The document provides an overview of technical writing, highlighting its purpose of bridging the gap between technology and users. It outlines various types of technical writing, including software documentation, medical writing, and grant writing, along with key deliverables and considerations for effective communication. Additional resources for tools and technologies are also mentioned, emphasizing the importance of clarity and accessibility in technical documents.

1. INTRODUCTION TO
TECHNICAL WRITING
Abrar

2. AGENDA
What is technical writing?
Deliverables
Types of technical writing
Considerations and resources
Next steps

3. What is Technical
Writing?
Deliverables
Types of Technical Writing
Considerations and Resources

4. What is Technical
Writing?
Bridging the gap
between people who
know technology and
the ones that use it.
Technical Writing is writing that helps users solve
problems with technologies and technical subject matter
Jeff Grabill, Georgia State University

5. What is Technical Writing?
Types of Technical Writing
Considerations and Resources
Deliverables
AGENDA

6. TYPES OF
TECHNICAL
WRITING
Software Documentation
Medical Writing
Aerospace Documentation
Scientific Writing
Grant Writing

7. CORRELATIO
N
Technical
Writer
Instructio
nal
Designer
Other
Business
Analyst
User
Stories
Use Cases
BRD, FRD

8. CORRELATIO
N
Technical
Writer
Instructio
nal
Designer
Other
Business
Analyst

9. CORRELATIO
N
Technical
Writer
Instructio
nal
Designer
Other
Business
Analyst
Solution
design
Sales
brochure
Newsletter

10. What is Technical Writing?
Deliverables
Types of Technical Writing
Considerations
Examples and Resources

11. Deliverable
s
Training Material Software Documentation Multimedia
Manuals
(EPUB and PDF)
Release Notes SDLC Documents Videos
Demonstrations
Online Help API Documentation Troubleshooting
Guides
Software Simulations
Quick Reference
Guides
Test Strategies, Test
Plans
Installation Guides E-learning content

12. CONSIDERATIONS AND RESOURCES
What is Technical Writing?
Types of Technical Writing
Considerations and Resources
Deliverables
Language

13. LANGUAGE
Active voice
Parallelism
Anthropomorphism
Bias Free
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14. GEOGRAPHY
English UK
English USA
English
International

15. STYLE GUIDE
Technical Documentation
IBM
MSTP
CMS

16. ACCESSIBILI
TY
Users with
special needs
Plain Language
Format

17. TOOLS AND
TECHNOLOG
Y
Authoring
•MS Word
•Adobe Framemaker
•Oxygen XML
•Author Café
•MediaWiki
•Adobe RoboHelp
VideoMaking
•Adobe Captivate
•TechSmith Camtasia
•Video Scribe
•Active Presenter
•Windows Movie Maker
MISC
•MS Visio
•TechSmith SnagIt
•Green shot
•Mockflow
•Canva
•Adobe Photoshop
•MS PowerPoint

18. DOCUMENT
DEVELOPME
NT
LIFECYCLE
(DDLC)
Requirement
Analysis
Design
Development
Edit/Proofread
Publish and
Maintenance

19. NEXT STEPS
Join a technical communication
organisation
Join online communities
Find and read job descriptions

20. THANK YOU
abrar.techwriter@gmail.com