How to Shift from a Career in Pharmaceutical Sales to Medical Writing
A reader wrote asking what to do and in which direction to go in shifting from a career in pharmaceutical sales to writing. I’m sharing my answer here since it may benefit all my other readers who also find themselves in a similar situation: “The fact that you’re coming from sales should be a positive…
Read MoreHow to Build eLearning Tutorials
© Ugur Akinci I’ve always been in love with eLearning. I always thought it has been one of the most revolutionary things ever accomplished on earth in the field of education. Imagine, no matter where you are on earth, whether you are in the heart of New York City or a small village in Mongolia,…
Read MoreHow to Create an Index for an Adobe FrameMaker Document
Creating an index for an Adobe FrameMaker document requires two steps: marking the index entries, and then generating the index. To Mark the Index Entries 1) Launch FrameMaker 9 and open your document. 2) Select the text that you’d like to mark as an index entry. 3) Select Special > Marker from the main menu…
Read MoreHow to Create an Index for a MS Word Document
A well designed and written index is a must for all technical documents that are 30 pages or longer. It’s an indispensable part of a satisfactory user experience. Here are the steps to follow to create an index by using Microsoft Word. 1) Launch MS Word and open your document. 2) Select the word or phrase…
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