Technical Writing Links

This page contains links to Web sites related to technical writing. These links are grouped into various categories.

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Technical Writing Links - Generic

• Technical Writing Course (http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Technical_writing)
• Online Technical Writing: Online Textbook--Contents (http://www.io.com/~hcexres/textbook/)
• Karin Gallagher - Writing technical documentation (http://www.rpbourret.com/kgallag/course/index.htm)
• Resume Samples (http://www.portnov.com/freeresumesample/TechnicalWriterResumes.htm)
• Providing Job References (http://internsover40.blogspot.com/2009/11/5-tips-on-handling-your-job-references.html)
• Technical Writing Tips, Tricks and Templates (http://www.klariti.com/technical-writing/index.shtml)
• Industry Report: Overview of the Technical Communication Industry (http://saulcarliner.home.att.net/idbusiness/overviewtcindustry.htm)
• Software documentation services from TechScribe. (http://www.techscribe.co.uk/)
• Technical Writing Tips for Technical Writers and Managers of Writers (http://www.docsymmetry.com)
• Toolkit: Preparing Procedures (http://saulcarliner.home.att.net/id/procedures.htm)
• User Manuals (http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~dbutler/tutorials/winter96/manuals/)
• Documentation Life Cycle (http://www.precisely.com/Documentation%20Life%20Cycle.pdf)
• Writer's Websites (http://www.online-learning.com/articles_writersites.html)
• Unicode and Multilingual Support in HTML, Fonts, Web Browsers and Other Applications (http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/)
• Context-Sensitive Help — An Easy Method Using Javascript (http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/06/20/context-sensitive-help-an-easy-method-using-javascript/)
• General Principles of Instructional Design (http://itc.boisestate.edu/icet/guides/design.htm)
• Writing Effective Emails (http://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/EmailCommunication.htm)
• Differences Between American and British English (http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa110698.htm)
• American English - British English dictionary (http://esl.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.peak.org/%7Ejeremy/dictionary/dict.html)
• Simplify, Simplify
  (http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/simplify-simplify/)

Technical Writing Links - Grammar

• Common Errors in English (http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors)
• Identifying the right preposition (http://www.allaboutcommunication.com/Prepositions.html)

Technical Writing Links - Style Guides

• Microsoft® Manual of Style for Technical Publications, Third Edition (http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/6074.aspx)
• Chicago Manual of Style Online (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html)
• APA Style (http://apastyle.apa.org/)
• Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. The Elements of Style (http://www.bartleby.com/141/)
• MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (2nd edition) (http://www.mla.org/store/CID24/PID160)

Technical Writing Links - Word vs FrameMaker

• Word vs. FrameMaker - one technical writer’s opinion (http://engineering-software.web.cern.ch/engineering-software/Products/Framemaker/attachments/Comparison.pdf)

Technical Writing Links - Open Office

• Open Office - Advanced Tutorial (https://www.sun.com/offers/docs/creating_large_docs_OpenOffice.pdf)

Technical Writing Links - Word

• Word Macros and Visual Basic for Applications FAQ (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/index.htm)
• Fixing Your Normal.dot file (http://www.marshalladulteducation.org/techtips/techtip72.htm)

Technical Writing Links - FrameMaker

• FrameMaker Tutorial (http://wiki.scriptorium.com)
• Designing Print Documentation: FrameMaker Tutorials (http://www.io.com/~tcm/etwr2372/frame_index.html)
• Steve Whitlatch's Homepage (http://www.getnet.net/~swhitlat/docbook.php)
• FrameMaker bugs (http://www.microtype.com/FM_bugs.html)

e-learning/Instructional Designing Links

• Free elearning tutorials (http://www.commlabindia.com/elearning-resources/free-authoring-tools.php)

Technical Writing Links - Captivate Tool

• Adobe Captivate 3 Getting Started Guide (http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/captivate/)