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If you want to become a technical writer, or if you have just become a technical writer and wonder what the job and the profession may involve, this course will introduce you to an exciting and rewarding career in technical communication

Course Title: Mastering Technical Writing Tools         Click here to Register

Course Code: MTW

Eligibility: Any Graduate

Duration: 30Days, Also Available: Weekend Classes (Saturdays & Sundays)

Timings: 10.00-12.00 PM, 02.00-04.00 PM
                 04.00-06.00 PM, 07.00 - 9.00 PM

Technical Writing Software Tools

    • Microsoft Word
    • Macromedia RoboHelp
    • Adobe FrameMaker
    • Snag IT
    • Ms Visio
    • PhotoShop

Microsoft Word

  1. About Microsoft word
    • Introduction
    • Features
  2. Starting the Application
  3. Accessibility
  4. Formatting Text
  5. Font and Paragraph settings
  6. Bullets and Numbering
  7. Cross-references
  8. Borders and Shading
  9. Styles and Formatting
  10. Template Creation
  11. Working with Table
  12. Working with Bookmark
  13. Working with Hyperlink
  14. Creating Sections
  15. Generating Table of Contents
  16. Generating Table of Figures
  17. Generating Index
  18. Header and Footer
  19. Working with Reviewing toolbar
  20. Toolbars
  21. Footnote and Endnote
  22. Protecting the Document
  23. Shortcuts
  24. Autotext and AutoCorrect
  25. Watermarks/Columns/Change Case

Macromedia RoboHelp

  1. About Online Help
  2. Planning an Online Help
  3. Understanding RoboHelp Interface
  4. Creating your First Help project
  5. Working with Topics & Folders
  6. Working with TOC, Index, & Glossary
  7. Generating Output
  8. About Types of Layouts
  9. Applying Template and Style Sheet
  10. Controlling CHM Window and Skins
  11. Working with Links, Pop-ups, Triggers, and Drop-downs
  12. Working with Graphics and Text boxes
  13. Creating Related Topics, See Also and Keyword Link
  14. Playing with Marquee, Triggers, and Splash Screen
  15. Creating Dropdowns, Expanding, Hyperlinks and Popups
  16. Changing the primary layout
  17. Tools in RoboHelp Html
  18. Creating and Working with Tables
  19. Creating Manually/Automatically Multiple TOCs, Indexes, and Glossaries
  20. Creating and Displaying Browse Sequence
  21. Single Sourcing - Conditional Build Tags and Batch Generation
  22. Creating Context-sensitive Help
  23. Importing Files & Skins, and Merging CHM
  24. Understanding the Project Source Folder and Files
  25. Generating Reports.

Adobe FrameMaker

  1. Introduction
  2. Usage of FrameMaker
  3. FrameMaker v/s MS Word
  4. Getting Started
  5. Accessibility
  6. Creating/Importing Documents
  7. Saving New File Formats
  8. Basic Text Formatting
  9. Working with Tags
  10. Working with Tables
  11. Tools Pallete
  12. Drawing Tools
  13. Working with Paragraph and Character Designers
  14. Working with Frames, Anchore Frames and Alignments
  15. Working with Body, Master and Reference Pages
  16. Page Designing and Defining Variables
  17. Hyperlink, Cross Reference, Pop-Ups and Image Mapping
  18. Generating Table of Contents, Index and Glossary
  19. Creating Books, Conditional Text and references
  20. Document Conversions

Snag IT - Image Capturing Tool

  1. About Snag IT
  2. Introduction
  3. Features
    4.
  4. Starting the application
  5. Image Formats
  6. Exploring the Program Window
  7. Capture Profile
  8. Image Capturing Modes
  9. Batch Convert Images
  10. Creating WebPages
  11. Creating simple Demos
  12. Companion Applications
  13. Snag IT Editor
  14. Snag IT Studio
  15. Catalog Browser
    16.

MS - Visio (Image Drawing Tool)

  1. Introduction to MS- Visio
  2. Using various technology images
  3. Creating DFD's and Architectural Diagrams
  4. Synchronization of images
  5. Creating different file formats
  6. Special Merits
  7. Installation sequence
  8. Types of shapes
  9. Behaviour of shapes
  10. How to Get shapes
  11. Templates stencil
  12. Connection shapes
  13. Staking shapes
  14. Group/ Ungroup
  15. Text Adding
  16. Data Linking
  17. Data Graphics
  18. Auto Linking
  19. Hyper Linking
  20. Save type - formats
  21. Importing into Word

Photoshop

  1. Introduction to Photoshop
  2. Cropping images and editing
  3. Using advanced tools for creating architectural diagrams
  4. Explore the Photoshop Environment
  5. Using the File Browser
  6. Basic Photo Corrections
  7. Working with Selections
  8. Basic flow mode for editing images using Photoshop
  9. Retouching and Repairing
  10. Work with selections
  11. Creating layers
  12. Creating a Mask and Channels
  13. Correcting and Enhancing
  14. Slice and Link an Image
  15. Creating Rollovers
  16. Animate GIF Images
  17. Painting and Editing
  18. Basic Pen Tool Techniques