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- Warren has been a technical writer since 1994
May 1, 2009 | 6:21 pm
Since 1994 I have established and maintained a thriving technical writing consulting business. During this time I have been responsible for designing, authoring, and publishing on-line help systems, websites, user guides, requirement and design specifications, policies and procedures, training materials, and promotional products. I also offer training courses on technical writing to industry and through [...] -
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- CBE Document Storehouse This is the Document Storehouse for CBE LINC materials. You will require special permission to access the CBE Document Storehouse.
- CityDesk Primer This wiki-site introduces the content management system (CMS) tool CityDesk and includes worked examples of how to use CityDesk to manage your website and online content.
- File Depot The file depo is a place where you and I can share project related files. You will require special permission to access the file depot.
- Support Request Tracking For those of you that have a maintenance arrangement with Technical Expressions, this support and maintenenace request tracking system lets you tell us what you need, and then monitor our progress.
- Technical Expressions' Wiki This wiki-site provides resources to myself and other technical writers and web designers.
- Warehouse This is a secure document warehouse for project documentation. You will require special permission to access the document warehouse.
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Private courses micro-sites
September 11, 2008
The following course micro-sites are used to support my instruction of courses I offer privately. Please note that all of this material is under copyright protection. Some of these courses are part of my Effective Writing for Business and Technology series.
- Editing Technical Documents
- Editing is a vital step in creating professional, accurate and usable technical documentation. Discuss the role of the editor and the editing process, as well as examining the types of edits that documents can undergo. Practise various edit types through hands-on exercises.
Editing micro-site - Effective Business Writing
- This course enhances your writing techniques to meet the demands of today’s business and technical world. It familiarizes you with the skills and approaches needed to prepare effective, usable business and technical documentation — whether you are writing memos, reports, proposals, computer manuals, or other documents.
Effective Business Writing micro-site - Flare
- Flare–from Fundamentals to Mastery is a combination of practical hands-on exercises and discussions periods that guide you through the development of actual HTML-based on-line information systems. This course provides practical experience using Flare to create feature-rich websites and on-line help systems.
- Flare micro-site
- Designing Effective Résumés
- There are a lot of books, websites, and training classes that discuss how to write the content of your résumé, because the words in your résumé are very important. This site will show you how to establish an effective look for your résumé.
Effective Résumés micro-site - Writing Engineering Specifications
- Writing Engineering Specifications is a short course that applies the principles and practices of technical writing to preparing Engineering Specifications. The practical, hands-on, approach of this course is designed to assist technical and engineering specialists prepare effective engineering specifications.
Writing Engineering Specifications micro-site - Writing Summaries and Abstracts
- Writing Summaries and Abstracts is a short course that examines the similarities and differences between summaries and abstracts and outlines strategies for developing each effectively.
Writing Summaries and Abstracts micro-site - MasterFormat Overview
- The MasterFormat Overview is a 2-hour seminar that familiarizes participants with the structure and use of the 2004 edition of the MasterFormat organizational standard for specifications.
MasterFormat 2004 micro-site
