Technical Writing Skills

Introduction

Technical writers don't simply write. As a technical writer, you must learn about a product or service, usually under a tight deadline with little or no background in the field for which you're writing. You must combine what you've learned about a product or service with technical and/or design specifications to produce a document that explains what the product or service is and how to use it. This requires a small arsenal of skills that are easy to pick up with education and practice.

This article talks about five technical-writing-skills categories that all technical writers should be familiar with. The article is broken into the following topics:

Communication Skills
Project Management Skills
Teaching Skills
Research Skills
Software Skills
Technical Skills
Wrap Up

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