Who are the technical writers you respect most of the web? These four people helped me in 2009 and id like to share them with you. Some you may know, others you may not. The point is that while I’ve worked with many people in the last 12 months, these folks, have reached out and went the extra yard. And, for me, that’s the difference.
Entries Tagged as 'Screen Capture'
4 Technical Writers I Love + Betsy
January 17th, 2010 · View Comments · Career, Facebook, People, Screen Capture
Tags: Betsy Weber·Content Wrangler·Scott Able·Technical Writers·Tom Johnson
Technical Writing News Nov 13th
November 13th, 2009 · View Comments · Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp, Content Management, Doc 2 Help, Freelance, MadCap Blaze, News, STC, Salary, Screen Capture
This week’s technical writing news includes RoboScreenCapture, a FrameMaker screenshot app, Twitter 101 for Technical Communicators, the New Help System in Visual Studio 2010, List of the Top Open Source technical writers on the Web, feedback on STC’s Dues Increases, and The Freelancer’s Guide to Working With Clients That SUCK.
Tags: Adobe FrameMaker·Doc2Help·Freelance·Help System·Open Source·RoboScreenCapture·STC·technical communicators·Technical Writers·Twitter·Visual Studio
What are Your Favorite 10 Technical Writing Tools?
November 4th, 2009 · View Comments · Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp, Content Management, Dita, MadCap Blaze, MadCap Flare, Screen Capture, Software Development, Technical Writing, Visio, Word 2010
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?
Tags: Adobe FrameMaker·Adobe RoboHelp·Camtasia·diagramming·Dita·Doc-to-Help·DTP·Epic Editor·indesign·MadCap·MadCap Flare·Microsoft Word·notepad·Open Source·photoshop·process mapping·Robohelp·Smartdraw·Snagit·Structured Authoring·Technical Writing Tools·TurboDemo·user interface·Visio·whitesmoke·XML Spy
Why TechSmith should make Jing Pro Free
October 22nd, 2009 · View Comments · Screen Capture, Snagit
Why TechSmith should make Jing Pro Free
Tags: Camtasia Studio·Facebook·Flickr·Free·H.264+AAC·high-definition·Jing·Limitations·MPEG-4·Screencast.com·Screenshot·Snagit·Techsmith·Twitter·Viddler·Video recording·Vimeo·YouTube
Screen Capture Tip #11, How to Batch Process Groups of Images
October 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Screen Capture, Technical Writing
Do you need spend hours trying to make all your photos be the same size, format, with your company watermarks added in the corner? How can you convert 100 images to same file format, add a 1 pixel black border, and make them all the same size in less that 5 minutes? Here’s how.
Tags: Adobe Photoshop·Batch Conversion Wizard·Batch Process·Batch Processing·Border·Caption·Catalog Browser·Color Depth·File Conversions·File Format·Filters·graphic·How To·Image Editing·Image Resolution·Images·JPEG·Portable Network Graphics·Snagit·Techsmith·Watermark·Windows·Windows Explorer
Screenshot Tip #10 – how to capture a Region, Desktop, Entire Webpage and keep the Hyperlinks
October 19th, 2009 · Comments Off · Screen Capture, Technical Writers, Technical Writing, Templates
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
Instant Site Thumbnails for Your Blog with PageGlimpse
October 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Screen Capture, Technical Writing
Image via Wikipedia What’s the fastest way to take a screenshot of a website, turn it into a thumbnail, and get it on your blog? How about if you could automate this? Most of us hit print screen, take it into Snagit or PhotoShop, play with the size until it’s right and then save. Well, [...]
Tags: Camtasia·Flickr·How To·Screen Capture·screen capture software·Screenshot·template
Review MadCap Mimic 4.0, Reuse your Existing E-learning and Training Content
October 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Adobe FrameMaker, MadCap Blaze, Screen Capture
MadCap Mimic 4.0 is a native XML application designed for creating software simulations and tutorials. The newest version lets you import PowerPoint files, has a new Flash engine, print and output options that support conditionalized publishing. While it will take time to dislodge Adobe FrameMaker, especially legacy users, publishing managers and those responsible for running [...]
