Technical Writing Web Book
Business correspondence and resumes
Technical reports: structure and process
Types of technical reports: an overview
Business plans
Proposals
Progress reports
Instructions
User guides
Organizational policies and procedures
Recommendation and feasibility reports
Abstracts, introductions, and conclusions
Oral presentations
Document Design
Book design overview
Page design overview
Headings
Lists
Special notices
Graphics and tables
Report format and final packaging
Highlighting and emphasis
Indexing
Processes and Guidelines in Technical Writing
Writing process: from audience to rough draft
Audience analysis
Task analysis
Power-revision techniques
Libraries, documentation, cross-referencing
Basic patterns and elements of the sentence
Common grammar, usage, punctuation problems
Common spelling problems
Strategies for peer-reviewing and team-writing
Information structures
About the Technical Report
Types of Technical Reports
Technical-background reports
Instructions
Feasibility and recommendation reports
Primary research reports
Technical specifications
Report-length proposals
Business plans
Audience and Situation in Technical Reports
Topics for Technical Reports
Editorializing
Fuzzy topics
Tough technical topics
Instructors as brainstorming devices
General Characteristics of Technical Reports
Graphics
Factual detail
Information sources
Documentation
Realistic audience and situation
Headings and lists
Special format
Production
Length
Technical content
Checklist for the Technical Report
Main Index
Print Version
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