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By: Sayuj

Sayuj — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:38:48 +0000

Good one Rupa. Thanks for posting this blog…

By: Renuka Kadam

Renuka Kadam — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:59:11 +0000

I want to take up instructional design as a career,i had been making training material for my department’s training needs.
I have done bachelors in French Lit,post grad dip in Journalism,and MBA.
Kindly let me know if there is any institute in mumbai where i can take up a course on Instructional design.

By: Ravish K N

Ravish K N — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:31:39 +0000

Thanks for this useful piece of information. From last one and half years I am working as Information Developer in Bangalore. However, I hardly worked on any technical documents, insted I created learning material for MBA and MSc Distance education Institution. Now I am asked to move into e-learning (ID).

After completing my MSc in Electronics two years back I opted to become a Technical Writer. But, the experience that I have gathered now may be irrelevent for technical writing. I am also asked to takeup “Information Mapping”.

I am really confused and worried. I dont know what to do now, whether to look for technical writing kind of work or opt e-learning. Please guide me.

By: shri

shri — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:44:15 +0000

Hi,

A very nice shory article with links. Thanks

By: Larry Kunz

Larry Kunz — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:09:18 +0000

This is a good summary, and I think people will find that your recommendations are very helpful. However, I want to clear up a couple of things:

It’s not true that technical writers work only in the software and hardware industries. In India, those two industries might employ most of the technical writers. But worldwide, it’s common for technical writers to work in all kinds of industries and in government as well. As time goes by I would envision the same thing happening in India.

Technical writers also use other tools besides those listed. In fact, Word is probably used by more technical writers than any other tool. We’re also seeing a rapid increase in DITA and XML-based tools, for example the XMetaL and oXygen editors. It’s a good idea for aspiring technical writers to understand the principles of structured authoring and single-sourcing (reuse).

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