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How to Use the Same FrameMaker Master Pages in Multiple Documents

By Ugur Akinci | August 3, 2011

Problem You have created a set of great master pages in FrameMaker for Document A. Then, you started creating Document B but you still want to use the same master pages that you’ve created for Document A. How would you do it? Solution Very easy. (1) Save Document A as your template file (let’s call…

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5 Things That Will Never Change Despite Technological Changes in Technical Writing

By Ugur Akinci | July 27, 2011

© Ugur Akinci The technology of technical writing is changing really fast. But the thing is we don’t really need to keep up with all of it, depending on where we stand in the overall landscape of technical communications. Or let me put it this way: there are things that will never change as long…

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Feature Phone vs. Smartphone: the Challenge of Phone Terminology for Technical Writers

By Ugur Akinci | July 25, 2011

Fast changing state of phone terminology is a challenge for all technical communicators. Did you also notice that we’re not using the word “telephone” anymore? And of course  I’m not even mentioning that other tele-word that has disappeared from our universe with the invention of email: telegram. But what about “phones”? And “mobile devices”? Or…

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4 Book Components to Disappear from Technical Documents in the Long Run

By Ugur Akinci | July 22, 2011

Here are four book components that I think we won’t come across too frequently in the future when we read a single-sourced technical document: 1) Headers and Footers 2) Chapters 3) Page Numbers 4) TOC Headers and footers  have been inseparable components of the traditional book metaphor, the “codex” as it’s also known, for over…

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