How much I miss STC events

As always, I registered myself for the New Delhi STC Session for 21 March, and as always, I missed it. On 20th evening, I packed my stuff and had my dinner early. This ensured that I could sleep early because I needed to travel 300 km before next morning. The next moment I heard thunderstorm and [...]

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This too is Writer’s Mental Block

The last week has been one of the most amazing in my professional life – exciting and disappointing at the same time.
I had my first release of documentation suite scheduled for release – where I had worked independently and was solely responsible for its successful external release. At the same time, I deparately wanted to be part of [...]

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Stuck while using Arbortext Editor 5.2

Hi All
I recently started using Arbortext Editor (5.2) and I am terribly stuck.
I am working on a root document (combination of Ref Guide, Quick Guide and Online Help). Take an example where I have a task with a title as ‘Sending Invoice to Archives’. It has its corresponding xref as ‘AF.Admin.Sending.invoice.to.archives’, and I see a [...]

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Technical Writing: Raise the Bar

The first few months at first job as technical writer are confusing since you are not always sure what exactly you are supposed to do. Your role is less significant in the company; not all information regarding the project is communicated to you, and you rarely sit late nights or miss your lunch.

It is only [...]

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First STC Learning Session @ Chandigarh

 
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STC Learning Session on June 28, 2008 @ Chandigarh
The India chapter of the Society for Technical Communication is pleased to announce the first learning session for technical communicators on June 28, 2008 @ Chandigarh.
To know more about STC India, please visit www.stc-india.org
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Agenda
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10.00 AM to 10:30 AM
Registration and Introduction
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Session 1: “Blogs, [...]

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Technical Writing and Creativity

Technical Writers are creative people. Shocked? They have to describe a dialog box in the same manner, again and again. The have to say ‘Click on Save button to save the changes’. No other option. Then where’s the scope of creativity? Ah, you saw them using Photoshop? Or SnagIT? Hey, again they were not allowed [...]

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