Technical Writing Job Opportunities for Rookie Writers
© Ugur Akinci Location is important in finding a job as a technical writer in the hi-tech sector. No doubt about that. If you’re living in one of the following metropolitan areas in the United States, it’ll be easier for you to find a hi-tech writing job in the software industry, web development and telecommunications: Austin and…
Read MoreHow Start to Learn RoboHelp?
Adobe RoboHelp is one of the coolest applications you’ll ever use as a technical communicator. It’s like the “Swiss army knife” of document-creation software. I’ve been using for almost 20 years now and I’m still busy discovering different options and capabilities every time I use it. You can create not only HTML help files with…
Read MoreEnglish Grammar – How to Use LIE and LAY Correctly
© Ugur Akinci Do you have any trouble using the verbs LIE and LAY correctly? Do you use “lie” when you are supposed to use “lay,” or the other way around? Then let me try to help you. Here is the main difference between them: LIE means to “recline.” It is an INTRANSITIVE verb. It…
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How to Calculate Running Average in Excel
Introduction Knowing how to calculate running average in Excel can save you a lot of time and energy. Sample Data Imagine your Microsoft Excel data consists of “Days of Accidents”. For each day on this list there has been one accident: As you can see, not all days are listed. There have been no accidents…
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3 Ways to Add Copyright Free Images to Your Blogs, Books and Documents
Introduction Copyright free images are a writer’s best friend. Images always cheer up any article, blog post, or document. But if you use images with copyright without paying for them you can get into trouble. So how do you get captivating images for free, without any copyright issues at all? Easy Sites to Find Good…
Read MoreHow to Delete All Hyperlinks in a MS Word Document through VBA Macro
You can delete a hyperlink in a MS Word document by right-clicking on the link and, from the pop-up menu, select Remove Hyperlink. You can also get rid of a hyperlink by placing your cursor anywhere on the link and then pressing CTRL + SHIFT + F9. But what if you have hundreds or thousands…
Read MoreHow to View a List of All Open MS Word Documents through VBA Macro
You can switch from one open MS Word document to another by pressing CTRL + F6, in case you didn’t know. But what if you have 16 Word documents open for some reason and you’d like to know their total number and view their file names so that you can decide whether to switch to…
Read MoreHow to Print MS Word Comments as a Separate Document with VBA
Imagine you have a MS Word document thousands of pages long, a document with hundreds or thousands of review comments. If you’d like to see all the comments, together with their comment numbers and author, there is no easy way in Word to do that. Perhaps you’d like to send all the comments as a…
Read MoreHow to Convert Non Editable PDFs into Excel Sheets
By Paulina Gibson Special for TCC As PDF is the dominant format for corporate document sharing, it is no wonder there is a wide selection of complimentary tools that can help you get more done when working with this file format. Even though Adobe also has its set of additional tools and extensions, at times…
Read MoreIf You Ask a Rhetorical Question, Answer It, Right Away
If you pull your readers into a topic by asking a rhetorical question that’s perfectly acceptable as a writing style. But if you do that, you’d better answer your own question right away. Otherwise some of your readers can be really frustrated. Rhetorical questions increase the stakes. They introduce a tension that needs to be relieved by…
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