Our guide for technical documentation

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In a technical editing department, the creation of technical documents is only half the battle.
A large part of it is also the organisation of the content: Variant management, terminology, translation
management and the automation of tasks are just a few keywords.

Technical Documentation

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  • AI technology (12)
  • Automation (3)
  • CCMS (28)
  • Content Delivery (4)
  • Content creation (41)
  • Digital Information Twin (5)
  • Digitalization (13)
  • Documentation (4)
  • E-commerce (1)
  • Layouts and formats (2)
  • Legal (5)
  • Manufacturers (1)
  • Modularization (3)
  • Networking service information (5)
  • Operators (1)
  • Ordering spare parts (1)
  • Quality control (13)
  • Reuse (2)
  • Selling spare parts (1)
  • Smart Information (16)
  • Terminology Management (2)
  • Tools and technology (11)
  • Translation management (7)
  • Trends (15)
  • Variant management (4)

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Getting Variants Under Control  

Getting Variants Under Control

There are many reasons why technical documentation has different variants. But what is the best way for a technical writi…

Variants, variants, and more variants  

Variants, variants, and more variants

Most technical writers agree that variants are one of the biggest challenges in technical authoring. But where do these v…

English documentary, German editing: (no) problem  

English documentary, German editing: (no) problem

This blog article is only available in German.

1 – 2 – Callout! Graphic Labeling Made Easy  

1 – 2 – Callout! Graphic Labeling Made Easy

With technical documentation, one thing is pretty much a certainty: lots of pictures. After all, you have to show again a…

Technical documentation – Why?  

Technical documentation – Why?

Let’s consider the why question for a moment. After all, sometimes it’s not a bad idea to go back to basics. What actuall…

The Right Choice  

The Right Choice

Introducing a CMS is about more than just buying software. After all, the provider is just as important as the product. C…

 

Is a Component Content Management System Worthwhile?

If you’re thinking about introducing a component content management system (CCMS), you will of course want to know whethe…

Automating terminology checks in SCHEMA ST4  

Automating terminology checks in SCHEMA ST4

“The support team just called. The latest issues of the maintenance manuals still contain old component names. It’s resul…

 

Less is more: controlled language for more efficient documentation

The verb “to sanction” can mean “to approve” as well as “to punish”. The Oxford English Thesaurus apparently lists 380 sy…

Filtering master projects in SCHEMA ST4 – many from one!  

Filtering master projects in SCHEMA ST4 – many from one!

“Many from one!” That might sound a bit like witchcraft. But it is common practice in our SCHEMA ST4 Component Content Ma…

 

The major advantages of a component content management system in technical writing

Authoring processes can be optimised with a content management system, because such a tool provides efficient solutions f…

 

Achieve optimum text intelligibility in technical writing

Imagine that your company produces fan heaters. Winter is slowly approaching and you know that the coming months will be …