Tools in
Technical Writing
Benny Ifeanyi Iheagwara,
Timonwa Pelumi Akintokun,
And
Blessing Ene Anyebe
Facilitator Bio
Benny Ifeanyi Iheagwara
Blessing Ene Anyebe
Timonwa Pelumi Akintokun
Introduction
Throughout their careers, technical writers wear a lot of hats.
Thus, they have to work with various tools depending on the project.
Regardless of how simple they are, these tools will aid your writing process:
Table of contents
Technical Writing Tools
Technical Writing Tools
The tools used can be categorized into the following;
Research Tools
Conducting proper research is a critical skill every technical writer must have as it directly impacts the quality of the work.
No matter how well you think you know the subject, you still need to conduct research on it.
Why do Research?
Research Tools
How to gather data
Research Tools
Tips to good Research
Note-taking Tools
When conducting a research, we would come across various articles, books, videos, images, etc that we might want to reference later.
The best way to keep track of all these data is to store them somewhere we easily have access to.
Why should you take notes?
Note-taking Tools
Where to store data
Note-taking Tools
Tips to good Note-taking
Authoring Tools
Authoring tools, also known as writings tools, are tools that help you write. They allow you create written contents using text, media, and interactions.
Now that you have your resources and outline. It's time to write.
Time to write
Authoring Tools
Where can you write?
Authoring Tools
Tips to when writing
Authoring Tools
Tips to when writing
Media/Visual Tools
A picture is worth a thousand words
Media/Visual Tools
What can you use?
Editing Tools
They help you
Editing Tools
What can you use?
Editing Tools
Tips to when editing
Publishing Tools
There are various free blogging platforms available for you to share you work on. You could also decide to have your own personal blog site or write for other blogs.
If you don't give it to them, how will they take it.
Publishing Tools
Where can you share your work?
Publishing Tools
Tips to when publishing
Documentation Tools
This includes and are not limited to:
Documentation Tools
What can you use?
Collaborative and Management Tools
Collaboration tools allow teams streamline the creative process and collaborate more successfully.
They give managers and staff members the ability to assign tasks, track progress, report results, and overall enhance workflows and communication both internally and outside.
Learning Markdown
What is Markdown?
Resources
Resources: courses
Resources blog and videos
Thanks!
Does anyone have any questions?