Tags: Adobe Captivate·Adobe Flash·Adobe FrameMaker·Adobe Technical Communication Suite·Data Formats·DITA Open Toolkit·document·Long Documents·MadCap Mimic·MapCap·microsoft·Microsoft PowerPoint·Portable Document Format·publishing managers·Review·Robohelp·technical communicators·Technical documentation·Technical Writers·XML
3 Tricks to Sharpen Your Screenshots
April 13th, 2006 · Comments Off · Screen Capture, Snagit, Technical Writing, Templates, Tips, Tools, Word 2007, Word 2010
Diagrams, charts, and images all serve to enhance academic, business and technical documents. Without them the reader’s attention would flag and their interest wane.
Tags: Adobe Framemaker·blogger·Case Study·Dita·MadCap Flare·MS Word·Paypal·Robohelp·Screenshots·Shortcuts. Screen Capture·Snagit·Technical Writing·Troubleshooting
My Favourite Print Screen Trick
April 13th, 2006 · Comments Off · Screen Capture, Snagit, Technical Writing, Templates, Tips, Tools, Word 2007, Word 2010
Here’s my favorite trick when taking Print Screens. Some people call these screenshots or screen dumps. Tip: The print screen button (PrintScrn) is next to F12 on your keyboard. 1. To take a screenshot, press PrintScrn. 2. Open Word and Paste (Edit, Paste) the screenshot into your document. This is fine if you’re capturing the [...]
Tags: Adobe Framemaker·blogger·Case Study·Dita·MadCap Flare·MS Word·Paypal·Robohelp·Screenshots·Shortcuts. Screen Capture·Snagit·Technical Writing·Troubleshooting
How much can I make as a Tech Writer?
April 13th, 2006 · Comments Off · Screen Capture, Snagit, Technical Writing, Templates, Tips, Tools, Word 2007, Word 2010
The median expected salary for a typical Technical Writing Supervisor 1 in the United States is $57,580. The Salary Wizard at salary.com has some terrific interactive tools for finding the base salaries, average salaries, and top paying roles in this field. They also offer the “Basic Salary Report based on broad national data, reported exclusively [...]
Tags: Adobe Framemaker·blogger·Case Study·Dita·MadCap Flare·MS Word·Paypal·Robohelp·Screenshots·Shortcuts. Screen Capture·Snagit·Technical Writing·Troubleshooting
Considering a move into Technical Writing
April 13th, 2006 · Comments Off · Screen Capture, Snagit, Templates, Tips, Word 2007
Allan Hoffman on Monster.com offers some excellent advice for anyone considering a move into Technical Writing. “To some people, any job with the word “writer” in the title looks like it must be a blast — the next best thing to working on episodes of “Desperate Housewives.” If spotting the job title technical writer in [...]
Tags: MS Word·Screenshots·Shortcuts. Screen Capture·Technical Writing·Troubleshooting
How to Fix MS Word Documents Automatically
April 12th, 2006 · Comments Off · Screen Capture, Snagit, Templates, Tips, Word 2007
To automatically detect and correct typos, misspelled words, and incorrect capitalization, use the AutoCorrect feature in Word.
Tags: microsoft·Microsoft Word·MS Word·Screenshots·Spelling·Technical Writing·Text replacement·Troubleshooting·Word·Word Processors
Using AutoCorrect to correct errors as you type
April 12th, 2006 · Comments Off · Screen Capture, Snagit, Templates, Tips, Word 2007
Here’s a quick tip to AutoCorrect errors as you type in Word: Capitalization options – AutoCorrect can capitalize the first word in a sentence, the names of days of the week, the first letter of text in a table cell, and so on. AutoCorrect entries – AutoCorrect can use a list of built-in corrections, called [...]
Tags: MS Word·Screenshots·Shortcuts. Screen Capture·Technical Writing·Troubleshooting
