How to Select Safe File Names for Your Technical Documents

© Ugur Akinci Here are some suggestions to select file names that won’t create problems when you are dealing with technical documents: (1) Watch out for the length of your file names. The length limit for Path + File Name is 255 characters for Windows XP, 260 characters for Windows Vista and Windows 7. So…

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The Politics of Plain English vs. Obfuscation

Usually people don’t write in plain English because they don’t know any better. Sometimes a banker, an engineer, a doctor will write a business letter or a technical document in a way that he or she best knows how – by using jargon and long-winded sentences; clauses awash in passive voice and unparallel construction, with…

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Plain Writing for Medical Insurance Policies — A Growth Field for Technical Writers

Introduction Without plain writing, medical insurance policies can be torture to read and understand. Example Please read the following description of “Primary Care Health Program” and see if you can understand anything: ——————————————————————- “The following rules determine which is the “primary” program: a) If the other program is not primarily a dental program, this program…

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