2017-10-23 11:52
© Ugur Akinci Did you know that you can transform all your ordered or unordered lists into good looking infographics, thanks to MS Word’s SMART ART graphics? If you are sick and t… Read More
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2017-10-20 11:00
Related Posts:MS HTML Help File Publishing Load Testing with Adobe…INFOGRAPHICS – Which Business Entity is Right for You?INFOGRAPHICS – Technical Writers Work for…A… Read More
2017-10-18 11:18
© Ugur Akinci I’d rather write for free than for a few lousy bucks and I will explain why. There are too many freelance job sites out there, offering one embarrassingly low-rate … Read More
2017-10-16 12:58
© Ugur Akinci Nobody’s perfect. Nobody knows ALL the grammar rules of English. But do you know enough not raise eyebrows when you open your mouth? Do you know enough of the basic… Read More
2017-10-13 11:32
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2017-10-11 11:13
© Ugur Akinci An ordered list is one with numbers for each entry. In technical or business writing it helps a lot if each numbered/ordered list is prefaced by an OVERVIEW sentence. Such… Read More
2017-10-09 11:38
© Ugur Akinci It happens to all of us and the best of us. We sit down in front of our keyboard and…. nothing comes out. All of a sudden, we are face to face with the dreaded Writ… Read More
2017-10-05 18:41
I’m honored to be selected one of the TOP 200 Content Experience Strategists by Mindtouch.com. Thank you Mindtouch! I appreciate it.Related Posts:4 Questions & Answers for Tho… Read More
2017-10-04 11:52
© Ugur Akinci A TOPIC SENTENCE is the first lead sentence in a paragraph consisting of multiple sentences. The topic sentence summarize the main idea of the paragraph. It sets the expec… Read More
2017-10-02 11:07
© Ugur Akinci When the answer to a question is either YES or NO, you need to pay attention to make sure the readers are not confused. One way to do that is NOT asking a negative questio… Read More
2017-09-30 00:41
© Ugur Akinci A conditional sentence in technical writing tells the user to do something IF a certain condition is met. That is, the CONDITION always comes FIRST. But sometimes this fin… Read More
2017-08-18 01:21
© Ugur Akinci Why I Wrote This 318-Page Book “It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way” – Ernest Heming… Read More
2017-08-09 22:49
© Ugur Akinci Finding a job as a technical writer is always in our minds, isn’t it? Especially those who are new to the field, even if they have years of writing experience behind… Read More
2017-07-10 14:52
© Ugur Akinci “Design for How People Learn” by Julie Dirksen is a “heavy” book, both literally (top-quality paper) and figuratively. It’s an important… Read More
2017-07-03 11:44
Related Posts:3 Top Characteristics of Technical WritingCan You be a Technical Writer at 60?How Much Money Can Writers Make?Watch Your Adjectives Like a Hawk in Technical WritingAn Embarrass… Read More
2017-06-28 11:44
© Ugur Akinci Love of technology and software, and the ability to upgrade one’s tech skills regularly. Love of writing and the ability to understand and formulate procedural steps… Read More
2017-06-26 11:42
© Ugur Akinci Humor is great. I love it. Once upon a time I used to write jokes for comedian Joan Rivers as a freelance contributor. Making people laugh is a skill that I respect and tr… Read More
2017-06-22 11:09
Related Posts:Can You be a Technical Writer at 60?Some Facts About Shifting to DITA and Structured…10 Job Agencies for Technical Writers4-U Method for Power Headers in DIRECT MAIL COP… Read More
2017-06-21 18:34
© Ugur Akinci One of the hardest things in writing English is to avoid using the third person singular pronouns, unless you are writing for an exclusively male or female group. Every ti… Read More
2017-05-31 19:40
© Ugur Akinci An “action unit” in technical writing is a series of consequences arising from the same single action. For example, if you drop an apple, it will fall, perhaps… Read More
2017-05-05 12:12
© Ugur Akinci You can get a job as a technical writer in one the three ways: Work on your own as a freelancer. Work for a job agency or staffing agency as an independent contractor. Wor… Read More
2017-05-01 11:40
As much as we would like not to trouble ourselves with inventing a documentation design – there’s no avoiding it. Your documentation is what represents you to your users, so it b… Read More
2017-04-24 12:45
By Kim Heptinstall Ensuring that documents can be retrieved is a challenge faced by many companies. How do we locate specific documents in the shortest possible time? This challenge can only… Read More
