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Mobile Optimizing User and Maintenance Manuals for Modern Readers

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Today, most people open a manual on their phone before they ever touch a printed copy. Whether it’s a user manual, maintenance manual, product manual, or service manual, mobile optimization is no longer optional—it’s essential. When documentation is hard to read on small screens, customers get frustrated. They stop searching for answers and start calling support. That costs time and money. By contrast, a mobile-friendly approach makes your manuals accessible, easy to scan, and customer-friendly…. Read more »

Technical Illustrations: CAD Files

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Introduction on technical Illustrations of CAD files The ability to clearly communicate correct manufacturing, installation, and maintenance procedures is essential to optimal product performance and a successful business. Producing documents with no clear style or structure, including the style of illustrations, can result in a bad user experience, more calls for help, and eventually a lost customer. Photos, line drawings, and assembly files may all be available for use, but the result can be a… Read more »

Technical Illustrations: Translation and Localization

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When communicating complex information or instructions to a global audience, graphics can convey the message quickly and clearly. Sometimes, though, words are necessary in illustrations. When documents get translated to a target market, those words need to be translated as well. Sometimes it is the images themselves that need to be localized to avoid confusion. Translation is the process of changing text from one language to another.