In this post we take a look at applying the Z-shaped and Spotted reading patterns in writing to capture and engage readers’ attention.
Jakob Nielsen used findings of eye-tracking studies to show that readers skim or scan online content in an F-Shaped Reading Pattern. In this post, we understand this reading pattern and then leverage it to improve content usability and content user experience.
Our technical writing team created DITA-based user and service manuals for one of India’s largest truck manufacturers. We also designed a Custom PDF Generator to handle the complex layout of the manuals as well as ensure correct rendering of Indian and European Languages.
Sections are a powerful way to create a complex document that has multiple layouts. With sections, you can do things like change headers and footers in different parts of the document, have a mix of landscape and portrait orientations, use different pages sizes in the same document, and more…
With AI here to stay, technical writers need to upskill to meet the new demands on content and content delivery mechanisms. This blog lists some of the skills that technical writers need to learn to be effective in writing for and about AI solutions.