Post Graduate Diploma Course in Technical Writing

Post Graduate Diploma Course in Technical Writing

This course is designed to suit people who are already into Technical Writing and want to enhance or fine-tune their skills and acquire a cutting edge over others. Those who have already completed the Diploma Course in Technical Writing from KBuffer and those who are looking at Career options as a Professional Technical Writer can also take this. In short, those who have a mission and a vision in pursuit of Technical Writing career is suggested this course.

PG Diploma in Technical Writing

Method of Instruction:

·        Direct from our centre

·        Online through our Instructor-led Virtual Classroom

·        Self-Paced Learning through our Web Interface

·        Blended (A mix of the methods mentioned above)

Course Curriculum

Types of Writing

·         Introduction to the Writing Process

·         Introduction to Technical Writing

·         DDLC

·         Types of Technical Writing

o   Procedural Writing

o   Paragraph Writing

o   Report Writing

o   Writing for Electronic Media

Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publication

1.    General Topics

2.    Content Formatting and Layout

3.    Global Content

4.    Content for Software Developers

5.    Web Content

6.    Grammatical Elements

7.    Punctuation

8.    List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Various Types of Documents Created by Technical Writers

1.    Proposal

2.    User Guide

3.    White Paper

4.    Fact Sheets

Publishing Concepts

1.    Variable Headers and Footers

2.    Using Em Dash, En Dash, and so on

3.    Using White Space

4.    Color Theory

5.    Font Theory

6.    Printing Basics

Advanced Concepts of Technical Writing

·         Introduction to Structured Authoring

·         DITA – Theory and Practice

·         XML – taking documentation to next level

·         Different Manual of Stylesheets which explain usage of appropriate Terminology, Tone, and Language

Tools

·         Advanced Microsoft Word

·         Adobe Technical Communication Suite which includes:

o   Adobe FrameMaker (including Structured Authoring)

o   Adobe RoboHelp

o   Adobe Captivate

o   Adobe Photoshop

o   Adobe Acrobat

·         Adobe InDesign

·         Microsoft Visio

·         Techsmith Snagit

Regular Assignments

Two Tests

Final Exam

Project

The Author is working for KBufferIndia, one of the premier Institutes for Technical Writing.

Adobe Photoshop in Technical Writing

Adobe Photoshop in Technical Writing

Adobe Photoshop

This Course in meant for people who are highly focused in learning and mastering Adobe Photoshop.  Anyone with basic creativity and interest in Graphics, Art, or any related field can take up this course. People in Technical Writing, E-Publishing, Printing, Traditional Publishing, Data Conversion, and Content Development can also join this course.

SESSION 1          

Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

SESSION 2          

Working with Images

SESSION 3          

Working with Color Tools

SESSION 4          

Working with Selections

SESSION 5          

Working with Masks

SESSION 6          

Working with Type

SESSION 7          

Working with Layers

SESSION 8          

Painting

SESSION 9          

Drawing Tools

SESSION 10        

Working with Filters

SESSION 11        

Transformation Tools

SESSION 12        

Using Retouching Tools

Assignment, Test, and Certification

The Author is working for KBufferIndia , one of the premium Institutes in the field of Technical Writing.

Web Designing

Module 1.Working with HTML

Getting Familiar with Web Pages

Creating Your First Web Page

Adding Text

Formatting Text

Adding Images

Adding Links

Working with Tables

Creating Forms

Creating Style Sheets

Formatting Text with Style Sheets

Controlling Layout with Style Sheets

Adding Multimedia and Other Features

Publishing Your Web Pages

Module 2. Adobe Dreamweaver

Activating Your Webspace

Getting Started

Creating a Homepage

Design and Layout

Inserting and using Tables

Adding Design Elements

Previewing in Browser

Creating Hyperlinks

Inserting Special Media

Uploading Your Site

The Author is working for KBufferindia, one of the premium Institutes in the field of Web Designing.

Adobe InDesign in Technical Writing

Adobe InDesign in Technical Writing

Adobe InDesign

This Course in meant for people who are highly focused in learning and mastering Adobe InDesign. People in Technical Writing, E-Publishing, Printing, Desktop Publishing, Traditional Publishing, Data Conversion, and Content Development can join this course.

