How to Convert a PDF Document into a MS PowerPoint Presentation with Able2Extract
© Ugur Akinci PROBLEM: You have received a PDF document which really consists of a MS PowerPoint slide show, each slide converted into a PDF page. How can you convert this back to the original PowerPoint source file so that you can edit and change it the way your client wants you to do? SOLUTION:…
Read MoreHow to Draw an Induction Coil Symbol with Adobe Illustrator
Induction coils are one of the most frequently used components in electronics. If you are documenting any electronics equipment or system, you may have to draw an induction coil symbol at some point. Here is how to do it. 1) Draw a circle. 2) Pick the Selection Tool (V). Press the Alt button (Windows) and…
Read MoreHow to Use MS Word Hidden Text to Create Two Versions of the Same Document
MS Word has a feature that is ideal to create two different versions of the same document. By using the “hidden text” feature, you can easily accomplish that task. CAUTION: MS Word documents created with the hidden text will NOT print the hidden text. So if you would like to have two PRINTED versions of…
Read MoreHow to Remove the Background of an Image in a MS Word 2010 Document
© Ugur Akinci MS Word 2010 has a fantastic tool to remove the background of images without the need for Photoshop. Fire up your MS Word 2010. Create a Word document. Insert an image and follow these steps: 1) Select the image to dynamically display the Picture Tools tab: 2) Click the Format link to…
Read More6 Enterprise PDF Productivity Tools by Adobe Acrobat
Here are five non-free tools offered by Adobe Acrobat that may increase your productivity significantly if you have an enterprise-level office that churns out a lot of large-size technical documents, PDFs, forms, invoices, surveys, reports, etc. on a regular basis. Even though they are not free, they may prove to be cost efficient if you’re going to…
Read MoreHow to Use Acrobat.com for Shared Review of Your Technical Documents
If you have not yet used Acrobat.com for your technical document (PDF) reviews you probably don’t know what you’re missing. The traditional process goes something like this: You send your document to each reviewer individually. Reviewers respond to you individually. Then you try to sift out and incorporate the feedback into the original document while…
Read MoreHow to Restrict the Use of Paragraph Styles in a MS Word 2010 Document
© Ugur Akinci Sometimes you may want to allow the use of only specific paragraph styles in a MS Word document. This would happen in an office situation with multiple technical and other types of writers when one writer might either knowingly or inadvertently override or modify the style choice of another writer. For example,…
Read MoreTop 10 Trends Driving Technical Communication Industry Forward Today
© Ugur Akinci Here are top 10 trends identified by Christian Gravelle, Senior Technical Analyst, and reported by Maxwell Hoffman in an Adobe blog: Trend #1: Adoption of Structured Documents Trend #2: Shift Towards Single Source Publishing Trend #3: Added Complexity in Multi-Format/Multi-Channel Delivery Trend #4: Providing for Mobile Delivery Trend #5: Increased Demand for…
Read MoreHow to Use the Research Task Bar of MS Word
Are you aware that MS Word comes with a very powerful research tool, built right into all documents? It is called the RESEARCH TASK BAR and it displays to the right of your document when you activate it. If you do not have the Research option displayed on your ribbon, you must add it to…
Read MoreHow to Insert a Screenshot or Image Properly in Between Two Steps in an Ordered MS Word List
© Ugur Akinci PROBLEM: You’d like to insert a screenshot or an image in between two consecutive steps in an ordered MS Word list WITHOUT automatically assigning a step number to the image itself. Here is what typically happens: Let’s assume you have the following ordered list: If you hit the ENTER key on your…
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