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Is there any benefit when writing out instructions to split it up into lots of little paragraphs, or is it better to leave it in one paragraph?

3 answers  ·  last activity about 1 month ago by ‭Mark Baker‭

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How can we format code examples so that they work on a range of devices?

1 answer  ·  last activity 3 months ago by ‭manassehkatz‭

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How to structure a sentence containing long code examples?

5 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

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Best practices for maintaining documented code examples?

7 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

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What are the benefits of including complete working code samples in documentation

5 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

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Good Examples of and Practices in Code Documentation

2 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

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Is writing policy pages in a lighthearted manner harmful in any way?

2 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by ‭Mark Baker‭

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How do I approach rewriting an entire user guide in an agile environment?

2 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by ‭Secespitus‭

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mice don't tap and tablet-users don't click: what word can I use for all audiences instead?

3 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by ‭manassehkatz‭

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In end user documentation, should screenshots come before or after the text that references them?

4 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

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Documenting framework features and descriptions

3 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

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What is Documentation Design that I haven't already done?

1 answer  ·  last activity 9 months ago by ‭Mark Baker‭

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Search page should link to advanced search options help page

0 answers  ·  last activity 9 months ago by ‭Stevoisiak‭

feature-request user-guides user-interface search
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Computer science academic conference paper using "randvar" instead of "random variable"

1 answer  ·  last activity 9 months ago by ‭Amadeus‭

technical-writing scientific-publishing
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The excessive use of 'and'

5 answers  ·  last activity 9 months ago by ‭Mark Baker‭

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How I should handle gender-neutral pronouns in technical writing?

4 answers  ·  last activity 10 months ago by ‭Amadeus‭

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How do you track dependencies for your co-authors?

4 answers  ·  last activity 10 months ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

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How should I document a database schema?

3 answers  ·  last activity 10 months ago by ‭‮edoCfOtrA‭

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What are the indentation rules for the paragraph introducing a bulleted list?

2 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

technical-writing formatting format
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Personal or impersonal in a technical resume

4 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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What's the least distracting method to inform editors I'm a woman?

12 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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Acronyms in Technical Writing

5 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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How hard would it be to find writing jobs with an English degree?

1 answer  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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How to move back to main section after finishing a sub-section

4 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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Can basic grammar rules be skipped when writing text for machine safety labels?

12 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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High Tech Audience

3 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

audience technical-writing
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Should you emphasise text within quotation marks?

3 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

style punctuation technical-writing formatting format
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How to work on a new software feature that affects different topics

3 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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Wording of comparing X vs Y and X vs Z but not X vs Y vs Z

2 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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How to find the balance between research and the obvious

3 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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What's the common practice for warranty chapters in technical manuals?

2 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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Ending a PhD thesis by saying "there is more to do"

4 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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Good tools for writing (game) manuals and sourcebooks

3 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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Should I have an introducing paragraph in every chapter of my description?

3 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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How to write to accommodate subsequent automatic translation

3 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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Demo data in screenshots! What are the best practice?

6 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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singular or plural for index entries

1 answer  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

style technical-writing indexing
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What is the correct word/term that needs to be before the names of the maker of the project?

2 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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What is the word for the action of selecting an item by a mouse?

3 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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Is it okay to call the reader's target audience stupid?

14 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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How to represent dependencies in outlines

2 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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How to write time duration correctly

3 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

resources style time-depiction punctuation technical-writing
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Am I correctly referencing chapters which belong to the same book?

2 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

style technical-writing
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Why are license agreements, disclaiming letters and others written with capital letters?

2 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

technical-writing formatting format
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In a "learn to do X" book, should a section review come before the quiz / exercises or after?

4 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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What are "industry leading royalties"?

2 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

legal money technical-writing
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How to leverage social proof?

3 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

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Is it overkill to follow style-guides for technical writing?

8 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

resources style technical-writing chicago-manual-of-style
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Should I prefer long or short sentences in scientific writing?

4 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

style technical-writing scientific-publishing science
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What tense to use in an academic paper when speaking about correspondence?

1 answer  ·  last activity 11 months ago by ‭System‭

style tenses technical-writing academic-writing
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