Our guide for technical documentation

Standards in technical documentation are more than just a necessary evil for reducing liability risks. For technical writ…

Is it a “screwdriver” or a “turn screw”? Having different terms for the same thing is confusing for readers and could eve…

Editorial guide, style guide, documentation guideline – almost every team of technical writers has one or more documents …

Proofreading is one of the sticking points in any publication process. It comes at the end of the process chain, at a poi…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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