1. Free Alternatives to Expensive Technical Writing Software
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... RoboHelp--combined will cost close to $2000.00. But, where there's a will there's a way. There are a multitude of free--or open-souce--alternatives to those costly tools technical writers absolutely need ...

2. How to Write Editing Comments For Authors
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... cause. It also helps the author by suggesting how to improve the sentence. Often authors will just go with my suggestion and be thankful for the extra effort. The next comment (below) is perhaps one of ...

3. Using Comic Books for Technical Instruction
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... seriously. In all, though, they present a great way to do something different when writing instructions. For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier ...

4. What is a Technical Writing Portfolio?
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... So, because it is an applied discipline, employers expect technical writers to show proof of their application. Engineers can point to specific objects they've helped to create: circuits, bridges, cars, ...

5. How to Gain Experience in Technical Writing
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... be a professional grant writer, then you'll have tons of small non-profit, social service organizations asking for your free help. Finding them is simple enough: cold call from the organizations you find ...

6. 5 Important Books in Technical Writing
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... to know how to design the interfaces of communications (not just computer-based) while keeping users in mind. Often writers don't have time to conduct their own foundational user-testing, this guide helps ...

7. Quickly Getting into Technical Writing
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... training, start by looking for some basic online courses on technical writing. What you want are the fundamentals that help you understand the differences between technical writing and other types of writing. ...

8. Using Old School Web Design
(Web Design/Web Design Tips and Articles)

... remind us what the web used to be: a simpler place with a lot of potential. They help us relive or remember the period when it was okay to not only use tables, but to display table borders. Further, retro ...

9. Writing Blog Content as Technical Writing
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... than the same in academia, where the trend is to support and help students, not bash them for a poorly written article. The research skills they use and learn will also be useful. As I found in my first ...

10. Usability Testing: Using Eye-Tracking Software
(Usability/Usability Tips, Lessons and Articles)

... attention to--reading or spending a moment to understand--on the page. Further, understanding the path of their gaze will help you understand how they are visually travelling on a page. Once you've conducted ...

11. How to Use Color in Your Documents
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... This will make the use of color more effective. For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...

12. Web Design: Font and Page Size
(Web Design/Web Design Tips and Articles)

... I discuss how font is used to help create meaning. But both of those articles were pretty specific to writing hard copy documents. Writing for the web is a completely different set of rules, and those ...

13. How to Write Policies and Procedures
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... is the case for you, or if you just want to get some different insight into writing policies or procedures, hopefully this brief article can help. Where to Start? First, as always, you need to understand ...

14. Technical Communications and Programming: The Economic Reasons for Commenting
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... is especially important when a programmer is introduced to a software system. In such a case the documentation provides insight about the system and helps the unfamiliar programmer quickly become familiar ...

15. Technical Communication and Programming: Dissertation Study
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... prove interesting. For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.                         ...

16. Technical Communication and Programming: Internal and External Documentation
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... code, while external documents are needed to give context to the program itself. Internal documentation serves a basic function: it helps people more quickly and easily understand the code. This is accomplished ...

17. Why You Should Edit Your Information
(Usability/Usability Tips, Lessons and Articles)

... the information, these types of errors will likewise affect the meaning of the information after translation. For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit ...

18. How to Use Metaphors in Web Site Design
(Web Design/Web Design Tips and Articles)

... to represent either a whole web site or design elements in the site. This representation will work to help the user more quickly understand how to use the site, or to more quickly understand how the site ...

19. Universal Usability and Culture
(Usability/Usability Tips, Lessons and Articles)

...  For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...

20. Persuasive Writing Example
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... to understand what will help me get that. What I want is for the corporate board members to be able to visit us once a year for a few days and not have to take personal time to do it. In other words, I ...

21. PowerPoint Tips
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

I want to briefly discuss the use of PowerPoint (or similar technologies) for giving presentations. To begin with, they are wonderful aids for helping to engage the audience and reinforce the ideas being ...

22. When To Use Graphics
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

In a word: always! According the three goals of technical communication we want to help our readers quickly find, understand and utilize information. Because of how our minds work, these goals are more ...

23. Resume Guide Part 9
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

... you know, computer software or hardware you’re familiar with, etc.  For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.  ...

24. Resume Guide Part 8
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

... Resume. For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...

25. Resume Guide Part 7
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

... these qualities are desired in many government positions. For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...

26. Resume Guide Part 6
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

... project goals) and “multi-tasking” (you can work on more than one thing at once). For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...

27. Resume Guide Part 5
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

... professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...

28. Resume Guide Part 4
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

... investigation example, which then proves that she can be discrete and keep a secret. For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...

29. Resume Guide Part 3
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

... letter, and less like a list of qualifications. For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...

30. Resume Guide Part 2
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

... these words (by starting the sentence with them), you can get the point across that much easier. For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.  ...

31. Minimum Functionality for Increased Usability
(Usability/Usability Tips, Lessons and Articles)

... For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...

32. Resume Guide Part 1
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

... end up in the circular file (that is, the trash can). This guide is designed to help you make the right choices in designing and creating the best resumes and cover letters possible so that your potential ...

33. How to Align Text
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

Along with several other elements on a page, the alignment of your text helps achieve the goals of technical communication (making the information easy to find and easy to read/understand). You need to ...

34. Technical Communication and Programming: Using Writing Rules
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

This article is about better commenting practices for the purpose of—perhaps—helping some to better their programming practices. But before beginning, let me qualify the entire thing by saying that I am ...

35. Usability Testing: Task-based Testing
(Usability/Usability Tips, Lessons and Articles)

... professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...

36. Usability Testing: Tapping Task
(Usability/Usability Tips, Lessons and Articles)

... be carried out, but for now the tapping task does hold good promise for helping us better understand how to improve the usability of written information. For technical, professional and business communication ...

37. Iterative Usability Testing
(Usability/Usability Tips, Lessons and Articles)

... on whether the user selected one of the choices offered or did something else. Hence, user data is constantly compiled to help them provide a better product (to see Google's discussion about user testing, ...

38. Usability and Engineering Design
(Usability/Usability Tips, Lessons and Articles)

... the end-user. For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...

39. Usabiltiy in Logos
(Usability/Usability Tips, Lessons and Articles)

... whether or not the item is usable. For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...

40. Usability Case Study: Apple Newton
(Usability/Usability Tips, Lessons and Articles)

... or do you? Is it ready to be released, or do the concepts need to be perfected first? Is the product usable, or just cool? For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, ...

41. How to Use Whitespace
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... so the font runs right up against the font on this page. It's difficult for the eye to break up the information. Sure you can do it, but one of the goals is to help readers do it quickly. In other words, ...

42. Goals of Technical Communication
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... must also be kept in mind. What are they trying to do? Learn? Make a decision? Put something together or install something? Understand that purpose and design the information to help them attain their ...

43. How to Use Font Types: The Sequel
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... message. So just as you should select an appropriate font to help readers 1. easily find information and 2. easily read the information, you should also select a font that will 3. help support the information. ...

44. How to Use Font Type
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... the font type that will help you best meet your objective. If you want readers to easily find information within a lot of text (like paragraphs on a printed page), use Times New Roman or a similar font ...

45. What Font Size to Use
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... pages on this site). Following these tips will create a better, more easily accessed information unit. For technical, professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier ...

46. Consistency in Writing
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... locations (D). Aside from ensuring that your document looks professional, consistency does something else. It helps the reader understand where they are in the document, and where to look for their information. ...

47. Your Audience
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... professional and business communication help in the Las Cruces, NM area, visit Lanier Infomedia.   ...