How to Become a Technical Writer: A Beginner’s Guide
Introduction Are you a high school student planning to become a technical writer? Then, first of all, pay attention to your science classes. Work as hard as you can on your math, physics, chemistry, computer, biology/life science classes since you need to have a good foundation in those subjects. Secondly, learn your English and composition…
Read MoreTechnical Writing – 3 Easy Ways to Capture Screenshots for your Print and Online Technical Documents
Screen shots are a must if you are a technical writer authoring a software manual of any kind. Here are three easy methods to capture and use a screen shot that would increase your productivity and help your readers follow the procedural directions more easily. 1) If you use a Windows machine, press the Print…
Read MoreTechnical Writing – A Checklist For a Software Document Writing Project
© 2009-2010 Ugur Akinci Here is a general checklist that you might find useful to make sure your software documentation project does not miss anything: Do you have access to the software project’s Scope Document? Do you have access to the functional and marketing specs of the software project? Have you written a Documentation Plan…
Read MoreIs Technical Writing Really "Unnecessary"?
One sometimes hears the comment that technical writing is not only “boring” but “unnecessary” as well. Nothing can be further from the truth. Good technical writing at its best is INVISIBLE. You don’t even know it’s there and that scores of people have benefited from it. And at its most extreme, yes, good technical documentation…
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