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Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal

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Writing Assistance was named to the Twin Cities Business Journal Fast 50 Growing Companies.

Accounting Today

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Estimating documentation costs for a technology project that you’re managing seems like it’s almost outside the realm of possibility, like finding the perfect hamburger or a jacket that fits you just right. Like clothing and food, there isn’t a “one size fits all” amount of hours that your company can estimate for each project, because each project and each writer are different.

TFCU Magazine
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Delivering content to be read online using a video monitor or a flat panel display presents unique challenges in readability and navigation. There is a tendency to take material designed for printed distribution, turn it into a PDF, or portable document format, and post it on a Web site. This is far from ideal and may frustrate readers.

Journal of Accountancy
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Under Sarbanes-Oxley not all corporate artifacts and actions need to be documented. IT managers and CITPs can use these tips to keep Sarbanes-Oxley documentation simple.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal

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Writing Assistance Turns in Record Growth - Grows Headquaters

SoftwareCEO.com

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Whether software documentation is designed for a company’s internal users or for a variety of end customers, one thing is for certain: Documentation that is well written, well structured, easily accessible, and thoroughly compliments the software it supports can play a significant role in a product’s overall success.

ComputerUser

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Too often companies rely upon personal knowledge and skill to recover from emergency situations or they write a multi-volume encyclopedia of recovery procedures. When disaster strikes, neither approach lends itself to rapid response.

Accounting Today

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All too often, companies either rely upon personal knowledge and skill to recover from emergency situations, or they write a multi-volume encyclopedia of recovery procedures. When disaster strikes, neither approach lends itself to rapid response.

CIO Canada

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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has been called the most comprehensive reform of corporate law since the Securities Exchange Act was passed in 1934. The effects of SOX are far reaching. Its provisions govern actions by management, audit committees, and boards of directors of public companies.

Software Development Times

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Writing Assistance outlines the need to know steps when approaching software documentation including:
Step 1: Create a Checklist for Your Project Team
Step 2: Define Style Sheets and Formatting
Step 3: Interview Your Users Often
Step 4: Create an Outline
Step 5: Draft a Table of Contents
Step 6: Acquire the Information
Step 7: Review Thoroughly