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How to estimate a copy writing job

By Ugur Akinci | July 26, 2009

© 2009-2010 Ugur Akinci It’s not easy to estimate how long a copy writing job will take due to the many factors involved in the estimation. Writing commercial copy does not only involve sitting in front of your keyboard and starting to pound away. You need to make research, read all the relevant materials on…

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Which Way Your Sentences Branch – Right or Left?

By Ugur Akinci | July 25, 2009

Ugur Akinci Try right-branching sentences in your technical documents for higher comprehension. Right-branching sentences start with the SUBJECT, follow it with PRIMARY VERB (or sometimes the other way around if the verb is in imperative/order mode), and then end with modifiers and other relevant information. What branches off to the right of the subject and…

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What a Technical Writer Should Know About DocBook?

By Ugur Akinci | July 24, 2009

© 2009 Ugur Akinci DocBook is a set of tools for implementing XML (Extended Markup Language)-based structured documentation. It is developed back in 1991 and is widely used today by those technical writers who generate single-sourced documentation. It is especially well suited for software, hardware and networking documentation. A DocBook set includes the DocBook DTD…

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How to Use Wikis for Your Technical Writing Projects

By Ugur Akinci | July 23, 2009

Today I’d like to talk about how you can use a Wiki for your technical document project. A wiki (which means “quick” in Hawaiian)  is a collaborative writing software with which you can set up a “wiki site” as well. With wiki’s powerful database, editing and messaging functionalities you can accomplish much for your technical…

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