What is included with this book?
Technical Communication Basics | |
Definition of Technical Communication | |
A General Definition of Technical Communication | |
Major Traits of Technical Communication | |
Globalization and Cultural Awareness | |
Profiling Audiences | |
An Example of Technical Writing | |
Who Is the Audience? | |
What Is the Audience's Task? | |
What Is the Audience's Knowledge Level? | |
What Factors Influence the Situation? | |
Creating Audience Profiles | |
The Technical Communication Process | |
An Overview of the Process Planning | |
Your Document Drafting and Finishing | |
Your Document Editing | |
Technical Communication | |
Style Write Clear Sentences for Your Reader | |
Write Clear Paragraphs for Your Reader | |
Globalization and Style Choose a Tone for the Reader | |
Ethics and Style | |
Researching | |
The Purpose of Research Questioning | |
The Basic Skill of Researching | |
Collecting Information from People | |
Collecting Published Information | |
Designing Pages Using | |
Visual Features to Reveal Content Using | |
Text Features to Convey Meaning | |
Developing a Style Sheet and Template | |
Using Visual Aids | |
The Uses of Visual | |
Aids Creating and Discussing | |
Visual Aids Using | |
Tables Using | |
Line Graphs Using | |
Bar Graphs Using | |
Pie Charts Ethics and Visual Effects | |
Globalization and Visual | |
Aids Using | |
Charts Using Illustrations | |
Summarizing Summarizing | |
Defining | |
Creating Formal Definitions | |
Creating Informal Definitions | |
Developing Extended Definitions | |
Planning Your Definition | |
Describing | |
Planning the Mechanism Description | |
Writing the Mechanism Description | |
Planning the Process Description | |
Writing the Process Description | |
Planning the Description of a Human System | |
Writing the Description of a Human System1 | |
Technical Communication Applications | |
Sets of Instructions | |
Planning the Sets of Instructions | |
Globalization and Instructions | |
Writing the Set of Instructions | |
Field-Testing Instructions | |
Memorandums and Informal Reports | |
The Elements of Memos The Elements of Informal Reports | |
Types of Informal Reports | |
Ethics and E-mail | |
Developing Websites | |
Basic Web Concepts | |
Planning a Website | |
Web Document Drafting | |
Testing Ethics and Websites | |
Globalization/Localization and Websites | |
Formal Reports | |
The Elements of a Formal | |
Report Front Material | |
The Body of the Formal Report | |
End Material | |
Recommendation and Feasibility Reports | |
Planning the Recommendation Report | |
Drafting the Recommendation Report | |
Planning the Feasibility Report | |
Writing the Feasibility Report | |
Proposals | |
The External Proposal | |
Planning the External Proposal | |
Writing the External Proposal | |
The Internal Proposal | |
Planning the Internal Proposal | |
Ethics and Proposals | |
Writing the Internal Proposal | |
User Manuals Planning the Manual Writing the Manual | |
Professional Communication | |
Oral Presentations | |
Planning the Presentation | |
Making an Effective Presentation | |
Globalization and Oral Presentations | |
Letters | |
Three Basic Letter | |
Formats Elements of a Letter | |
Planning Business Letters | |
Globalization and Letters | |
Ethics and Letters | |
Types of Business Letters | |
Job Application | |
Materials Analyzing the Situation | |
Planning the Reacute;sumeacute; Writing the Reacute;sumeacute | |
Planning a Letter of Application | |
Ethics and Reacute;sumeacute;s | |
Writing a Letter of Application | |
Globalization and Job Applications | |
Interviewing Writing Follow-Up Letters | |
Brief Handbook for Technical Writers Problems with Sentence Construction Punctuation Abbreviations, Capitalization, and Numbers | |
Documenting Sources How Internal Documentation Works The APA Method The MLA Method Numbered | |
References | |
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