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Technical Writing Online Course

By Ugur Akinci | July 17, 2011

We are proud to offer our beginner-level technical communication online course: Professional Technical Writing: Advance Your Writing Skills This is a practical hands-on introduction to technical writing for all beginner writers or those who are considering to make a career change and becoming technical writers. Comes with 30-Days 100% Money Back Guarantee! “Why should I…

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How to Ensure High Quality in Technical Writing

By Ugur Akinci | June 28, 2011

“Can you tell us more about quality in technical writing?” a reader asked yesterday, in a private email. Here are my thoughts on the topic: 1) Quality starts with intra-team cohesion if you are working as a part of a technical writing team. If you’re a lone writer, this means you should either have your own…

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Technical Book Review: THE STATE OF STRUCTURED AUTHORING by Alan S. Pringle and Sarah S. O’Keefe

By Ugur Akinci | June 23, 2011

“Structured authoring” and “single sourcing” have been hot buzz phrases for quite a few years now. If you’re a technical writer, I’m sure you’re either applying these documentation methods in your daily work, getting ready to implement them, or learning about them. I personally am in the last two categories, both still learning ins and…

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How to Automatically Add a Decimal Point in MS Excel

By Ugur Akinci | June 16, 2011

It’s so easy to enter numbers into an MS Excel cell and have Excel add the decimal point automatically for you. Select the Excel button. Select Excel Options. Click and select the Advanced options. Select the “Automatically insert a decimal point” check-box. Select the number of places from the drop-down list. You’re done. If you’ve…

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