PDF Editor for AEC Industry

PDF Revu improves PDF creation, markup and editing in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry.

Free Online Productivity Suite and Real-time Document Collaboration Offering

ThinkFree introduces a new unified online document viewer called Uni Paper and allows use of its service without the need to register as a user.
ThinkFree Office Live consists of ThinkFree Write for word processing, ThinkFree Calc for spreadsheets and ThinkFree Show for presentations. The new Web service presents itself with a familiar interface to first-time [...]

Bringing DITA to the Masses

Quark and IBM Enterprise Content Management are to accelerate the adoption of XML by integrating Quark XML Author with IBM FileNet Content Manager.
By eliminating barriers previously associated with the creation of DITA-based XML, it is now possible for any IBM FileNet Content Manager user working in Microsoft Word to author intelligent content that can [...]

How to Start a Career as a Technical Writer

Ivan Walsh (www.ivanwalsh.com) gives some advice on how start a career in tech writing over on his site. “Technical writing has proven to be a very lucrative field in the last ten years with many contractors earning well over 100k per year. As discipline continues to gain recognition, there are increasing opportunities for motivated individuals [...]

How much do Technical Writers earn?

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How much do Technical Writers earn? I get asked this question quite a lot for people considering moving into this field or those who want to compare their earnings with their peers.
 
To put potential career earnings into perspective, oDesk reports that freelance writing jobs, including technical [...]

What skills do Technical Writers need the most?

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The UK recruitment site, itjobswatch.co.uk, shows us that IT jobs within the UK that cited Technical Writer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. A quick glance at this list shows us the popularity of Adobe and Microsoft tools, especially FrameMaker, [...]