2017-04-18 17:18
© Ugur Akinci Avoid repeating the same word in a news story headline by replacing one of the occurrences with an equivalent word or expression. Here is an example: See how “after… Read More
2017-04-10 12:37
By Mitch Taube Multi-function printers/copiers have become a mainstay of many businesses. But when companies rely on them for scanning documents and storing them in a safe, secure and easily… Read More
2017-04-05 18:35
By Jim M Hill In this article we discuss some aspects of document indexing and why this is important to understand when implementing a document capture solution. We also discuss OCR and why… Read More
2017-04-03 11:44
© Ugur Akinci A reader who has just received his Bachelor’s degree (congrats!) sent the following letter the other day: “I would like to break into the technical writing/com… Read More
2017-03-29 11:47
© Ugur Akinci McDonald’s serves food to 68 million customers every day through 36,000 stores in 120 countries. Which means the typo you see in the title photo is viewed by million… Read More
2017-01-27 17:32
Related Posts:3 Essential Rules of Writing a Great Query LetterCloze Test of Document ComprehensibilityBasic Software Documentation Terms Every Tech Writer Should…How and Why to Conve… Read More
2017-01-25 15:54
© Ugur Akinci Whatever you do to design your web site, make sure people can log in from any of the major browsers, including Google Chrome. Here is a web site that lost me right aw… Read More
2017-01-22 21:18
Related Posts:Can You be a Technical Writer at 60?Writing is Editing. Editing is Writing.3 Top Characteristics of Technical WritingPlain Writing is the Law in the United StatesThree Free Pho… Read More
2016-12-26 11:18
© Ugur Akinci I don’t like to whine and be negative in general. Life is too short to go around fuming about things that we can’t change. However, there are times when we all… Read More
2016-11-28 12:27
By Scott Bassett This is hands down, proven and tested, the best method you’ll ever find and need, and it’s all here laid out for you to use. These aren’t suggestions, tips… Read More
2016-11-25 12:06
© Ugur Akinci Here is a free source of magazines and periodicals that never ceases to amaze me: https://issuu.com/ You can find magazines that you did not know that they exist, ran… Read More
2016-11-23 12:28
© Ugur Akinci Writers use photos all the time. It’s a part of the process. Text with images always pull in more visitors. Yet photos cost an arm and a leg unless you find a site w… Read More
2016-11-21 12:39
© Ugur Akinci Dictionaries are the bread and butter of our profession. As technical writers we need them like the parched earth needs rain water. In technical writing, a good dictionary… Read More
2016-11-18 12:24
© Ugur Akinci If you have daily data that still makes sense when aggregated into weekly or monthly data, then you can accomplish that very easily in MS Excel, thanks to pivot tables. Yo… Read More
2016-11-16 12:08
© Ugur Akinci Removing header or footer from the first page (front cover) is very easy: 1) Double-click the header or footer area to display the “HEADER & FOOTER TOOLS”… Read More
2016-11-14 12:05
© Ugur Akinci The “INVERTED PYRAMID” principle is very simple: write what is most important the first, and what is the least important the last. REMEMBER: IMPORTANT STUFF &n&hell…Read More
2016-11-11 12:03
© Ugur Akinci “Localization,” or the translation of documents into multiple languages and their adaptation to local cultures, is a fast developing communication niche… Read More
2016-11-10 12:20
© Ugur Akinci Whether you like the results of the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections, there is no denying that the way New York Times analyzed the results is nothing short of masterful. I… Read More
2016-11-09 13:01
© Ugur Akinci It’s a fundamental rule of English grammar: your VERB must agree with the SUBJECT of your sentence. A SINGULAR subject must take a SINGULAR verb. A… Read More
2016-11-08 13:55
© Ugur Akinci Writers are suckers for words. So am I. This morning I heard a word that brought a wide smile to my face: shrinkflation. Shrinking + Inflation = Shrinkflation Wikipedia de… Read More
2016-11-04 11:53
© Ugur Akinci You can hurt or at least drive your readers crazy if you neglect the following three components of a technical document: Notes Cautions Warnings A Note is the least severe… Read More
2016-10-31 11:45
© Ugur Akinci Location is important in finding a job as a technical writer in the hi-tech sector. No doubt about that. If you’re living in one of the following metropolitan areas… Read More
2016-10-28 11:59
