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.

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Unequal Siblings: Technical Writing and Marketing

In principle, technical writing and marketing do the same thing: they communicate with customers about a company's produc…

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…

Englische Doku, deutsche Redaktion: (k)ein Problem  

Englische Doku, deutsche Redaktion: (k)ein Problem

This blog article is only available in German.

Safety Information – These Standards Help  

Safety Information – These Standards Help

Safely to the safety instruction  

Safely to the safety instruction

Of the many content modules that make up a manual, warnings are probably the most sensitive. If errors occur here, there …

SCHEMA ST4 Online – A Good Idea?  

SCHEMA ST4 Online – A Good Idea?

Just like many other office jobs, the landscape of technical writing departments has changed dramatically. Mobile working…

Die perfekte Technische Dokumentation  

Die perfekte Technische Dokumentation

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…

Guidelines, Style Guide, Editorial Guide  

Guidelines, Style Guide, Editorial Guide

Editorial Guide, Style Guide, Documentation Guidelines – almost every team of technical writers has one or more documents…

What Makes a Writer a Technical Writer?  

What Makes a Writer a Technical Writer?

“Doesn’t a technical writer just write down what the developer/engineer built?”. You still hear this misconception from t…

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…