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		<title>BOOK REVIEW: Excellent Project Guide for Commercial Designers and Technical Illustrators who Draw Graphs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci If you&#8217;re a beginner or amateur illustrator or designer Adobe Illustrator CS2 @work: Projects You Can Use on the Job is not for you since it does not address the nuts-and-bolts aspects of Adobe Illustrator. This how-to volume assumes that you already know the basics of using the Illustrator. What the author [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Express a Continuous Cycle Visually in a MS Word 2007 Technical Document</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci &#8220;Continuous Cycle&#8221; is a fairly common idea both in life and in technical communication. Seasons form a continuous cycle that never ends: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring, etc. In technical writing the process of writing, editing, reviewing, releasing also forms a process that never ends. It&#8217;s a continuous cycle that repeats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Ideas to Organize Your Technical Document Images</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2012/01/04/4-ideas-to-organize-your-technical-document-images/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Graphic Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci Most technical documents would have at least a few images to illustrate a point, or screen-shots that accompany the description of a certain step-by-step procedure, etc. Organizing such images can really become a problem, especially when you have dozens and hundreds of them. Finding, editing, and importing them can quickly become a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scoville Pepper Heat Chart &#8211; Information Graphics that Shape the Conversation</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/11/22/scoville-pepper-heat-chart-information-graphics-that-shape-the-conversation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci Sometimes information graphics hit the bulls-eye. Here is one such graphic, throwing precious light on a recent news event: spraying the UC Davis students with &#8220;pepper gas.&#8221; When I first read this story, I couldn&#8217;t help but assume that &#8220;pepper gas&#8221; would hurt just like jalapeno pepper, but only a lot more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adobe Business Catalyst: the Dreamweaver killer?</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/10/14/adobe-business-catalyst-the-dreamweaver-killer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci Everything’s going online these days. Everything is being deployed out to a “cloud” somewhere out there in the cyber space.  So it’s no surprise that Adobe has made this strong move to become your HTML editor of choice, exclusively online. Since Adobe is also still trying to sell Dreamweaver, I’m not sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Create an Instant and Good-Looking Technical Document Cover in MS Word</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/08/29/how-to-create-an-instant-and-good-looking-technical-document-cover-in-ms-word/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci You can create a nice looking cover within seconds by using MS Word. 1) Place your cursor in the beginning of your MS Word document. 2) From the ribbon, select Insert &#62; Quick Parts &#62;Building Blocks Organizer: 3) In the Building Blocks Organizer dialog box, click the on the label of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Color Coordinate Your Adobe Illustrator Technical Illustration</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/06/30/how-to-color-coordinate-your-adobe-illustrator-technical-illustration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/06/30/how-to-color-coordinate-your-adobe-illustrator-technical-illustration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© Ugur Akinci Color coordinated technical illustrations always look more professional, especially when you&#8217;re using the same color palette throughout a technical document. Such control over color creates a sense of trust in the end user. Here is an illustration that is not color coordinated: And here is one that is: In this short tutorial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Edit Vector Drawing Objects in Inkscape</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/05/12/how-to-edit-vector-drawing-objects-in-inkscape/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/05/12/how-to-edit-vector-drawing-objects-in-inkscape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 16:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2011 Ugur Akinci Inkscape is a great vector drawing software with poor documentation. Most people quit using Inkscape after a few tries because the GUI looks different than that of (say) Illustrator. Although I use Illustrator for most of my technical drawings I can&#8217;t help but appreciate the amount of functionality packed into Inkscape, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Capture a Screen Shot in Windows Without a Screen Capture Software</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/04/19/how-to-capture-a-screen-shot-in-windows-without-a-screen-capture-software/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/04/19/how-to-capture-a-screen-shot-in-windows-without-a-screen-capture-software/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2011 Ugur Akinci Dedicated screen shot software like SnagIt are great to capture any type of screen shot, annotate it and edit it in any way you like. However if all you want is the simple picture of an ACTIVE WINDOW, you do not really need a dedicated screen shot application. Use this built-in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Edit Photos Online with Photoshop Express</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/03/11/how-to-edit-photos-online-with-photoshop-express/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/03/11/how-to-edit-photos-online-with-photoshop-express/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2011 Ugur Akinci There are several good online raster editors out there. One of them is Picnik. The other is Photoshop Express (PE). PE has several features that I like, including its excellent don&#8217;t-make-me-think design. But first you need to create a free account. Once you create that, you can log in, upload any [...]]]></description>
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