KBuffer, India, is offering Online Diploma in Technical Writing through their virtual classroom. This is a Job-oriented course and we give you 100% Job Assistance.

We also offer training and certification on individual software tools such as Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Captivate, Adobe RoboHelp, and other such tools.

For further details mail to sundaram@kbuffer.in or gms@kbufferonline.com

KBuffer requires 50 Technical Writers for one of their clients in New Delhi. We have both permanent and contract requirements.

All these positions are immediate and so rush your resume NOW.

Freshers who do not have any prior experience can also apply if they are willing to get trained and placed or already trained by any other institute.

Qualification desired: B.E/B.Tech/MCA/GNIIT/ Bachelor's/Master's in the Arts, Social Sciences, or Humanities

Experience/Skillset: Inclination towards technical writing, preferably from publishing, eLearning, and software companies.

I've recently launched my latest user documentation survey which you can find at http://tiny.cc/smgkc

Please do take part (it will only take you five minutes), and please pass this invitation on to anyone who might be interested. I'd especially like to get feedback from people who use the user documentation that comes with gadgets and software, as well as from people who create the documentation. That means I am asking members of Techwr-l not only to complete the survey themselves, but to invite all their readers - clients, customers and colleagues - to take the survey as well.

Mar 7 - Apr 15/11 (part-time online):
Students will be introduced to the technical skills involved in writing reports and proposals for business and technical applications. Students develop basic skills in: format types and selection criteria; report and proposal organization; layout and structure; table of contents creation; referencing techniques, and the usage of style sheets. ( www.pr.viu.ca/techcomm/courses/pdwr001.asp)

Feb 8 - Apr 2/10 (part-time online):
Technical writers are often asked to write manuals of varying sizes on a variety of topics from policies and procedures, to user guides and training manuals. The basic processes of researching, designing, writing, testing, and reviewing are encompassed in all the different types. This course will introduce the student to processes that will enable them to produce manuals in a reliable and systematic manner. ( www.pr.viu.ca/techcomm/courses/pdwm001.asp)

Jan 4 - Feb 26/10 (part-time online):
Join Kathy McTaggart to enhance your occupational skills in the field of technical writing and editing. Almost every product or service on the market today comes with 'documentation' produced by one or more technical writers. This eight-week online course offers a practical introduction to technical writing and editing as a skill and a profession. We examine the role and responsibilities of the technical writer/editor, key skills and attitudes required for success, and practice introductory technical writing and editing using individual and group exercises.
(www.pr.viu.ca/techcomm/courses/pdtw001.asp)

Style guides are essential aids for writers and editors who produce publications and online help projects—but does a style guide cover everything you need? Probably not.

Many writers and editors swear by a style guide, like the Chicago Manual, or the AP Style guide, when organizing, editing and writing publications. The Microsoft style manual is very helpful in technical writing and editing. Many corporations adapt elements of these to produce their own, distinctive style guides.

Looking back on it from yesterday's vantage point, last week had such a dreamlike quality that I wondered if I had been in a coma. Looking back on yesterday from today's compos mentis vantage point, I now understand that I wasn't in a coma at all. I was in a comma.

Continuing yesterday's exhaustive discussion of the Sony ICD-MX20 recorder I'm using for input to my speech-recognition software, it may be worth clarifying my use of the term high fidelity in the decidedly lo-fi context of human speech. In the larger realm of hi-fi audio, this recorder's 60-13,500 Hz frequency response is laughable; it's a far cry from the 20-20,000 Hz response that defines the minimum qualifications of any recording or playback equipment suitable for the world of music.