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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Here’s a quick tip! To create a drop cap in Word: Select the first letter in the paragraph. Select Drop Cap from the Format menu bar. Choose None, Dropped, or In Margin. Select the type of font, the number of line to drop, and the distance from the text. Click Ok. That’s it! Ivan

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In theory, responding to an RFP should be a simply task. As each RFP has a fixed set of requirements you, the bidder, should simply have to answer these in order to be considered. But life is not that simple… Let consider the following scenario: “As the RFP’s author, with a significant stake in the [...]

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This article compares Microsoft Word and Adobe FrameMaker by examining the following key areas: Ability to create Long DocumentsShort DocumentsUsing Microsoft Word as a DTP ToolPrinting and TypeCross-platform capabilitiesWord’s Nice and Not So Nice FeaturesImporting GraphicsIndexing Over the past decade, Adobe has created a suite of publications software, with FrameMaker fulfilling the role for documentation [...]

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For those who are involved in proposal writing, tenders and procurement, there is very useful catch-all page at http://www.proposalwriter.com/intprocure.html##europe that lists Business Opportunities and Procurement links for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Deborah Kluge offers some terrific insights into dealing with the US Government if you’re into Requests For Proposals. http://www.proposalwriter.com/doingbiz.html Some free proposal [...]

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