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Features
- Add drama to your writing
RON BLICQ
describes how to write drama and why doing so has injected more life into his technical writing - Breaking into the usability field
ANNA LEE
examines the practice of usability and recommends a way forward for technical communicators interested in it - Focus on a freelance project
MALCOLM BEAUMONT
Taking one of Mike Unwalla’s recent contracts as an example, Malcolm dissects a documentation project - Turn off the tap: limiting word wastage
SOPHIE HURST
explains how, rather than leaving it all to the translators, authors can influence how their texts appear in other languages - Control terminology or miss your train
MICHAEL WETZEL
quantifies the benefits of controlling terms early in the writing process - Not just a matter of perspective
NICK BROOKER
presents his perspective on perspective and describes how different types are generated - Programming languages
ANTHONY SEATON
In the first of a series on computer programming, Anthony reflects on the history and development of programming languages - A primer for CE marking
STUART MILLER
Using a laser printer as an example, Stuart outlines how CE marking legislation affects its user manual and labels - Freedom of Information Act
SUSAN McLEAN
looks at how companies can protect their (not so) private parts - The numbers game
JANE DARDS
It is often useful to number items automatically. Jane looks at how to do this in FrameMaker documents