How To Become A Technical Writer

Author : Susan Bilheimer
Publisher : Booklocker.com
ISBN 13 : 9780970196415
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Become a Technical Writer written by Susan Bilheimer and published by Booklocker.com. This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you can write clear, concise instructions, then you can be a technical writer. Learn, step-by-step, how to turn your creative writing talent into a highly lucrative career, where you get paid big money consistently to use your writing skills.

Author : Krista Van Laan
Publisher : XML Press
ISBN 13 : 1457182424
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Insider's Guide to Technical Writing written by Krista Van Laan and published by XML Press. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every complex product needs to be explained to its users, and technical writers, also known as technical communicators, are the ones who do that job. A growing field, technical writing requires multiple skills, including an understanding of technology, writing ability, and great people skills. Whether you're thinking of becoming a technical writer, just starting out, or you've been working for a while and feel the need to take your skills to the next level, The Insider's Guide to Technical Writing can help you be a successful technical writer and build a satisfying career. Inside the Book Is This Job for Me? What does it take to be a technical writer? Building the Foundation: What skills and tools do you need to get started? The Best Laid Plans: How do you create a schedule that won’t make you go crazy? How do you manage different development processes, including Agile methodologies? On the Job: What does it take to walk into a job and be productive right away? The Tech Writer Toolkit: How do you create style guides, indexes, templates and layouts? How do you manage localization and translation and all the other non-writing parts of the job? I Love My Job: How do you handle the ups and downs of being a technical writer? Appendixes: References to websites, books, and other resources to keep you learning. Index

Author : Peter Kent
Publisher : Arco
ISBN 13 : 9780028618838
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Money in Technical Writing written by Peter Kent and published by Arco. This book was released on 1998 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells how to get started as a technical writer, describes technical service agencies, and covers taxes, contracts, finding prospects, sales, business incorporation, and working online.

Author : Kieran Morgan
Publisher : Technical Writing Process
ISBN 13 : 9780994169310
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technical Writing Process written by Kieran Morgan and published by Technical Writing Process. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Plan, structure, write, review, publish"--Cover.

Author : Janet Van Wicklen
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438110421
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tech Writer's Survival Guide written by Janet Van Wicklen and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tech Writing Game (Facts On File, 1992) offers a comprehensive introduction to the craft and business of technical writing.

Author : Alexander Mamishev
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470602694
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technical Writing for Teams written by Alexander Mamishev and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique, integrative, team-centered approach to writing and formatting technical documents Technical Professionals: Do you have difficulty producing high-quality documents with multiple contributors when faced with a tight deadline? Do you need a process that enables global team members to collaborate online as they produce sophisticated documents? Do you prefer the ease of a WYSIWG desktop publishing tool like Microsoft Word rather than more complex software like LaTeX? Professors and Graduate Students: Do you want to streamline the process of writing multi-investigator papers, reports, proposals, and books? Do you spend a lot of time formatting documents instead of thinking and writing? Do you write research papers in Microsoft Word and then need to convert them to LaTeX for your thesis? Do you write research papers in LaTeX and then need to convert them to Microsoft Word when embarking on collaborations with your colleagues from industry? Undergraduate Students: Do you need to write a research paper and don't know where to start? Do you need to collaborate with classmates on a long paper and find yourself lost in organizational details rather than immersed in the content? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, Technical Writing for Teams: The STREAM Tools Handbook is for you. It provides an easy-to-learn system that streamlines individual and collaborative writing, allowing you and your teams to instantly become more productive and create the highest quality documents in a minimum amount of time. Introduced here are the STREAM Tools—Scientific and Technical wRiting, Editing, And file Management Tools—which unlock your collaborators' potential and addresses team dynamics, separation of duties, and workflow. You'll see how to ensure compatibility among multiple writers, achieve consistent formatting, organize content, integrate bibliographic databases, automate the process of document preparation, and move content between Microsoft Word and LaTeX. Checklists, guidelines, and success stories are also included to help you operate as efficiently as possible. From planning and editing documents to solving common team writing problems to managing workflow, Technical Writing for Teams: The STREAM Tools Handbook is the one-stop reference that allows teams to collaborate successfully and create unified, effective documents.

Author : Alan S. Pringle
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0970473362
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technical Writing One Hundred One written by Alan S. Pringle and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the skills you need as a technical writer to create both printed and online content. This valuable reference describes the entire development process-planning, writing, visual design, editing, indexing, and production. You also get tips on how to write information that is more easily translated into other languages. You'll learn about the importance of following templates and about how structured authoring environments based on Extensible Markup Language (XML) streamline the content development process. This updated third edition features new information on the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard for structured authoring, and it explains the impact of Web 2.0 technologies-blogs, wikis, and forums-on technical communication.

Author : Ann Stuart
Publisher : Holt McDougal
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Technical Writer written by Ann Stuart and published by Holt McDougal. This book was released on 1988 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Krista Van Laan
Publisher : Alpha Books
ISBN 13 : 9780028641461
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Technical Writing written by Krista Van Laan and published by Alpha Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the field of technical writing, providing information on such topics as building a portfolio, writing an effective resume, finding well-paying jobs, passing a writing exam, and creating a document online.

Author : Michael Bremer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book UnTechnical Writing written by Michael Bremer and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other book can better prepare you to work as a writer in the technical world, to write better about technology for a nontechnical audience, or to understand how the ever-more-inportant writer can help fill the technology gap between the knows and know-nots. Book jacket.