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Technical Writing for Desktop Publishers
Writing and book indexing help for desktop publishers. Often desktop publishers become jack-of-all-trades and need at least a basic understanding of technical writing.
Howard Bear, Jacci. About.com (2002). Resources>Document Design>Software>Technical Writing
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Forum for the discussion of technical writing.
WritersWrite.com (1996). Resources>Writing>Technical Writing
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Technical communication resources of interest to the oil and gas industry.
Oil Survey (2002). Resources>Writing>Engineering>Technical Writing
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Technische Dokumentation für IT, Elektronik, Telekommunikation
On more than 300 pages this Web site features original material by Alexander von Obert and other authors. The Webmaster is also the founder and moderator of some of the more important German mailing lists in this field (see http://www.techwriter.de/thema/mailingl.htm). There are several link lists, e.g. about jobs (http://www.techwriter.de/beispiel/jobboers.htm) and a list of more than 500 glossaries and dictionaries both on paper and online (http://www.techwriter.de/ue-portal/woerterb/index.htm). This Web site enjoys more tham 22.000 visits per month, some 60% of these through search enginenes.
von Obert, Alexander. Techwriter.de (2004). (German) Resources>Writing>Regional>Germany
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A website that publishes numerous articles for technical communicators, journalists and documentation specialists.
George, Ginu. Technocrats (2004). Resources>TC>Writing>Technical Writing
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Technocrats-me is a group that was organized on 17th July 2004, for communication professionals and writers all over the world. The organization started its mailing list and discussions on the online group, because the community for communication is in a mounting stage, and anyone can access the new changes very fast via internet and the wireless communication systems. For more details visit www.technocrats-me.org
George, Ginu. Technocrats (2004). Resources>Mailing Lists>Writing>Technical Writing
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Technology and Composition Bibliography
A bibliography of several hundred writings about technology and the teaching of writing.
Taylor, Stacy. University of Louisville. Resources>Bibliographies>Technology>Writing
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The TechScribe newsletter is designed primarily for purchasers and potential purchasers of technical writing services. It deals with legislation, new products on the market, new services, tools, hints and tips and other matters relating to documentation and a client's business. Of course, it will also keep you updated with what's happening at TechScribe.
TechScribe (2003). Resources>Mailing Lists>Documentation>Technical Writing
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Offers Technical communication topics for technical writers, editors, indexers, teachers, students, and people interested in the technical communication field.
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This new TECHWR-L archive format gives you complete access to TECHWR-L list messages--from the first messages posted in March 1993 to the current day's TECHWR-L postings. We've added this new format in response to site visitor feedback, which indicated a need for a complete archive that: returns focused results (minimizing irrelevant results; returns results quickly; minimizes forms; minimizes reloading pages; offers flexibility to search by topic, author, thread, or date. This new archive format provides full-text search capabilities through all 120,000+ (and growing) messages, as well as allows you to browse by month/year, thread, and author. Experiment with the new archive format, or find out more about it.
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Technical writing skills are now in great demand in business, industry, science and technology. Information contained here will assist you in gaining a faster appreciation of some of the skills required in this rapidly growing field.
Scott, George A. TechWriter!. Resources>Writing>Technical Writing
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So, you're interested in technical writing tips. Perhaps you've never done technical writing and you're looking to get into the field or get some idea of what it's about. Or maybe you're already in the field and want to know what another technical writer has to say. Let me start with a brief introduction to myself and then I'll get into the tips.
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A blog about clearly communicating your message.
Casey, A. Blogspot (2001). Resources>Writing>Technical Writing>Minimalism
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General perspective on technical writing. Technical writers produce Documentation that describe products or services and explain how to use them.
Jayaprakash, Sajitha. Mouthshut.com (2002). Resources>Writing>Technical Writing>Blogs
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Townsend Library: Technical Writing 
Links to several online technical writing resources.
New Mexico State University (2002). Resources>Directories>Writing>Technical Writing
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'User Friendly Manuals' Website
The place to find the hottest news and tips on how to make user friendly instruction manuals and control the quality of instruction manuals.
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Secrets of web usability and web credibility enhancement. Web content writing. Blogs as marketing tools. Using internet forums as virtual advisory staff. Professional email composition.
Streight, Steven. Blogger.com (2004). Resources>Usability>Writing>Blogs
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Voices from the Field features interviews with college composition instructors from across the country. Each month, it posts a new interview about a current topic in the field—from using MOOs in the classroom to teaching writing as a social process.
Bedford-St. Martin's (1997). Resources>Writing
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Web Resources on Technical Writing and Editing
Technical writing and editing resources that are available on the Internet, with an emphasis on those in the Minneapolis area and in Minnesota.
Winzig Consulting Services, LLC (1999). Resources>Writing>Technical Writing>Technical Writing
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A bibliography with hundreds of online articles about weblogs.
Lowe, Charles. Kairos (2004). Resources>Bibliographies>Writing>Blogs
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What's in a Name? Guidelines for Naming Files
While file naming may seem like an insignificant detail, developing an intuitive, descriptive file naming system can help minimize file access and management challenges. What's more, developing such a file naming system--especially when a consistent system is not in place--can have added benefits, such as improving access through better searchability and browseability, and improving access for everyone who may, now or later, need to access project files. In this article, you'll find several tips and examples for naming files, which used individually or in combination, can help ease file access and management.
Hower, Sean. TECHWR-L (2002). Resources>TC>Computers and Writing
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This page includes external resources you may find valuable in your white paper projects.
WhitePaperSource. Resources>Writing>Business Communication>White Papers
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William Murdick's Links for Writers
Links for Writers is non-commercial, so there are no banners or cookies. However, it is part of a larger site, The Portable Books, that does have a commerical slant (though, again, no banners or cookies). The Portable Books Web site describes two college textbooks: The Portable Business Writer and The Portable Technical Writer. Please hop over there sometime and look around.
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Writers are often assigned to carry out a group research project, give an oral presentation to the class, and/or write a group paper. What do you do?
University of Central Florida (2000). Resources>Collaboration>Writing
