Technical Writing Blog

Many of us come into technical writing from different and often unrelated writing fields. I, for one, have a degree in journalism, and for the past ten years I have been writing fiction and poetry, while also working with Web content and development. At first I thought that technical writing would be boring, though possibly…

Do you plan on bringing a product to the market soon? There’s a good chance that this product should be equipped with a manual. Automatically you will face various issues. This blog briefly discusses some of these common questions about manuals. Why a manual? For many products, it is mandatory to include a manual. But…

Creating documentation for online publishing can be tricky not only for novice technical writers, but also for those focused on printable outputs. There are important conceptual differences between HTML and PDF (or other printable formats). One of the most obvious challenges is

Many HAT vendors have free versions of their documentation tools or servises. And ClickHelp isn’t an exception you can try our tool absolutely free for 30 days: get ClickHelp Free Trial. Let’s see what other documentation tools are available for a free trial… ClickHelp Free Trial Server: Author-it 30-Day Free Trial: Doc-To-Help Free Trial: ePublisher…

Read what it is and how it is better than MS Word or Google Docs. When most people hear the word “hat”, they think about headwear. But for technical writers, this is an abbreviation of a help authoring tool (HAT). Help Authoring Tools are used by technical communicators and software authors to create, publish, and…

Sometimes technical communication specialists are asked: “What is your profession?” And the answer “technical writer” puts many people in a dead end. They dont know anything about technical writing, documentation authoring, and of course about online technical writing and documentation tools like ClickHelp product. We discussed this question with colleagues during a break. Many of…

All technical writers, beginners and the experienced ones, are often looking for useful information on technical writing websites and, especially, on blogs. Corporate and personal blogs give a lot of useful information. It’s news, methods of providing information, examples from their own experience, advice on specific tasks, or overviews of top online help authoring tools….

They were so nice to have, those printed manuals! But that's it – we have to say good bye to the printed documentation starting today… Today, under the pressure of various environmental organizations all over the world, the G8 international group has signed a document that is very important to the technical writing industry –…

So many reasons – too many for a bulleted list… And you wonder where this huge number comes from. Let’s find out together. What Those 18 Billion Are? This is the number of search queries people perform on the Internet per month in the US, according to comScore. This includes all major search engines like…