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Spring Into Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists

Spring Into Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists

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The fastest way for professionals to master technical writing! You’re a technical professional, perhaps a programmer, engineer, or scientist. You are not a professional writer, but writing is part of your job (specs, manuals, proposals, lab reports, technical presentations, Web content, data sheets, and so on). Welcome. This book is for you. It’s all you need to clearly communicate technical ideas to any audience—technical or nontechnical—and motivate them to act. Barry J. Rosenberg organizes every facet of effective technical writing into more than 175 short, concise, fast-paced tutorials. You’ll find loads of examples (what to do and what not to do) plus start-to-finish instructions for writing exactly the kinds of documents you need to create. Need specific solutions? This book’s bite-size, visual, high-efficiency format delivers them instantly. Dig in, get started, and get results! Make all your documents and presentations clearer, more concise, and more compelling Understand your audience, and target your content appropriately Learn how to write for an international audience Use active voice to communicate with confidence and authority Produce effective lists, tables, and graphics Create useful examples Write effective manuals and release notes Implement solid technical Web sites Develop winning research, business, and book proposals Create and present compelling PowerPoint presentations Write e-mails that don’t ignite flame wars Learn how to integrate documentation development into best engineering practices Downloadable examples are available on the Web.

Table of Contents:
Preface. I. PLANNING TO WRITE. 1. The Quest.     Technical Writing Theorems     Technical Writing Can Be Creative     Tell 'Em     The Value of Technical Communication to You     Comparing Technical Writing to Engineering and Science 2. Audience.     General Education Level     Experience and Expertise     Breadth of Audience     Native Language     Native Culture     Audience Motivation     Medium and the Message     Becoming the Audience     Summary of Audience 3. Documentation Plans.     Document Specifications (Doc Specs)     Doc Specs: Sample     Documentation Project Plans     Documentation Project Plan: Sample     Summary of Documentation Specifications II. WRITING: GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 4. Words.     Jargon     Consistency     Verbs     Adjectives and Adverbs     Pronouns: He, She, and They     Pronouns: You     Pronouns: It and They     Fluffy Phrases     Commonly Confused Words     Summary of Words 5. Sentences.     Active Voice and Passive Voice     Active Voice Is Better     When Is Passive Voice Okay?     Short = Sweet     Causes of Long Sentences     One Sentence = One Thought     Parenthetical Clauses     Summary of Sentences 6. Paragraphs and Sections.     Sentence Transitions     Paragraph Length     Paragraph Transitions     Sections     Summary of Paragraphs and Sections 7. Lists.     Bulleted Lists     Elements in Bulleted Lists     The Length of Each Element     Numbered Lists     Directions     Introductions to Lists     Parallel Lists     Summary of Lists 8. Tables.     Column Headers     Units of Measure     Arrangement of Columns and Rows     Parallelism in Tables     Amount of Text in Cells     Rules     Shading     Captions     Summary of Tables 9. Graphics     Graphics     Time Series     Extra Detail in Online Graphics     Before and After     Callouts versus Embedded Text     Graphics That Orient Readers     Screenshots     Color Blindness     Block Diagrams     Text That Supplements Figures     Technical Photography     Line Art Enhances Technical Photographs     Big Picture First, Then Details     Layout: Controlling Focus     Layout: Keeping Eyes on the Page     Layout: White Space     Summary of Graphics 10. Professional Secrets.     Explanations of Formula-Based Rules     Examples     Examples by Metaphor     Examples for Programming Documentation     Question-and-Answer Format     Question-and-Answer Format Example     In Other Words     Tone     Pace     Footnotes and Other Digressions     Beyond the Obvious     Precision Descriptions     The Hardest Part of Writing     Summary of Professional Secrets III. WRITING: SPECIFIC KINDS OF DOCUMENTS. 11. Manuals.     Manual Style: Cookbooks     Cookbook Example: Installing the Carambola Server     Manual Style: Tutorials     Tutorial Example: Getting Started with HTML     Manual Style: Guides     Guide Example: Creating HTML Headers     Manual Style: Reference Manuals     Reference Example: The pr1me Utility     Manual Style: Nonverbal Manuals     Online Help: Overview     Online Help: Best Practices     Online Help Examples     Release Notes     Release Notes Example: Carambola Web Server Version 3.7     Prefaces     Preface Example     Glossaries     Glossary Example: Tropical Weather Terms     Tables of Contents     Indexes     Indexes: Providing Concise Entries     Indexes: Permuting Terms     Indexes: Providing Entries for Concepts     Summary of Manuals 12. Web Sites.     Plans     Home Page: Specify Purpose and Audience     Home Pages: Engage the Reader's Imagination     Home Pages: Set the Tone     Page Templates     Navigators and Search Boxes     Hyperlinks in Body Text     Secondary Pages     Text in Web Sites     PDF versus HTML     Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)     Summary of Web Sites 13. Proposals.     The Proposal before the Proposal     Adherence to the Proposal Template     Proposal Element: Cover Letters     Proposal Element: Biographies     Proposal Element: Abstracts     Proposal Element: Contingency Plans     Proposals for Revolutionary Ideas     Research Proposals     Research Proposals: Significance Statements     Research Proposals: Objectives and Hypotheses     Research Proposals: Design and Methods     Book Proposals     Book Proposal: Example Marketing Section     Business Plans     Summary of Proposals 14. Internal Planning Documents.     Business Proposals     Business Proposal: Example     High-Level Technical Specs     High-Level Technical Spec Example     Low-Level Technical Specs     Low-Level Technical Spec Example     Summary of Internal Planning Documents 15. Lab Reports.     Abstract     Introduction     Materials     Experimental Procedure     Results     Discussion     Conclusion     References     Summary of Lab Reports 16. PowerPoint Presentations.     Organizing a Presentation: The Big Picture     The Number of Slides     The Opening Moments of a Presentation     Introductory Slides: The Traditional Approach     Introductory Slides: An Alternate Approach     Body Slides: Pace and Variety     Mechanics: Fonts and Backgrounds     Body Slides: Effective Lists     Audience: The Theory of Relativity     Graphics     The Complexity of a Graphic     Question-and-Answer Sessions     Different Kinds of Learners     PowerPoint Speech: The Basics     PowerPoint Speech: Lessons from the Pros     PowerPoint Speech: Overcoming Fear     Summary of PowerPoint Presentations 17. E-Mail.     The Essence of the E-Mail Problem     Before Hitting the Send Button...     After the First Miscommunication...     Summary of E-Mail IV. EDITING AND PRODUCING DOCUMENTS. 18. Editing and the Documentation Process.     Editing: What Is It Really?     Technical Editing a Peer's Work     Technical Editing a Superior's Work     Copyediting a Colleague's Document     Copyediting Your Own Document     Media for Technical Editing     Bug-Tracking Systems     A Process for Editing     Beta Tests for Documentation     Summary of Editing and the Documentation Process 19. Fonts and Typography.     Serif and Sans-Serif Fonts     Fixed-Width versus Variable-Width Fonts     Serif and Sans-Serif in Hard Copy     Serif and Sans-Serif in Soft Copy     Font Height     Italics and Boldface     Consistency and Convention     True-Type versus PostScript Fonts     Summary of Fonts and Typography 20. Punctuation.     Commas     Dashes and Hyphens     Semicolons     Periods     Colons     Quotation Marks Glossary. Bibliography. Index.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780131498631
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Depth: 25
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 176 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0131498630
  • Publisher Date: 16 Jun 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 230 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Series Title: Spring Into...
  • Weight: 552 gr


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