Technical writing involves communicating complex information to those who need it to accomplish some task or goal. Technical communication is used in a variety of fields such as computer hardware and software, engineering, chemistry, aeronautics, robotics, finance, consumer electronics, and biotechnology.
A technical white paper is a document that describes how a technology or product solves a particular problem. A good white paper is informative and is written to give readers an idea about the advantages of a product or technology. Writing a whitepaper requires deep understanding of a product’s technology as well as its application …
In my initial days of working as a technical writer, I was advised not to include screenshots of the proprietary software anywhere in documentation. The rationale was that the images could land into wrong hands and competitors would be able to scoop up the features we were adding to the software. That was 2004. Today, practically …
Making a request to one documentation topic often requires the technical writer to adjust other topics as well. Simple Example: When a new feature is added to a software product, there may be multiple guides that need to be updated. First document needing updating could be the product’s user-manual. Second document could be release notes. Both these …
“The fundamental purpose of scientific discourse is not the mere presentation of information and thought but rather its actual communication. It does not matter how pleased an author might be to have converted all the right data into sentences and paragraphs; it matters only whether a large majority of the reading audience accurately perceives what …