Category: Technical authoring

Technical writing is inevitably boring. Right?

Recently, I’ve been considering my style of writing style. One of the things most of us are taught when we…

Review of Adobe RoboHelp 2019

In August 2018, Adobe released RoboHelp 2019. This was the 22nd major release of the popular Help Authoring Tool in…

Misconceptions about working as a Technical Writer

“So you write technical manuals for software, isn’t that really boring?” “I bet you’re really pedantic about grammar, punctuation and…

Digital vs print: are the days of printed materials numbered?

It’s not that long ago that the majority of information – technical documentation, reports, brochures, books – was produced in…

FrameMaker – Structured or Unstructured?

If you’re a technical author or in a related role, whilst you may not be working in a structured environment,…