Monthly Archives: November 2011

Why Technical Writing Matters

Real Life Today, I was faced with a real-life example of why Technical Writing matters. Our dental insurance cards are printed in a ALL-CAPS, sans-serif font. That matters because: Capital Letter I looks exactly like Numerical 1 Numerical 0 looks … Continue reading

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Word – Turn Off Hyperlinks

Word tries to help you by automatically formatting hyperlinks and email addresses with clickable links in blue underlined text. For documents that will be used electronically, this can be handy. For documents going to print, this can create clutter. Turn … Continue reading

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