Top 10 Technical Writing Tools

Technical writers are the people who create technical documentation for variety of products including software applications. These documents include online help systems, user guides, hardware manuals, white papers etc.
Publishing technical content can be done in print or it could be web-based like many eBooks that are available today. So a technical writer must be efficient in mark-up and style language at the very least. There are various tools out there for those providing technical writing services in India and abroad, which can help the technical writer create the desired content.
Even if you don't know the exact tool the job calls for, your know-how with some of the below mentioned tools will definitely give you enough credibility while you learn the company's explicit toolset.

Adobe RoboHelp
This is an authoring tool, particularly useful in creating online help systems. It is multichannel, multiservice publishing platform that you can use to create various procedures or even a knowledge database. You can get EPUB as a standard output format in RoboHelp and you can integrate it with variety of other software.

Madcap Flare
This is another authoring tool, suitable for digital print publishing. You can create online help systems with this program. A strong alternative to RoboHelp, this tool will help you produce online documentation and also write tutorials.

Adobe Framemaker
Framemaker is known for its efficient handing of large documents. You can use it with respect to structured or unstructured content, as it final output is often very consistent and rigid. You can handle large amount of text and graphics, as it lets you produce and manipulate documents at will.

Microsoft Word
You might get this one separately or bundled with Microsoft Office. The famous default word processor is widely used, though it has its limitations when handling large documents.

Techsmith Snagit
A technical writer like you can definitely use a graphic tool, which can minimize the hassles of using Print-screen. A Windows compatible program, Snagit is a professional capture tool that allows you to get any images off your screen. This tool can also help upload these images to Flickr.

Adobe Photoshop
This is one of most popular graphic editing tool with a unique content aware feature. So, if you have few errors in an image, you can easily rectify them using Photoshop. You can store your images in different formats and keep track of the changes you made in different layers. This makes it easy to retrieve an image at any point of change.

Microsoft Visio
This is a solid commercial diagramming tool available out there. Using vector graphics, it helps you create a desired diagram and lets you create the software architecture you need. Very useful in a creative process, if not already capable of creating organisation charts.

Adobe acrobat Pro Extended
This is a popular conversion utility program that help you view, create, edit and manage files in PDF format. A thoroughly commercial product, it contains family of applications that you can make use of.

Camtasia
Here is a screen recording tool that will help you to create product demos or some interesting simulations. Its screen video capture technique allows you to create video tutorials and presentations.

Dreamweaver
Now this is an efficient web design tool that lets you create a complete web page. This is something quite easy to work with and perfect to create dynamic web pages you need.

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