“Don’t worry” she said. “No one reads this stuff anyway. Just get it done.” Sounds familiar?
Entries Tagged as 'Technical Documents'
Are technical documents a waste of time?
November 20th, 2009 · View Comments · Career, Technical Writing
Tags:Bank·Business·Employment·Information technology·management·Project management·Project manager·Resumes·Technical Documents
Doc2Help – How To Save Time With Dynamic Content Creation
November 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
How can I create technical documents or web content that gets updated on the fly?
Tags:Adobe FrameMaker·Adobe RoboHelp·Doc-to-Help·Technical Documents·web publishing·XML
Detox your Technical Documents; put your Words on a Diet
October 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
Goethe once wrote to a friend, “If I had more time, I’d have sent you a shorter letter.” Here’s why.
Tags:Cliches. Jargon·Grammar·guidelines·Style Guide·Technical Documents·Technical Editing
Screenshot Tip #10 – how to capture a Region, Desktop, Entire Webpage and keep the Hyperlinks
October 19th, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing
Here is the simplest way to take a screenshot of a region, desktop, an entire webpage and also how to include the hyperlinks if you want to save the webpage as a SWF or PDF. We’re going to use SnagIt as our preferred tool for taking screenshots.
Tags:diagrams·graphics·illustrations·image editor·print screen·Screen Capture·screen capture software·screen captures·Screen Dump·screencapture·Screenshot·Snagit·Technical Documents·Techsmith
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.
Tags:google docs·Microsoft Word·Technical Documents·Templates·writing
Screenshot Tips #1 – Difference between Screen Shots and Screen Dumps
October 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
This is the first part in a series of lessons on how to create professional-looking screenshots. We’ll start with the basics and walk you through more advanced techniques, such as blending, merging and adding special effects to your screenshots.
Tags:diagrams·illustrations·image editor·print screen·Screen Capture·screen capture software·screen captures·Screen Dump·screencapture·Screenshot·Snagit·Technical Documents·Techsmith
Audience Analysis: Power Tools for Technical Writing
October 5th, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing
When discussing Audience Analysis, David McMurray points out that, “for most technical writers, this is the most important consideration in planning, writing, and reviewing a document. You “adapt” your writing to meet the needs, interests, and background of the readers who will be reading your writing.
Tags:acronym·action stage·Analysis·Audience Analysis·Audience types·Customization·David McMurray·Demographics·development stage·disaster recovery·Environment·Exercises·Expectations·Interest·interests·lifecycle·Needs·needs analysis·Online·Online Writing Lab·PDA·planning·Print·reading stage·reviewing·Technical Documents·Technical Writers·Technical Writing·Understanding·user-centered communication·Users·Wikihow·writing
Why use Master Templates in Adobe FrameMaker?
October 1st, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
Master templates let you control the format and positioning of every component in your FrameMaker documents.
In plain English this means that if you setup a footer as Arial, size 10, and then apply it to the main document, all footers will appear in this font and this size. Sounds good!
Tags:Adobe·Adobe Captivate·Adobe Framemaker·Adobe FrameMaker·Adobe Technical Communication Suite·DITA Open Toolkit·Long Documents·Master Templates·Robohelp·technical communicators·Technical documentation·Technical Documents