© Ugur Akinci Adobe RoboHelp is one of the coolest applications you’ll ever use as a technical communicator. It’s like the “Swiss army knife” of document-creatio… Read More
2016-10-26 18:11
© Ugur Akinci Do you have any trouble using the verbs LIE and LAY correctly? Do you use “lie” when you are supposed to use “lay,” or the other way around?… Read More
2016-10-19 20:18
© Ugur Akinci Imagine your data consists of “Days of Accidents”. For each day on this list there has been one accident: As you can see, not all days are listed. There have b… Read More
2016-10-14 14:37
Here is a free course to boost your writing and office productivity right away — and it’s FREE as well! From me to you. Enjoy! Ugur Click here to claim your free courseRela… Read More
2016-09-28 15:19
© Ugur Akinci Have you wondered in the past which business entity is right for you? Should you do business as a sole proprietor (a category which does not exist in every country but USA… Read More
2016-09-19 21:54
© Ugur Akinci Images always cheer-up any article, blog post or document. But if you use images with copyright without paying for them you can get into trouble. So how do you get ca… Read More
2016-09-01 11:02
© Ugur Akinci You can delete a hyperlink in a MS Word document by right-clicking on the link and, from the pop-up menu, select Remove Hyperlink. You can also get rid of a hyperlink by p… Read More
2016-08-31 11:33
© Ugur Akinci You can switch from one open MS Word document to another by pressing CTRL + F6, in case you didn’t know. But what if you have 16 Word documents open for some reason… Read More
2016-08-28 14:05
© Ugur Akinci Imagine you have a MS Word document thousands of pages long, a document with hundreds or thousands of review comments. If you’d like to see all the comments, togethe… Read More
2016-06-29 18:13
Technical Writer CareerBuilder Technical Writer To provide technical writing support for medical device industry product labeling within Technical Communication. Responsibilities. Technical… Read More
2016-06-29 16:54
Windows 10 IT Pro Essentials: Top 10 Tools Ed Bott Dive in to Windows 10 with award-winning journalist and Windows Expert Ed Bott in this highly curated free eBook covering the top apps, acc… Read More
2016-06-28 18:31
Technical Writer (SC15474) Craigslist Summary: This person will work as a technical writer, writing, revising, and completing Intel motherboard user manuals, quick reference guides, and &he&helli…Read More
2016-06-24 17:38
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2016-06-23 17:33
Related Posts:FREE PREVIEW – 101 Tips & Tutorials to Write LikeHow to Split a MS Word Paragraph into Individual SentencesHow to Write Cause and Effect Sentences and Paragraphs&hel&helli…Read More
2016-06-23 14:46
Technical Writer Seek Technical Writing, A great opportunity to join an Australian owned company who are not only the leaders in their field but growing innovators. Technical Writer Adecco… Read More
2016-06-22 15:18
By Paulina Gibson Special for TCC As PDF is the dominant format for corporate document sharing, it is no wonder there is a wide selection of complimentary tools that can help you get more do… Read More
2016-02-29 21:22
© Ugur Akinci If you pull your readers into a topic by asking a rhetorical question that’s perfectly acceptable as a writing style. But if you do that, you’d better answer y… Read More
2016-02-24 20:46
Dear Reader, Which new topic would you like to master next? We are developing our next wave of online video courses. Our goal is to make sure we offer exactly what you want. Here are some of… Read More
2016-02-22 22:27
© Ugur Akinci Every job, every occupation has its rules, correct? Break these rules and you’ll be in trouble. Here are some general rules in tech writing: Tech Writing is Correc… Read More
2016-02-18 11:53
Or, “What I learned from James Williamson”… Related Posts:Selected Technical Writing Jobs for Jan 16, 20163 Top Characteristics of Technical WritingTechnical Writer &ndas&hell…Read More
2016-02-15 11:22
© Ugur Akinci Someone said “good technical writing is boring writing.” Not only that is true, but that’s a beautiful thing too. Why? Allow me to explain. Let’s… Read More
2016-02-07 21:48
(Please leave a comment, good or bad, I appreciate them all. What questions do you have? I’m interested to know. Many thanks!) © Ugur Akinci I have a confession to make today&hel&helli…Read More
2016-01-23 16:10
© Ugur Akinci Washington D.C. is hit by the snow storm Jonas yesterday. As I was driving to work (yes I had to show up early even though I knew it was going to be an early-release day)… Read More
2016-01-17 23:20
