Posts by Ugur Akinci
How to Write a Query Letter to an Editor or an Agent
Writing a query letter to an editor or an agent can open the doors to publishing your work or shut it down firmly. It’s a task that shouldn’t be taken lightly. GOLDEN RULE: make your research in advance and do NOT send an editor or an agent anything that he or she does NOT want. If…
Read MoreHow to Apply APA (American Psychological Association) Style Bibliography Citation
(Copyright-free photo by Unsplash dot com) Bibliography is an important part of every thesis, academic essay, article, or book that requires substantiation of the claims made in the work. Every student and researcher should know how to write a book bibliography. Why? Because a bibliography provides the reference against which the truth value of the…
Read MoreHow to Create and Use Autotext Building Blocks in a MS Word 2010 Document
There may be cases when you’d like to use the very same MS Word text snippet, or “boilerplate text”, repeatedly in different documents. Wouldn’t be nice just to insert the same frequently-used text automatically rather than copy-pasting, or worse, rewriting it? You can accomplish that easily with MS Word’s Autotext Building Block feature. What a…
Read MoreHow to Write a Perfect Resume
© Ugur Akinci To write a perfect resume, you need to remember one very important fact: you are not writing it to find a job. Let’s repeat: the main function of an excellent resume is NOT to get a job offer. It’s main function is to get you that JOB INTERVIEW. A resume that cannot…
Read MoreHow to Apply MLA (Modern Language Association) Style Bibliography Citation
Bibliography is an important part of every thesis, academic essay, article, or book that requires substantiation of the claims made in the work. Every student and researcher should know how to write a book or article bibliography. Why? Because a bibliography provides the reference against which the truth value of the statements can be checked.…
Read MoreA Free and Online PDF Converter Tool for All Writers
© Ugur Akinci Let me be upfront: there was a time when I was delighted to come across PDF converters when I did not own the Pro version of Adobe Acrobat and MS Word did not do an excellent job in converting Word documents to PDF. But these days, a lot of applications I use…
Read MoreUsing "In Question" in Plain Writing
I have a confession to make. I have a bad habit. Once in a while I emphasize an object with the qualifier “in question”. For example: “Save the variable in question to the database.” What I really mean, in terms of plain writing, is very simple: the pronoun “this”. I could easily say “save THIS…
Read MoreQuality Assurance Audit System (QAAS) – A MS Office Add-In for Quality Assurance Management
The Quality Assurance Audit System (QAAS) is a MS Office Add-In that provides a formal environment through which Users can: Generate Audits Input audit findings Track and trend audits and findings Electronically address audit findings and provide responses, resolutions and CAPAs. Generare ad-hoc metrics and scorecards with built-in search engine Progress audits from Draft to Approval with a full workflow, electronic signatures…
Read MoreHow to Publish for Multiple Devices with "Responsive HTML5 Layout" by Using Adobe RoboHelp 11
Adobe FrameMaker 12 Offers Exciting New Publishing Options
I’ve recently sat in a 2-hour webinar hosted by Adobe on the new Adobe FrameMaker 12. I really liked what I saw and will upgrade to it soon by taking advantage of Adobe’s great limited-time offer to existing registered FM customers: now for only $29.99 a month you can subscribe (online) to the whole TCS5…
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