Style Guides for Technical Writers, with Scott DeLoach and Mike Unwalla

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What is a style guide for technical writers? A style guide is a set of standards for writing and designing content. A style guide for technical writing defines the style that should be used in technical communication, such as in user manuals, online help and procedural writing, within an organization. What are the benefits of using a style guide? A style guide helps you to write documentation in a clearer way and to keep a consistent tone of voice, and style. To improve the quality of the content that we create for our clients, we recently created our own style guide. This guide is inspired by some existing style guides. Using style guides in technical communication In this episode talk with Scott DeLoach and Mike Unwalla about Using Style Guides in Technical Communication. Listen to this episode if you want to gain more insight on how to apply existing style guides or create your own to improve the quality of your ‘information for use’. . SOME TOPICS WE COVERED: The difference between a brand style guide and a technical writing style guide Some of the style guides that are available and when to use them How can a style guide help you write better documentation How to create your own style guide For more information head here: https://instrktiv.com/en/style-guide-technical-writing/