Course Title: Graphics for Technical Writing 
Course Code: GTW
Elgibility: Any Graduate
Duration: As per the requirement
Fees: Based upon no. of tools
Timings: 10.00 - 12.00 PM, 2.00 - 4.00 PM
4.00 - 6.00 PM, 7.00 - 9.00 PM
Course Outline:
- Communicating technology
- Need for technical communicators
- Roles and functions of technical communicators
Software Development Life Cycle
- Software Development Life Cycle
- How Software is developed, tested, maintained and retired
- How products are installed, configured, customized and deployed
- Relating software product features and business benefits
- Working with programmers and testers
- Understanding software requirement specifications
- Analyzing product architecture
- Web everywhere
- Documentation development life cycle
- Types of documents associated with software products
- Different types of software and what they do
Technical Writing
- What is Technical Writing ?
- Role of a Technical writer
- Principles of Technical Writing, Documentation deliverables
- Printed documentation and Online Help Systems
- Working with images and illustrations
Documentation Process
- Understanding Audience/Readers
- Collecting and Organizing information
- Drafting information verbally and visually
- Producing Information
Technical Writing Process
- Document development process
- Estimating Technical Documentation
- Documentation Planning
- Selection of Tools
- Information Architecture
- Templates and Page design
- Audience Profiling
- Task Analysis
- Content Development
- Elements of Style
- Technical Reviews
- Editorial Reviews
- Formatting and pagination
- Document Conversions
- Content Publishing
- Quality Control
- Content Maintenance
Grammar and Editing
- English Grammar
- Punctuation and Mechanics
- MS Style Guides & Proof Reading
Graphical Tools
- Snag IT
- Ms Visio
- PhotoShop
Snag IT – Image Capturing Tool
- About Snag IT
- Introduction
- Features
- Starting the application
- Image Formats
- Exploring the Program Window
- Capture Profile
- Image Capturing Modes
- Batch Convert Images
- Creating WebPages
- Creating simple Demos
- Companion Applications
- Snag IT Editor
- Snag IT Studio
- Catalog Browser
MS- Visio (Image Drawing Tool)
- Introduction to MS- Visio
- Using various technology images
- Creating DFD’s and Architectural Diagrams
- Synchronization of images
- Creating different file formats
- Special Merits
- Installation sequence
- Types of shapes
- Behaviour of shapes
- How to Get shapes
- Templates stencil
- Connection shapes
- Staking shapes
- Group/ Ungroup
- Text Adding
- Data Linking
- Data Graphics
- Auto Linking
- Hyper Linking
- Save type – formats
- Importing into Word
Photoshop
- Introduction to Photoshop
- Cropping images and editing
- Using advanced tools for creating architectural diagrams
- Explore the Photoshop Environment
- Using the File Browser
- Basic Photo Corrections
- Working with Selections
- Basic flow mode for editing images using Photoshop
- Retouching and Repairing
- Work with selections
- Creating layers
- Creating a Mask and Channels
- Correcting and Enhancing
- Slice and Link an Image
- Creating Rollovers
- Animate GIF Images
- Painting and Editing
- Basic Pen Tool Techniques
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