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[...] you do now? Congratulations! You are on the right page and about to read the experience of a Technical Writer who has been involved in setting up Technical Writing departments for numerous companies. [...]

[...] in Fine Arts, and a six month technical writing course. He is now looking for a job as a technical writer in a product development company. However, he is wondering whether his educational [...]

[...] Do you really want to be a technical writer? Though it is one of the best paying professions, but requires a lot of sacrifice from your [...]

[...] writing can flatter the right audience any time.Considering the factors, that normally every technical writer has to go through, there are certain essentials that should be kept in mind. We are all [...]

[...] Use of XML solves the one of the biggest problems faced by Technical Writers, Re-usability! But the question remains, why Technical Writers should opt for XML-based [...]

[...] that the content is error free. As technology evolves every day, the thought process about technical writers has also evolved. This post is about the lessons that I have learned and the qualities that [...]

[...] shape the writing strategy for your organization: Improved awareness and credibility for technical writers – Owing to the agile methodology, new responsibility and credibility has been showered [...]

[...] is available at the same time (whenever needed). Invest sufficiently in ramp-up time: Your technical writers are most likely to get frustrated if the effort timeline isn’t accurate or feasible. They [...]

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[...] Capture. According to many writers, RoboHelp is a much better tool when compared to other authoring tool. Now most of the output generated by writers fall into the HTML category, assuming this [...]

[...] references. Step 3: Identify the skill / comfort level of the Technical Writer in using an authoring tool. For example: I prefer using Adobe RoboHelp over Madcap Flare. Buy the authoring tool that [...]

[...] “According to a recent report by Business Insider, technical writing stands at number 4 on the safest jobs list in case of imminent robot invasion. These reports [...]

[...] writing grammatically correct English is not enough there is more to the field of technical writing! Almost a decade ago, it was assumed that technical writing is an easy job where a technical [...]

[...] essentials that should be kept in mind. We are all aware of the fact that both creative and technical writing is growing swiftly and has reached the zenith in the past few years. There are certain [...]

[...] Over a decade, field of Technical Writing has changed drastically. As time passes, the field has many updates and addition. Initially [...]

[...] user starts using the product? These questions can be answered by the different types of product documentation that you package with it. So, how does a newly launched product go about creating product [...]

[...] for structuring and publishing content. It was developed by IBM to reuse content for product documentation resourcefully. But the question here is: Why DITA-OT? Why not some other toolkit? What [...]

[...] , we need to simply regenerate the output. So to all the professionals in the field of technical documentation, irrespective of employed or freelancers; the question that actually remains is – [...]

[...] ….Continued from the first part where we discussed the overview of the technical documentation process and talked about the first rule of project management. A recap of the first part [...]

[...] to various risks. Irrespective of the fact whether you are working with a lone writer or a documentation team; make them aware of all major/minor milestones of your project. Any changes/deviations to [...]

[...] ; the reverse-engineering activity should be carried out with complete focus. The documentation team should have absolute clarity about the customer and their business, and the business [...]

[...] documentation function. While executing a project, strategically aligned ‘technical documentation activities’ help improve the overall quality of documentation significantly. Agreeably [...]

[...] for the equipment. Don’t try to save time at the ‘cost’ of quality: Some of the technical documentation activities are cost intensive. Sacrificing documentation quality on the pretext of saving [...]

[...] drivers of the future, by 2020 we can expect 100% of organizations switching to structured XML documentation. Futuristic projections on XML aren’t good enough reasons to move towards structural [...]

[...] far-flung countries has also increased. Your focus for 2014 needs to be not just creating user documentation that helps customers use your product, but also go beyond traditional documentation to [...]