How to Draw with Illustrator: SHAPES and ARROWS
© Ugur Akinci TOOL 3: Shapes and Arrows Click on the Shape Tool to display the various shape-drawing tools available: In the tool bar, the last-used tool is displayed. Tip: After selecting the tool, if you click on your canvas WITHOUT drawing anything, you’ll display the measurement dialog box. For example, here is the one…
Read MoreTechnical Writing – How to Structure FrameMaker Paragraphs While Using the Unstructured Interface
© Ugur Akinci Adobe FrameMaker comes with two powerful built-in interfaces: Structured and Unstructured. You can check out which interface you are using by selecting File > Preferences > General from the main menu and look at the Product Interface drop-down list. Most technical writers use FrameMaker (FM) in the default unstructured mode. That’s fine…
Read MoreHow to Draw with Illustrator: GUIDES
© Ugur Akinci TOOL 2: Guides You need to use guides to position objects correctly relative to one another and precisely on an Illustrator grid. SNAP ON guides are a delight to use since objects snap to them like iron fillings snap to a magnet. CREATE the Guides by first turning on your RULERS. Click…
Read MoreTechnical Writing – 7 Time-Tested Principles to Design a Cover For a Technical Document
© Ugur Akinci If you are a technical writer working for a company as a payroll employee, you might be working with corporate design guidelines that define what you can and cannot do to design the cover of your technical document. But what if you are a “lone writer,” an independent contractor working out of…
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