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In today's complex workplace, no one wants to read what you write. The Essentials of Technical Communication, Fifth Edition, was developed with this principle in mind. The respected author team continues to provide students with accessible and comprehensive instructions for planning, drafting, and revising technical documents that are clear and concise. Divided into two flexible parts--Principles and Applications--the text lays a strong foundation in the rhetoric principles before examining the principle types of workplace documents with checklists for use in preparing them.

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Written by leaders in the field, The Essentials of Technical Communication is excellent in content, coverage, and readability. --Paul Dombrowski, University of Central Florida This is a hard-headed, economical, and impressively focused effort. --Allen Schwab, Washington University in St. Louis The Essentials of Technical Communication provides thorough information, yet treats students like the busy adults they are. It checks all of the boxes for me: informative, direct, and affordable. --Danielle Williams, Baylor University

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Elizabeth Tebeaux is Professor Emerita of English at Texas A&M University and has taught technical and practices technical writing for close to forty years. Sam Dragga is Professor Emeritus of English at Texas Tech University. From 2016 to 2020, he served as editor of the quarterly research journal of the Society for Technical Communication.

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