MP3s – so now I can ‘hear’ what I’ve written. This is how others hear my technical [...]

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Create Greek Dummy Text in Word

October 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

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Lorem Ipsum is dummy text that has its origins in the printing and typesetting industry.
It has been the printing industry’s standard dummy text since the 1500s, when a printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
It came back into popularity in the 1960s with Letraset sheets [...]

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Why Users Want Familiar Web Design and User Interfaces

October 13th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

Jakob Nielsen warns us that users hate change. He recommends that “it’s best to stay with a familiar design and evolve it gradually. In the long run, however, incrementalism eventually destroys cohesiveness, calling for a new UI architecture. ”
You often hear design team members (or their management) say, “We need a fresh design.” This usually [...]

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Turn Google Docs into a Distraction Free Writing Tool

October 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · Google, How To, Technical Writing

Looking for a simple writing tool that automatically hides your desktop so you can concentrate on your writing? Anil Atluri on Digital Inspiration has this great tutorial on how to make Google Docs your perfect free writing tool.

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How to convert Microsoft Word documents into Adobe FrameMaker

October 1st, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

This article explains how to convert large files between Microsoft Word and Adobe FrameMaker.In this tutorial, the source file is the file being converted (Word) and target file is the file that it will be converted into (in this case, a FrameMaker file).

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How to Fix MS Word Documents Automatically

April 12th, 2006 · Comments Off · Tips

To automatically detect and correct typos, misspelled words, and incorrect capitalization, use the AutoCorrect feature in Word.

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