Technical writing newsletter 10: April 2005
New services
Our new author training course (www.techscribe.co.uk/techw/author-training.htm) gives software developers the skills that they need to produce effective documentation.
Business development
Mike Unwalla has been elected as a member of the British Computer Society (BCS) (www.bcs.org.uk).
Community involvement
Sheffield Business Club has a new web site, courtesy of TechScribe. "Fantastic! Easy to read, logical sequence, easy to navigate, well written" says club Director Sheila Quairney. [Editor's note 2008/03/18: TechScribe's design is no longer used on the SBC web site.]
Resources
New articles on the TechScribe web site:
- Using digital print technology to produce software manuals (www.techscribe.co.uk/techw/digital-printing.htm).
- The names that technical communicators use to explain their work (www.techscribe.co.uk/ta/describing.htm).
Microsoft Word is a powerful tool. See www.shaunakelly.com/word/ to find out how to use it effectively.