2 Technical Writing Topics: Future Prospects and a Marvelous Book
© Ugur Akinci As I was trolling through the Internet I was surprised to come across these income figures for technical writers. This confirms my general observation that, recession or not, tech writers continue to make excellent income with two conditions: 1) They should be working in the hi-tech industry. And 2) They should have…
Read MoreHow to Change Line Number Font in MS Word 2007 and 2010
© Ugur Akinci On the ribbon, select Home tab. In the Styles group, click the lower-right arrow and display the Styles list. Find the Line Number style. Right-click and select Modify to display the Modify Style dialog box. From the Formatting drop-down list, select any Font you like for line number. Click OK. NOTE: If you…
Read MoreHow to Structure a Software TOC — by GUI Components or Functions & Processes?
© Ugur Akinci How would you organize a Table of Contents (TOC) when documenting software? What’s the best way to do that? A common beginner’s mistake is to compile a TOC by such GUI (Graphic User Interface) components as tabs and menus. For example, let’s say you are documenting how to use MS Word. One…
Read MoreWhat is “Inverted Pyramid” Style of Writing?
“Inverted Pyramid” Style of Writing is writing what is most important first and what is the least important the last. The traditional style of writing takes its time by first establishing the “base” of knowledge, similar to the way a regular pyramid would have its base at the bottom of the structure. All the other…
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