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Embedding vs. Linking an Object in a MS Word Document

By Ugur Akinci | February 16, 2012

© Ugur Akinci You can insert objects into a MS Word document in two ways: By embedding them, and by Linking them. If you embed an object, when the source object is changed, the Word object will NOT change. If you link an object, when the source object is changed, the Word object WILL change.…

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Advantages of Content Management System (CMS) in Technical Writing

By Ugur Akinci | February 13, 2012

I believe not too far into the future a great majority of technical documents will be produced through Content Management System (CMS) platforms. Reduced to its simplest terms, a CMS is a text editor ran by a relational and searchable database. Content Management Systems are not cheap and they have a learning curve. That’s why…

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How NOT to Write a User Guide

By Ugur Akinci | February 10, 2012

I don’t like to be negative in general. Life is too short to go around fuming about things that we can’t change. However, there are times when we all need to be critical in order to improve things; especially if they fall within our area of expertise. The other day I bought an iPhone docking…

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How to Visually Express 7 Different Processes

By Ugur Akinci | February 7, 2012

Trainers, public speakers, and technical writers always look for a visually attractive way to present abstract ideas. One way to do that is to use PROCESS CHARTS. Here are 7 such ideas (all created with SMART ART tools of MS Word 2007 and 2010): 1) BASIC TIMELINE 2) TIMELINE WITH TASK LIST 3) TOP-DOWN VERTICAL…

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