How to Compare Two PDF Documents with Adobe Acrobat

© Ugur Akinci You’ve made changes to a PDF document as requested by your manager (r client) and sent it over for review. But how can the reviewer compare the new document with the old one and decide if all the requested changes have been made? Easy, if you’re using Adobe Acrobat Professional (i.e., “Acrobat…

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How to Use MS Word’s Navigation Pane

MS Word comes with a great Navigation Pane that makes navigating around your document a breeze. The longer your document is, the more you’ll appreciate this productivity feature. 1) Launch your MS Word and open a file. 2) Select the VIEW tab. 3) Click the Navigation Pane check-box to display the Navigation Pane on the…

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DITA – Bright Promise. Bumpy Ride.

© Ugur Akinci DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) is an XML-based structured authoring platform that I’ve been studying for the last couple of years. Sarah O’Keefe and her colleagues at Scriptorium Publishing Services have been a reliable source in my struggle to understand the landscape of this “brave new frontier” looming over our technical communication…

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3 Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Methods

A Standard Operating Procedure, or SOP for short, is documentation that provides step-by-step instructions on how to carry out a task. These are frequently used by all organizations, including small businesses and larger corporations, to ensure quality results with daily tasks. Creating Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) can seem like a daunting task, but it doesn’t…

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