Technical Archives - Write https://writegroup.io/category/specialist-writing/technical/ Better business outcomes with clear, effective writing. Tue, 28 Jan 2025 01:39:12 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 239178684 Three top tips for writing clear technical content https://writegroup.io/three-top-tips-for-writing-clear-technical-content/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 22:10:24 +0000 https://writegroup.io/?p=167424 In a recent Q&A about the Plain Language Act 2022, people asked lots of questions about writing technical content and ...

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]]> 167424 Do acronyms belong in a plain language world? https://writegroup.io/do-acronyms-belong-in-a-plain-language-world/ Tue, 13 Jun 2023 04:14:00 +0000 https://writegroup.io/?p=152756 I asked a friend, ‘Do you have a VGA or HDMI adapter for a PC with USB-C?’ Clear, or alphabet ...

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]]> 152756 How plain language won a multi-billion-dollar competition https://writegroup.io/how-plain-language-won-a-multi-billion-dollar-deal/ Sun, 10 May 2020 11:23:46 +0000 https://writegroup.io/?p=10869 One of the things I’ve found most interesting about working with plain language is learning about the impact it can ...

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]]> 10869 Put people first in sustainable communication https://writegroup.io/put-people-first-in-sustainable-communication/ https://writegroup.io/put-people-first-in-sustainable-communication/#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:25:13 +0000 https://writegroup.io/?p=10260 TechCommNZ (New Zealand’s association for technical communicators) held a conference on sustainability in 2019. I learnt that sustainable communication has ...

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]]> https://writegroup.io/put-people-first-in-sustainable-communication/feed/ 1 10260 What’s best for instructions — words or videos? https://writegroup.io/whats-best-for-instructions-words-or-videos/ Thu, 31 Jan 2019 01:35:03 +0000 https://writegroup.io/?p=9533 I got this software and all the instructions were in a 90-minute video. I had to sit and watch the ...

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]]> 9533 Health and safety in shaky times https://writegroup.io/health-safety-shaky-times/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 23:18:48 +0000 https://writegroup.io/?p=7454 Halfway through a Sunday morning church service, the timber-framed roof creaked. Then the building started to shake. This was before ...

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]]> 7454 Rocket science for writers — give your readers a boost https://writegroup.io/rocket-science-writers-give-readers-boost/ https://writegroup.io/rocket-science-writers-give-readers-boost/#comments Sun, 07 May 2017 23:56:25 +0000 https://writegroup.io/?p=7048 This end should point towards the ground. If it starts pointing towards space you are having a very bad problem ...

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]]> 5300 Five myths about plain language https://writegroup.io/five-myths-about-plain-english/ https://writegroup.io/five-myths-about-plain-english/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2015 21:38:35 +0000 http://writeclearlyblog.com/?p=786 Myth 1: You don’t need plain language because your readers are experts Experts are people too. They’re probably busy, with ...

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