Our guide for
technical documentation

From digital product passports and the right to repair to artificial intelligence – countless legal changes are currently…

The EU is compelling companies to become more sustainable, but how can manufacturers successfully meet with these require…

Sebastian Schiller, Software Trainer at Quanos, shares his expertise when it comes to creating user-friendly operating in…

A Content Management System saves a great deal of work when it comes to technical documentation. Complemented by systems …

Over the course of a machine's lifecycle, countless pieces of data are generated - from development right through to disp…

If you work in technical writing, you might have already come across the abbreviation COTI at some point. It comes up aga…

Standards for plain language have been in the works in Germany and at the international level since 2019. Dr. Markus Nick…

Our article on switching to a career in technical writing has garnered a great deal of interest. It is apparent that many…

Career changer! For many, this initially sounds like a second choice career path, but moving across to a career as a tech…

Videos are widely used in modern technical documentation to clearly convey instructions. Video tutorials are popular, but…

Technical writing teams often complain that hardly anyone notices their department and they feel marginalized within the …

Technical writers working in plant engineering know all too well that a company's own documentation presents a challenge,…

The new version of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) is currently causing some uncertainty among manufacturers. …

For several years now, docs as code has been a buzz word in the field of software documentation. It is an especially popu…

Our content management system SCHEMA ST4 is now available as a web-based version: ST4 Web Author. With ST4 Web Author, te…

In the first part of this series of articles, the practical experience of service technicians impressively showed that o…

Service technicians are indispensable for keeping machines and systems running smoothly. But maintenance experts hardly h…

Mechanical and plant engineering can be fascinating. Its methods and processes have developed over the years to make the …

The matter of how long to keep manuals is something that often raises questions. How long should end users keep them for …

Choosing a content management system is one of the most important decisions in technical communication. As a layout and t…

Aftersales and technical documentation are often considered separately. But there is more overlap than many companies thi…

Today, companies must not let any revenue opportunity go to waste. Valuable potential for additional revenue lies in the …

Today, machine and plant manufacturers can no longer stabilize their sales with high-quality products alone. They face th…

To create a web CMS, is it enough to simply recreate all the features of a professional CMS for technical authoring in ex…

To optimize internal processes, more and more machine and plant manufacturers are switching to software solutions in the …

Agile development processes have been state of the art in the software industry for some years. But what does this actual…

Let us start by saying that you can never tell from the outside which standards will be of relevance to a technical writi…