Overview

The Technical Communication Handbook, a life-long companion for technical communicators, is a comprehensive reference guidefor technical communication students at all levels, as well as by practicing technical communicators and others writing in the technical workplace.  The handbook boasts a full-color design, extensively annotated model documents, and coverage of current topics in intellectual property, digital communication, collaboration, and accessibility issues. 

Full Product Details

Author:   Laura J. Gurak ,  Mary E. Hocks
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Dimensions:   Width: 23.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 17.80cm
Weight:   0.816kg
ISBN:  

9780321365071

ISBN 10:   0321365070
Pages:   656
Publication Date:   01 December 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Part 1. Key Concepts in Technical Communication Accessibility Audience Audience and Purpose Assessment Content Management Systems Delivery Medium Descriptive Documents Ethics International Communication Persuasion Project Management Purpose Situation Stages in the Writing Process Style Sheets and Templates Task-based Documents Teamwork and Collaboration Tools and Technologies Virtual Teamwork Writing for Regulated Environments Part 2. Technical Document Types Blogs and Wikis Brochures Email and attachments Forms Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Instructions Job Search documents Lab and Field Notebooks Letters Medical communication Memos Newsletters Online help Presentations Press releases Product descriptions Proposals Reports Specifications Surveys User Manuals Web sites White papers Part 3. Visuals and Other Media Audio Cartoons and comics Charts Clip art Data display Document Design Graphs Maps Multimedia Photographs Pocket technologies Podcasts Project management visuals Spreadsheets Storyboards Symbols Tables Technical Illustrations Video and Animation Visual Communication Web Page Design Part 4. Research Strategies and Tools Abstracts Bibliographies Citing sources Copyright and intellectual property Databases and indexes Dictionaries and thesauruses Digital research strategies Ethical issues in research Evaluating sources Focus groups Image searches on the Web Indexes Informed consent Integrating sources Interviews Libraries Literature reviews Outlines Plagiarism Primary and secondary sources Scientific and technical journal articles Surveys and questionnaires Types of research Usability and user testing Wikipedia and online encyclopedias Part 5: Guidelines for Grammar and Style Abbreviations and Acronyms Adjective Adverb Ampersand and special characters Apostrophe Articles Brackets Buzzwords and phrases Capitalization Clarity and Accuracy Cliches Colon Commas Conciseness Conclusions Conjunctions Consistency Dashes Editing technical documents Ellipses Points Euphemism Exclamation Point Hyphen Idioms Inclusive language Interjections Intensifiers Introductions Italics and Underlining Nouns Numbers and dates Jargon Paragraphs Period Phrases Point of view Prepositions Pronouns Proofreading Technical Documents Question Mark Quotation marks Slash Semicolon Sentences Style Team review and workflow in technical editing Titles Tone Topic sentence Tracking changes and version control Transitions Verb Voice Word choice Commonly Confused Words Part 6. Documentation Documentation Styles Global and digital style considerations APA Documentation APA sample references Sample paper in APA style CSE Documentation CSE sample references Sample paper in CSE style IEEE Documentation IEEE sample references Sample paper in IEEE style MLA Documentation MLA sample works cited entries Sample paper in MLA style

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