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The program of this year's tcworld conference is once again fully packed with live lectures, meetups, technical presentations, tutorials and much more. You will also have the opportunity to exchange ideas with our experts.

This year's conference will take place from November 8 to 19, 2021, again as digital event.

Our sessions will cover topics such as gender-neutral writing in technical documentation, the administration of metadata, and ethical design. more...

Have you ever extracted technical terms from hundreds of documents? Have you checked dozens of topics for violations of writing rules? And have you felt that these tasks could be automated, but enterprise-grade software was too expensive?

In just a few days, you can implement powerful terminology tools, using free open-source software. In this tutorial, we will show you how. more...

When three technical communicators go out to eat at an Italian restaurant after an inspiring but exhausting day at the tcworld conference, the following can happen. more...

How often do we read or write that we should check something? Example: "Check if the computer is connected to power." Clear message, no misunderstanding. But what if it says: "Check that the computer is connected to power." more...

In technical documentation, we avoid recommendations. They rarely help the reader: The producer recommends ultra-light power cells. Why? What happens if I use others? more...