Technical Writers, Find Your Voice but Be Consistent
Tweet In writing, there are different kinds of style manuals. Academics usually refer to the MLA Style for their writing. Journalists usually think of AP Style. Book writers might follow the Chicago Manual of Style. APA Style is what people in the social sciences usually adhere to. If you are writing in the government sector, you know about GPO Style. I know there are more, but these are the main ones that people usually use. ...
Read MoreCreating a Style Guide For Your Documentation: Part II
Tweet Last week, I created a video about the importance of having a style guide for your technical documentation. It helps to save time and stress, so that you are able to focus on more important things, like the quality of your documents. If technical writing isn’t your strong points, but you are pretty good with HTML and CSS, then using those skills will help you create an outstanding and effective style guide that will become the...
Read MoreCreating a Style Guide For Your Documents
Tweet Here is my latest video stressing the importance of having a style guide for your company’s documentation. A style guide makes it easier to start writing and editing your documents before giving it to your team and clients. Tomorrow, I am going to follow up and go in-depth on how to actually go about it. The video provides a high-level overview of how go about it. Question is do you have a style guide for your...
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