SESSION 1          

Introduction to Adobe InDesign

SESSION 2          

Working with Text Frames

SESSION 3          

Working with Characters

SESSION 4          

Understanding Vector images

SESSION 5          

Working with Images

SESSION 6          

Working with Objects

SESSION 7          

Working with Pages

SESSION 8          

Stories

SESSION 9          

The Document Interface

SESSION 10        

Output

SESSION 11        

Smart way out!

SESSION 12        

Collaborating Concepts

Assignment, Test, and Certification

 The Author is working for KBufferIndia, one of the premier Institutes in Technical Writing.

XML, DITA and Structured Authoring using FrameMaker

Course Description

The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an end-to-end, XML-based architecture for authoring, managing, and publishing your organization's technical content. DITA was designed to meet the evolving needs of organizations in the face of today's business requirements — for managing and publishing content for multiple products, multiple audiences, and multiple output formats... Larger organizations increasingly prefer DITA to proprietary document storage formats, as DITA offers significant efficiency and usability advantages. But DITA is not limited to large organizations; it makes good sense for projects of any size to be moved to the DITA architecture. This course provides an overview of DITA, its capabilities, and its possibilities for transforming your technical publishing processes.

1. Unstructured Documentation

1.1. Fundamental Activities in documentation (Merging Documents, Maintenance, updations and Translation)

1.2. Drawbacks in terms of reusability, interoperability, and maintenance

2. What is structured documentation?

2.1. Comparative study of structured and unstructured documentation

2.2. Early History of Literacy Key Concepts of IBM Information Design" Discussion of Document Reuse

3. Introduction to XML

3.1. Introduction to XML

3.2. What is XML?

3.3. HTML Vs XML

3.4. XML elements and attributes

3.5. XML documentation

3.6. Hierarchy of XML elements

3.7. Introduction to XML Information Modeling

3.8. An overview of DTD

3.9. Expressing your document model as an XML document type definition (DTD)

3.10. Learning XML terminology and syntax

3.11. Introduction to XSLT for XML Publishing

3.12. Formatting output using CSS and XSLT

4. Introduction to DITA

4.1. What is DITA?

4.2. Principles and Architecture

4.3. Introduction to DITA Topics

4.4. Defining Concept

4.5. Defining Task

4.6. Defining Reference

4.7. DITA Maps and Domains

4.8. Specialization in DITA

4.9. Information Modeling for DITA

4.10. Minimalist Documentation Strategies

5. Migration of legacy content to DITA

5.1. Steps and procedure

5.2. Implementation

6. New DITA projects

6.1. Steps and procedure

6.2. Implementation

7. Structured FrameMaker

7.1. Choosing a workflow

7.2. Understanding the interaction of DITA and FrameMaker

7.3. Opening DITA files

7.4. Saving DITA files

7.5. Authoring DITA topics

7.6. Managing elements ID

7.7. Creating cross-references

7.8. Creating content references

7.9. Graphics

7.10. Tables Indexing Conditional content

7.11. Organizing topics with DITA maps

7.12. Creating PDF files

7.13. Working with DITA open Toolkit

7.14. FrameMaker’s fm elements

7.15. Changing formatting of DITA content

7.16. Modifying DITA structure

7.17. DITA options

7.18. Additional resources

8. DITA proof-of-concept prototypes using customer content

9. DITA project designs implementation and reviews

10. Publishing system implementation

10.1. Structured input published to multiple output targets

11. Content management system integration

12. Localization and translation

 The Author is working for KBufferIndia, one of the premier Institutes in Technical Writing.

  

Post Graduate Diploma Course in Technical Writing

Post Graduate Diploma Course in Technical Writing

This course is designed to suit people who are already into Technical Writing and want to enhance or fine-tune their skills and acquire a cutting edge over others. Those who have already completed the Diploma Course in Technical Writing from KBuffer and those who are looking at Career options as a Professional Technical Writer can also take this. In short, those who have a mission and a vision in pursuit of Technical Writing career is suggested this course.

