The elements of technical writing /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blake, Gary
Other Authors: Bly, Robert W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Toronto : New York : Macmillan Pub. Co. ; Maxwell Macmilan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International, [1993]
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Fundamentals of effective technical writing
  • How to write numbers, units of measure, equations, and symbols
  • A few useful rules of punctuation, grammar, abbreviation, and capitalization
  • Principles of technical communication
  • Words and phrases commonly misused in technical writing
  • Proposals and specifications
  • Technical articles, papers, abstracts, and reports
  • Letters and memos
  • Manuals and documentation
  • Appendix A : writing in the systems environment
  • Appendix B : a brief guide to software for writers
  • Index.