Category Archives: Technical Writing

Madcap Flare: how to improve Search Engine Optimization

Using Madcap Flare to create your WebHelp? Did you know you can add SEO information to the page headers? This improves their results in search engines queries and helps customers find information faster. Want to know how? Follow these steps, grasshopper. Madcap Flare: how to improve Search Engine Optimization In Project Organizer, click Targets, then […]

Madcap Flare: How to Create Variables

Are you using variables in your technical documents? If not, you might be missing out. They save a lot of time and help keep the documents accurate, for example, if you need to change a product name across the entire doc set. If those puppies were hard-coded, you’re in trouble. We use Madcap Flare. The […]

How much can you make as a technical writer?

Right now, the average aalary of Technical Writing Job in the USD (May 13, 2015) is… low end 45k middle earners 90k high end        135k Here’s a fuller breakdown: Engineering Technical Writer $54,000 IT Report Writer $69,000 IT Technical Writer $74,000 Senior Proposal Writer $80,000 Technical Proposal Writer $69,000 Technical Writer $123,000 Technical […]

Over 50? Would a career in technical writing suit you?

If you have good writing skills, enjoy technology, and like to help others understand how things work, then a career as a technical writer might suit you. 1.0      Technical writer work/life balance Technical writing has been very good to me. It’s allowed me to work in China, London, San Francisco, and Amsterdam. Most of the […]

What is a Statement in C#?

In C#, statements express the actions that a program takes. Common actions include Declaring variables Assigning values Calling methods Looping through collections Branching to another block of code The order in which statements are executed in a program is called the flow of control or flow of execution. This may vary every time that a […]

C#: how to write Hello World

The “Hello, World” program is traditionally used to introduce a programming language. Here it is in C#: using System; class Hello { static void Main() { Console.WriteLine(“Hello, World”); } } What’s the file extension? C# source files typically have the file extension .cs. How to compile? You can compile the program with the Microsoft C# […]

How to Write Release Notes: Tutorial & Template

release notes template in ms word

So, you want to write release notes but don’t know where to start? Well pull you a chair and let me give you the lowdown. Download – Release Notes template with sample text. Introduce the release notes with text such as the following: These release notes provide information about the documentation for <your product> <version […]

C# – What is a derived class?

As the name implies, a derived class originates from another class, which in C# is called a base class. A derived class is a specialization of the base class. A derived class is created from an existing base class. It inherits the member variables and methods of the base class from which it is derived. […]