Technical writing
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 […]
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, […]
Education initiative in New Delhi Rahul Karn and Rajeev Jain talking with students Going in the colleges and interacting with the new generation is really a very awesome experience. Recently STC I gave me this golden chance to talk about technical writing in RDIAS college, Rohini. Sharing report of Rajeev Jain who really did […]
In an initiative to encourage ADID Alumni and other technical writers to share technical writing knowledge, ADID invited Neha Srivastava to share her understanding on the documentation development life cycle and she comes up with well-knit and researched post. You can write to her or post a comment to ask anything dropping from your mind […]
Technical Writing Course/Training Delhi (NCR), Bangalore, Pune, and Hyderabad Welcome, Information Developers Foundation is a premier Technical writing training institute not only in Bangalore but our students are from Delhi NCR, Pune, Hyderabad, and other parts of the globe. Technical writing is a fast growing sector in India and abroad. It creates the need for […]
How To Estimate Time For Technical Writing Projects? Estimating time for a technical writing project is an art or craft that I do not know but surely it is one of the significant and core skill, yet most of the technical communicator find it one of the most daunting tasks because it relies on many […]
Best Metrics for Annual Appraisal/Review of Technical writers In the office, I hate doing three things firing, interviewing, and appraisal. Unfortunately, these are an integral part of people management and we have to live with them. Can we make the appraisal process stress-free? Through this post sharing my views on the appraisal process and the […]