© Ugur Akinci Here are three email job alert feeds that I use all the time. When you create any of these, you’ll find an email in your inbox every day listing the jobs available f… Read More
2016-01-16 15:53
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2015-12-14 13:52
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2015-11-17 14:44
Here is our new logo that we’ll use in all our communications: Did you like it? Let me know what you think. Thanks. Ugur Related Posts:How to Enhance Your MS PowerPoint Present… Read More
2015-11-16 11:53
© Ugur Akinci Cause and Effect Sentence Writing a cause and effect sentence is very commonplace in both fiction and non-fiction works. Its structure is very simple and straight forward… Read More
2015-11-06 01:47
© Ugur Akinci Introduction XML-based structured authoring has been one of the hottest topics in the technical writing community for quite a while. Shifting from traditional documentatio… Read More
2015-09-28 20:13
By Max Dunn I have been working with XML since it was a glimmer in the eye of Jon Bosak. In fact, before XML was conceived, there was SGML; going from SGML to XML represented a stream… Read More
2015-09-04 19:05
© Ugur Akinci 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… Read More
2015-08-22 14:37
Click below to download the presentation slides in PDF format: STC_INDIA_8_22_2015_PRESENTATION Related Posts:10/20/30 and 20/20/20 Rules of Effective PowerPoint…7 Steps to Better Pr… Read More
2015-07-26 18:57
© Ugur Akinci 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… Read More
2015-06-26 11:22
By BJ Johnston Is is easy in Excel to calculate the number of working days between two dates. Most, but not all businesses, operations or project activities and progress happen during weekd… Read More
2015-06-25 10:36
“Proposal Planning and Writing for RFPs” is a 51-page (8.5” x 11”) comprehensive volume describing in over 10,000 words every aspect of responding to a government RF… Read More
2015-06-23 13:28
Related Posts:Exceptional Free Web Sites for MS Word 2007 and 2010…Free Amazon Kindle eBook Download, July 22-26: “AP Style…Document Survey Question: How Frequently Do… Read More
2015-06-22 11:29
By Casey Markee If you have access to Microsoft Excel or a similar program, you can use it to simplify your life with these handy templates. These templates work in Excel and many of them w… Read More
2015-06-19 11:34
© Ugur Akinci Adobe FrameMaker 2015 has been released this month (June 2015) and I’m really pleased with some of the new features they packed into this new version. My most favor… Read More
2015-06-18 10:15
By Jonathon Ross Carrington “The economy is down.” “I am too busy to finish writing this grant by the deadline.” “I don’t know where to start on writing… Read More
2015-06-17 11:17
By BJ Johnston This article is inspired by a question I was asked by a website visitor. The question was along the lines of how to count a number of items in a list that met more than one c… Read More
2015-06-16 10:12
By Dr. Jeffrey J. Rodman Christian ministries and churches have asked themselves this question. How will this turmoil affect a funding sources giving to my ministry? Is grant writing still… Read More
2015-06-15 10:50
By BJ Johnston One of the most important factors in good data analysis is clean data. Dirty data can make even simple analysis tasks become much more complicated than they need be, or even… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Powered by Max Banner Ads © Ugur Akinci MS Word offers a pretty elaborate review and commenting functionality through its Review tab. Imagine we start with the following samp… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Powered by Max Banner Ads © Ugur Akinci Sometimes MS Word will display the “Compatibility Mode” message right after the file name on the Title Bar: That means yo… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Interested to work as a Tech Writer for a SDVOSB (Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business) in Old Town Alexandria? Salary 85K. The Technical Writer develops and prepares proposals th… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Don’t read this if you’re a millionaire writer! Seriously, if you’re a Hollywood writer making millions per script, then you don’t need to read this email. If you&rsq&hell…Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Powered by Max Banner Ads © Ugur Akinci http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Hyperlink.mp4 Related Posts:How to Display the Yellow Marker E… Read More
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