PG Diploma in Technical Writing

Method of Instruction:

·        Direct from our Centre

·        Online through our Instructor-led Virtual Classroom

·        Self-Paced Learning through our Web Interface

·        Blended (A mix of the methods mentioned above)

Course Curriculum

Types of Writing

·         Introduction to the Writing Process

·         Introduction to Technical Writing

·         DDLC

·         Types of Technical Writing

o   Procedural Writing

o   Paragraph Writing

o   Report Writing

o   Writing for Electronic Media

Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publication

1.    General Topics

2.    Content Formatting and Layout

3.    Global Content

4.    Content for Software Developers

5.    Web Content

6.    Grammatical Elements

7.    Punctuation

8.    List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Various Types of Documents Created by Technical Writers

1.    Proposal

2.    User Guide

3.    White Paper

4.    Fact Sheets

Publishing Concepts

1.    Variable Headers and Footers

2.    Using Em Dash, En Dash, and so on

3.    Using White Space

4.    Color Theory

5.    Font Theory

6.    Printing Basics

Advanced Concepts of Technical Writing

·         Introduction to Structured Authoring

·         DITA – Theory and Practice

·         XML – taking documentation to next level

·         Different Manual of Stylesheets which explain usage of appropriate Terminology, Tone, and Language

Tools

·         Advanced Microsoft Word

·         Adobe Technical Communication Suite which includes:

o   Adobe FrameMaker (including Structured Authoring)

o   Adobe RoboHelp

o   Adobe Captivate

o   Adobe Photoshop

o   Adobe Acrobat

·         Adobe InDesign

·         Microsoft Visio

·         Techsmith Snagit

Regular Assignments

Two Tests

Final Exam

Project

The Author is working for KBufferIndia, one of the premier Institutes for Technical Writing.

Adobe Captivate in Technical Writing

  Adobe Captivate

•   What is Captivate?
•   What is new in Captivate?
•   Key Features and typical areas of application
•   The Work Environment in Captivate
•   Branching View
•   The Size and Position Tab
•   The Filmstrip
•   Toolbars and Menus
•   Working Colors with the Color Picker 
•   Movie Preferences
•   Object Properties Management
•   Branching Management 
•   Editing & Exporting Branching Views 
•   Recording Options and related Tips
•  Recording Modes
•   Setting the Recording Capture Area
•   Full Motion Recording
•   Recording New Application Movies
•   Adding Slide Notes
•   Adding Text Captions
•   Creating Rollover Captions
•   Converting Tooltips to Rollover Captions
•   Importing & Exporting Captions
•   Adding Audio
•   Audio Recording Options
•   Using Audio with Slide Objects
•   Advanced Audio Management
•   Adding Multimedia
•   Adding Images
•   Adding Rollover Images
•   Adding Animations
•   Adding Animated Text
•   Adding Animation Slides
•   Preparing Video for Captivate
•   Progressively Downloading FLV Files
•   Streaming FLV Content
•   Adding Interactive Elements
•   Adding Highlight Boxes
•   Adding Click Boxes
•   Adding Text Entry Boxes
•   Adding Buttons
•   Adding Interactivity
•   Creating Branching Movies
•   Scenario Simulations with the Project Wizard
•   Scenario Simulations Using Templates
•   Creating Question Slides
•   Creating a True/False Question Slide
•   Creating Fill-in the Blank Slides
•   Creating Matching Question Slides
•   Creating Multiple Choice Question Slides
•   The Quiz Manager
•   Adding Zoom Areas
•   Editing Zoom Areas
•   The Advanced Interaction Dialog
•   Linking Movies With the Menu Builder
•   Creating a MenuBuilder Project
•   Modifying a MenuBuilder Project
•   Adding Interactivity to Your Menus
•   Exporting MenuBuilder Projects
•   Publishing Movies
•  Publishing EXE Files
• Publishing Flash Files
• Publishing Movies as Handouts
• Publishing to the Web Using FTP

 The Author is working for KBufferIndia, one of the premier Institutes in the field of Technical Writing.

Adobe FrameMaker Training

Adobe FrameMaker

Adobe FrameMaker is a document processor designed for writing and editing large or complex documents, including structured documents.

1              Introduction to FrameMaker

2              About Tags

3              Entering and editing Text

4              Tables

5              Anchoring Frames

6              Graphics

7              Using Wildcards

8              Master Pages

9              Table of Contents

10           Books

11           Cross-references

12           Conditional Text

13           Converting Files to FrameMaker

14           Single-sided and Double-sided Documents

15           Single Sourcing An Introduction

16           Working with Index Entries

17           Online Documents

The Author is working for KBufferIndia, one of the premium Institutes in the fields of Technical Writing.