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Information Developers Foundation success story of 2015 With 2015 drawing to a close and a fresh new year waiting on the horizon, I wanted to thank you ALL my students for making 2015 a super successful year by every measure. We grew our footprint, we grew our capabilities, we grew in terms of our value […]
As a writer, your job is to avoid writing the words in your writing which confuse the reader or do not clearly convey your message. So, when writing a technical document, specification, blog avoid using weak phrases. If you are new to technical writing and exploring the opportunity you can read our beginner’s guide. They were […]
Distinction among BRS, FRS, and SRS – Top 7 The difference among SRS, FRS, and BRS seems to be same but in reality, they all are different and important too because many of us do not know these simple basic terms, in simply we know these terms but not exactly. SRS FRS BRS 1. It means […]
Definition of parallelism The balance between two or more similar words, phrases or clauses is called parallelism in grammar. Parallelism is also called parallel structure or parallel construction. Parallel construction prevents awkwardness, promotes clarity and improves writing style and readability. Rules of parallelism are also described in the Microsoft writing style guide. If you are […]
10 Kick ass Resume writing tricks for technical writers Resume for technical writers is considered to be a work sample, so it is important for us to give our best and avoid common mistakes.Hope following suggestions will help you to create a kick-ass resume. 10 tips on what makes a technical writer CV hot: 1) Stick […]
Information Developers Meetups Snaps of Information Developers Foundation meetup on 22 August 2015. It was attended by top-notch technical writers of NCR and the presentations were truly amazing.The best part was it was interactive. Interactive technical writing session in progress Bipul presented a very interesting talk on the importance of UX in developers guide. Bipul from […]
“Login” or “Log in” also which is better “Log in” or “Log on”? What is the difference between logon and login? Sometimes this small word confuses us and compels us to go back to basic :-). I prefer Microsoft Manual of Style so the answer is inline with it. Microsoft Manual of Style prefers Log […]
Difference between Editing and Proofreading Difference between editing and proofreading is work from Megha Gola, A student of Information Developers and employee of Vikash Technical publication, New Delhi. Now Megha is working with Emersion Noida. There is a very thin line between both processes. In this table, I’m trying to summarize the difference. Feel free to add […]
MS Word TOC Issue Recently one of my students asked me to fix her auto-generated table of contents (TOC) in Word. Somehow she ended up with a picture and text in there and she don’t have any clue, and it keeps coming back when they regenerate the TOC. Let us dive deep, how we create […]
Copy/Paste vs Inserting Images I’m assuming that a lot of images used in PowerPoint or Word come from the web. I’m also guessing that most people may realize that most images on the web have been compressed in anyhow to provide a balance of quality and maintain small file size. What I don’t think many people […]
So, as a Technical writer, it just makes sense to make sure the font you or your clients use is one that doesn’t hinder sales in any way. The difference between ‘serif’ and ‘sans serif’ fonts Serif fonts have little feet and embellishments on the tip and base of each letter, making them more distinct […]
Technical writer salary Salary Survey 2017 Interested to know in which direction the salary of technical writers is going. Here is a good news at the starting of the year 2017. Technical writing in the highest paying jobs in India claims Economics Times. Excerpt from the Newspaper Technical writer 2 January 2017 Technical writer While […]
Hi Folk, One of the irrepressible skill of technical writers is good English. We can achieve this by practice. In this series, we are trying to share some good rules of writing. This is a brief about “Gerund Rules”. Hope you all like the post!! Gerund looks exactly the same as a present participle, and […]
One of my friends asks me the importance of preparing TOC (Table of Content) before writing. My answer was it is “like a restaurant without a menu”. Jokes apart below are the reason. TOC is a tool to Plan Documentation Project. The table of contents — is technical writer’s best tool for organizing the document, planning […]
Collect all the existing information on a product, such as: • Client need • Marketing logic and requirement • Product plans • Task analysis • Evaluation reports • Customer feedback • Previous versions of the product and product documentation Find out the objectives for the following: • The product • Release Scheduling • Usability • […]
Introduction Most of us have heard very vaguely about e-Learning and very less about Instructional Design. This article is an attempt to clear few myths about this highly popular domain and describe e-Learning and Instructional Design in a nutshell. Myth: Any web content is e-Learning. Reality: Any web content is not e-Learning. It’s a highly specialized […]
Sumit has set up the “body text” style in his word document so that it only has “space after” and has zero “space before.” This works great for laying out his document, except when it comes to tables. The paragraph following the table ends up being too close to the table, and Sumit wants some space between […]
Most of us directly get to the Google search engine and look for solutions whenever we encounter problems related to Google’s services including Gmail, Maps, Chrome, and YouTube. We visit various websites and keep hunting them until we get the best solution to our problems. But to facilitate your experience with its products and services, […]
Active voice makes it clear who is doing what. In an active sentence, the person that is acting is the subject. Passive sentences obscure or omit the sentence subject. Use passive voice when the sentence object is more important than the subject. The active voice is generally easier to read. Examples (subject, object) Before: Our […]