Certificate in Technical Writing

TechTotal Soft Systems Pvt.Ltd.
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online/Live | On-site/In-house | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Software Development Life Cycle
How Software is developed, tested, maintained and retired
How products are installed, configured, customized and deployed
Relating software product features and business benefits
Working with programmers and testers
Understanding software requirement specifications
Analyzing product architecture
Web everywhere
Documentation development life cycle
Types of documents associated with software products
Different types of software and what they do

Technical Writing -DDLC

What is Technical Writing ?
Role of a Technical writer
Principles of Technical Writing, Documentation deliverables
Printed documentation and Online Help Systems

Working with images and illustrations
Documentation Process

Understanding Audience/Readers
Collecting and Organizing information

Drafting information verbally and visually
Producing Information
Technical Writing Process

Document development process
Estimating Technical Documentation
Documentation Planning
Selection of Tools
Information Architecture
Templates and Page design
Audience Profiling
Task Analysis
Content Development
Elements of Style
Technical Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Formatting and pagination
Document Conversions
Content Publishing
Quality Control
Content Maintenance
Grammar and Editing

English Grammar
Punctuation and Mechanics
MS Style Guides & Proof Reading
Technical Writing Software Tools

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

About Microsoft word, Introduction, Features
Starting the Application, Accessibility
Formatting Text, Font and Paragraph settings, Bullets and Numbering
Cross-references, Borders and Shading, Styles and Formatting, Template Creation
Working with Table, Working with Bookmark, Working with Hyperlink
Creating Sections, Generating Table of Contents, Generating Table of Figures, Generating Index
Header and Footer,Working with Reviewing toolbar, Toolbars,Footnote and Endnote
Protecting the Document, Shortcuts, Autotext and AutoCorrect, Watermarks/Columns/Change Case
Macromedia RoboHelp - Help Authoring Tool

About Online Help, Planning an Online Help, Understanding RoboHelp Interface
Creating your First Help project, Working with Topics & Folders, Working with TOC, Index, & Glossary
Generating Output, About Types of Layouts, Applying Template and Style Sheet
Controlling CHM Window and Skins, Working with Links, Pop-ups, Triggers, and Drop-downs
Working with Graphics and Text boxes, Creating Related Topics, See Also and Keyword Link
Playing with Marquee, Triggers, and Splash Screen, Creating Dropdowns, Expanding, Hyperlinks and Popups
Changing the primary layout, Tools in RoboHelp Html, Creating and Working with Tables
Creating Manually/Automatically Multiple TOCs, Indexes, and Glossaries
Creating and Displaying Browse Sequence, Single Sourcing - Conditional Build Tags and Batch Generation
Creating Context-sensitive Help, Importing Files & Skins, and Merging CHM
Understanding the Project Source Folder and Files, Generating Reports.
Adobe FrameMaker

Introduction, Usage of FrameMaker, FrameMaker v/s MS Word
Getting Started, Accessibility, Creating/Importing Documents, Saving New File Formats
Basic Text Formatting, Working with Tags, Working with Tables, Tools Pallete, Drawing Tools
Working with Paragraph and Character Designers
Working with Frames, Anchore Frames and Alignments,
Working with Body, Master and Reference Pages, Page Designing and Defining Variables
Hyperlink, Cross Reference, Pop-Ups and Image Mapping,
Generating Table of Contents, Index and Glossary,Creating Books, Conditional Text and references
Document Conversions
Snag IT �Image Capturing Tool

About Snag IT
Introduction
Features
Starting the application, Image Formats, Exploring the Program Window
Capture Profile, Image Capturing Modes, Batch Convert Images, Creating WebPages
Creating simple Demos
Companion Applications
Snag IT Editor
Snag IT Studio
Catalog Browser
MS- Visio - Image Drawing Tool

Introduction to MS- Visio, Using various technology images,
Creating DFD’s and Architectural Diagrams, Synchronization of images,
Creating different file formats, Special Merits, Installation sequence, Types of shapes
Behaviour of shapes, How to Get shapes, Templates stenci, Connection shapes, Staking shapes
Group/ Ungroup, Text Adding, Data Linking, Data Graphics, Auto Linking, Hyper Linking
Save type �formats, Importing into Word
PowerPoint- Presentation Tool

Importance of Presentations, Saving Powerpoint, Working on Slide Master
Applying Design Templates, Custom Animation and slide transition effects,
Action buttons and hyperlinks, Slide layouts, Movies and Sounds, Insert & edit clip art
Create a slide background using a picture, Customize graphical bullets
Insert and format a table into a slide, Add an animation scheme to selected slides
Rearrange slides, Customize slide backgrounds and templates, SlideShows
Photoshop-Image Editing Tool

Introduction to Photoshop, Cropping images and editing
Using advanced tools for creating architectural diagrams, Explore the Photoshop Environment
Using the File Browser , Basic Photo Corrections, Working with Selections
Basic flow mode for editing images using Photoshop, Retouching and Repairing
Work with selections, Creating layers, Creating a Mask and Channels
Correcting and Enhancing, Slice and Link an Image, Creating Rollovers, Animate GIF Images
Painting and Editing, Basic Pen Tool Techniques ...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Phone:+91-40-23742145

School Address/Venue(s):

TechTotal Soft Systems Pvt.Ltd.,
#001, RockView Buildings, Panjagutta,
Hyderabad-82
Andhra Pradesh, India.

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