Technical Communication
2nd Edition
Published on 12. December 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
675 pages
978-0-534-12426-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book should be of interest to professionals returning from industry and students who need technical writing skills.
This book should be of interest to professionals returning from industry and students who need technical writing skills.
This book should be of interest to professionals returning from industry and students who need technical writing skills.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 188 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-12426-7 (9780534124267)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part One: Understanding the writer's work. Technical writing. Writing: process and production. Writing for readers. Collaboration in workplace writing. Part Two: Developing the writer's tools. Organization of information. Sentence structure and diction. Design and visual forms. Locating information. Recording, examining, and documenting information. Part Three: Applying the writer's techniques. Definitions. Description. Process explanations. Abstracts and summaries. Part Four: Completing a document. Instructions. Reports. Proposals and feasibility. Science writing. Part Five: Maintaining professional communication. Correspondence. Oral presentations. Career concerns.