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My Top Ten Favorite Technical Writing Tools

April 25th, 2010 · View Comments · Technical Writing

I’ll be honest. I love Microsoft Word! Adobe FrameMaker has it’s moment but, y’know, it’s can be so lame that it beggar’s belief. 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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Technical Writing News – Nov 27th

November 27th, 2009 · View Comments · News, Technical Writing

This week’s technical writing news. Paragraph Autonumbering in RoboHelp 8, Avatar Interactive Trailer Powered by Adobe AIR, What’s new in Acrobat.com, The Myth of Single-Source Authoring, Why The Future Has No Log In Button, Documentation as flash cards. Google Wave’s witty user documentation. What’s more important, content or process? SaaS-based ECM: It’s worth considering. Camtasia Relay 1.2 gets released and Tom Johnson explains why Help Authoring Tools Will Fade. Free Gift! Technical Communication Suite Keyboard Shortcuts from The RoboColum(n) by Colum McAndrew

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How to Integrate Mind Maps & Process Flows into Twitter

November 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · Business Process, How To, Technical Writing

Tony Buzan created the mind map concept, a technique for capturing and structuring associations. We used Seavus Dropmind for gathering requirements, developing process flows and exploring use cases at a previous client. If you like visual information, then this is for you!

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Does your writing have an accent? How does it hold you back?

November 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Maybe you don’t hear your accent, but others do. When you read their documents, does the accent come through?

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Do Business Leaders Need to Write Well to Succeed?

November 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Business Process, Communications, Technical Writing

Thom Haller asks on TCW if ‘to be an effective leader, you need to learn how to write well’.

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10 Best Mistakes I Made in 2009

November 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Career, Technical Writing

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. If you don’t know your mistakes you’re going to repeat them. Here’s my best mistakes.

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How do you measure technical documents? What metrics do you use?

November 21st, 2009 · View Comments · Career, Technical Writers, Technical Writing

One of our tech docs team was fired yesterday. Why? Technical documents provide no value. This is how Management sees it.

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Are technical documents a waste of time?

November 20th, 2009 · View Comments · Career, Technical Writing

“Don’t worry” she said. “No one reads this stuff anyway. Just get it done.” Sounds familiar?

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Technical Writing News – Nov 20th

November 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Adobe RoboHelp, Content Management, Dita, Doc 2 Help, Google, MadCap Flare, News, Social Media, Technical Writing

Meet Captain Jing, eat Alphabetti Spaghetti, create lists in Robohelp, move technical writers to network thinking, LaTeX (not that type!), Why I Wasn’t Sold on Single Sourcing, The Moment I Felt Like an Executive, Does Your Company Need a Dedicated Tweeter? and how much does Darren Rowse earn from Blogging. What are you waiting for?

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How to Write a Target Audience Questionnaire for your Training Plan

November 19th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To, Microsoft Excel, Productivity, Software Development, Technical Writing, Templates, Tips, Word 2007

Creating a training plan? Before you do this, you need to step a step back and work out what your colleagues need to learn.

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Why Yahoo Ads is better value than Google Adwords

November 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Why do you use Google Adwords? Is it because everyone else does? What if I told you Yahoo ads was better, well, would you be interested.

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How to change 100 Screenshots to the Same Size with a Single Click

November 17th, 2009 · View Comments · How To, Snagit, Technical Writing, Tips, Word 2007, Word 2010

All the screenshots in your Word document are different sizes. What’s the quickest way to get them all the same size? Is there a shortcut? Yes!

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How do you Manage Extremely Negative Comments on your Blog?

November 17th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To, Technical Writing, Tips, Wordpress

I need your advice. Someone has left a fairly negative comment on my blog. What should I do? Approve or Delete?

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How To Write Documents Faster & Save Your Fingers From Exhaustion

November 17th, 2009 · View Comments · How To, Productivity, Technical Writing, Tips, Word 2007, Word 2010

What to know how to type faster and get those documents out the door quicker?

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How Outsourcing Can Boost Your Tech Writing Career

November 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · Career, Freelance, Salary, Technical Writing, Tips

Image by Ivan Walsh via Flickr Most technical writers see outsourcing as a real threat. But, if you look at it from another angle, it’s one huge business opportunity.

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