TECHNICAL WRITING

Technical writing has a significant place in the IT industry.though it is not as widely
known a function as development and testing, it assumes equal importance when a software product is delivered in the market to its respective consumers.
service based companies like Microsoft,Google and Cisco also have teams of technical writers.Employment opportunities are widespread across the IT industry moreover there are requirements in aerospace,automobiles and health care industries as well.


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what do you look for when you can not understand an application?Remember he F1 key icon or question mark icon? Yes!it is the help that technical writers create
There is a documentation development life cycle,which is similar to the much touted software development life cycle.Technical writing involves explaining technical concepts in a clear concise and crisp manner to the end-user .explain the scope , features,user interface and troubleshooting aspects of a firmware,software or hardware.
Also known as instructional designers,information authors and technical authors, they collaborate with the development and testing teams,speak to subject matter experts and bring out nuggets of information for the end-user.Technical writing deliverables include but are not limited to configuration guides,installation guides,user manuals,hardware guides,troubleshooting guides and online help.
MS word was initially the tool that technical writers used to write documents.As years passed,writers switched over to the adobe frame maker to adopt the concept of structured authoring.Now the industry also uses the XML based editors and content management systems like Astoria and Web publisher.


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There's a exciting career path for those who opt to become a technical writer. you can start as technical writer and progress to become a senior technical writer, a lead technical writer and then the manager of a documentation team.further there are those who made it to the position of documentation division head and practice head