Reporting Technical Information

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Edition: 9th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-06-22
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

The leading text in technical writing since 1968, Reporting Technical Information covers basic strategies of composing, techniques of presentation, and document design. It also provides detailed analyses of document applications, including oral presentation, and features a complete handbook of grammar and usage. Appendices supply lists of technical reference books and guides along with a complete bibliography. This ninth edition of Reporting Technical Information places greater emphasis than any previous edition on international communication and the implications of global and multicultural correspondence. Documentation instructions include MLA style, Chicago Style, and APA style; a style guide for citing the Internet as a source is included as well. The new edition includes material on writing collaboratively via email; synchronous discussions and FTP sites; and expansion of "electronic communication." The design of on-line documents has been added to "document design" and the treatment of graphical elements now includes electronic graphics programs. Instruction on using the Internet in job searches is featured as well. The ninth edition is supplemented by the Tech Community website http://www.abacon.com/techcommunity. Resources that support technical communication activities for both students and instructors can be found at this site.

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Table of Contents

An Overview of Technical Writing
1(10)
Part I Basics 11(106)
Composing
12(32)
Writing Collaboratively
44(17)
Writing for Your Readers
61(31)
Achieving a Readable Style
92(25)
Part II Techniques 117(70)
Arrangement Strategies
118(43)
Electronic Communication
161(26)
Part III Document Design 187(134)
Document Design
188(48)
Design Elements of Reports
236(34)
Graphical Elements
270(51)
Part IV Applications 321(288)
Correspondence
322(40)
The Strategies and Communications of the Job Hunt
362(38)
Development of Reports
400(18)
Development of Analytical Reports
418(73)
Instructions
491(38)
Proposals and Progress Reports
529(50)
Oral Reports
579(30)
Part V Handbook 609(60)
Appendix A Technical Reference Books and Guides 669(16)
Appendix B A Selected Bibliography 685(2)
Chapter Notes 687(6)
Index 693

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