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5 Reasons Not to Convert to Structured Authoring

By Ugur Akinci | November 5, 2015

Introduction XML-based structured authoring has been one of the hottest topics in the technical writing community for quite a while. Shifting from traditional documentation to “structured documentation” has been the “holy grail” of top-echelon technical communicators for the good part of the last decade. In one survey reported by Scott Abel of The Content Wrangler,…

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3 Best Ph.D. Programs in Technical Communication in the United States

By Ugur Akinci | September 4, 2015

Welcome to our survey of the 3 Best Ph.D. Programs in Technical Communication in the United States. A full-fledged doctoral program that focuses exclusively on technical writing and communication is still a rare bird out in the market today. Here are the top 3 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programs in the United States on technical…

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STC INDIA Presentation: Working for a Software (SW) Company

By Ugur Akinci | August 22, 2015

Click  below to download the presentation slides in PDF format: STC_INDIA_8_22_2015_PRESENTATION

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How to Import a Word File into an Adobe FrameMaker Document

By Ugur Akinci | July 26, 2015

How to Import a Word File into an Adobe FrameMaker Document is an essential skill every technical writer using FrameMaker should know. 1) Create a FrameMaker (FM) file. Place your cursor in the first line of the file. 2) Select File > Import > File to browse to the Word document you’d like to import. The…

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