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DeVry Calgary offers Business Admin BA with Technical Communication Specialization

By Ugur Akinci | August 22, 2010

If you live in Canada, here is another option to get a degree with emphasis on Technical Communication: DeVry University of Calgary is offering a Business Administration BA with Technical Communication Specialization. From the school’s web site: “With a growing demand for writers and editors in fields like law, medicine, science, and technology, technical communication…

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Technical Book Review — "The Elements of International English Style" by Edmond Weiss

By Ugur Akinci | August 21, 2010

© Ugur Akinci Here is a book that must be read by all technical communicators at all levels of experience and seniority: The Elements Of International English Style: A Guide To Writing Correspondence, Reports, Technical Documents, And Internet Pages For A Global Audience, by Edmond H. Weiss ((M.E. Sharpe, New York, London, 2005, 162 pp.)…

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How to Compare Two PDF Documents with Adobe Acrobat

By Ugur Akinci | August 20, 2010

© Ugur Akinci You’ve made changes to a PDF document as requested by your manager (r client) and sent it over for review. But how can the reviewer compare the new document with the old one and decide if all the requested changes have been made? Easy, if you’re using Adobe Acrobat Professional (i.e., “Acrobat…

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How to Use MS Word’s Navigation Pane

By Ugur Akinci | August 20, 2010

MS Word comes with a great Navigation Pane that makes navigating around your document a breeze. The longer your document is, the more you’ll appreciate this productivity feature. 1) Launch your MS Word and open a file. 2) Select the VIEW tab. 3) Click the Navigation Pane check-box to display the Navigation Pane on the…

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