Technical documents that benefit from plain language

Table of contents

  1. Technical documents that benefit from plain language
    1. External Documents
      1. Examples of External Documents
    2. Internal Documents
    3. Activity 3: Match the goal to the information in the document:

User-Centric Approach

Consider which documents help people achieve their goals on your website or in your technical marketing materials.


External Documents

These are documents customers and clients need to:

  • Use your product
  • Contact your company
  • Buy your product
  • Learn about your product
  • Obtain information about your services or product

Examples of External Documents

  • Technical documentation
  • Forms
  • Web copy
  • How-to articles
  • Sales assets
  • White papers
  • Blogs

Internal Documents

These are documents relevant to internal operations and communication:

  • Process documentation
  • Sales battle cards
  • Emails
  • Job descriptions
  • Requests

Activity 3: Match the goal to the information in the document:

Find examples of easy-to-use documentation. Check off the language techniques you find in the document.

For example, Mozilla MDN Web Documents.