Today’s Technical Writer

Today's technical writer needs to be so much more than he or she once was. When I first started on the path to becoming a technical writer 19 years ago, the tools were more basic and infinitely more limited. WinHelp was about as cutting edge as there was.  The first company to hire me, Scitex, was a huge Israeli hi-tech company that broke tasks into tiny pieces and hired people to do them. My skills included: the fundamentals…

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Learn the skills you need to become a professional Technical Writer

WritePoint’s technical writing training program offers a unique and innovative curriculum, unparalleled in the field. We’ve been offering our signature course since 2005. With hundreds of our graduates currently employed as technical writers and documentation managers in Israel, WritePoint’s proven track record can work for you too. Announcing our 22nd technical writing course: Fall 2012 Term November 12, 2012 - February 20, 2013 Classes meet Monday and Wednesday 9:30-2:30 in WritePoint's training center (Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem) WritePoint also…

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RoboHelp 10 (Brand New Version)

RoboHelp 10 Monday, August 13 and Wednesday, August 15 9:30 AM-4:30 PM Special Price - 1500₪+ VAT Did you take a Technical Writing course that did not teach RoboHelp? Are you a professional who needs to learn this tool? Need to create an online help file? Have you been working with RoboHelp, but know that you need help working properly? Paula R. Stern, Israel’s only Adobe Community Professional, and world-renowned RoboHelp expert will be teaching the newly released…

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Lessons for the Client-Side

This is final part of our The Life of a Project Series. Sometimes we have an attitude of "been there, done that" when it comes to projects. In almost all cases, there are unique elements of every project we tackle and yet, there usually remains a common thread or set of practices from which we can derive lessons for improvement. While we finished the project on a high note with the praise and thanks of our client, we have…

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