Technical Writing for Success

✍ Scribed by Darlene Smith-Worthington, Sue Jefferson

• Publisher: Cengage
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 514
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
About the Authors
New to This Edition
Chapter 1: What Is Technical Writing?
1.1 You Are a Technical Writer!
1.2 Characteristics of Technical Writing
1.3 How Technical Writing Compares to Other Writing
Chapter 1 Review
Chapter 2: Audience and Purpose
2.1 Meeting the Audience's Needs
2.2 Planning Your Document's Purpose, Scope, and Medium
Chapter 2 Review
Chapter 3: Technical Research
3.1 Conducting Technical Research
3.2 Researching at Work
3.3 Finding Secondary Data
3.4 Documenting Secondary Sources
3.5 Evaluating Sources
3.6 Taking Notes from Sources
3.7 Collecting Primary Data
Chapter 3 Review
Chapter 4: Writing Process
4.1 A Process for Technical Writing
4.2 Planning
4.3 Drafting and Revising
4.4 Copyediting and Publishing
4.5 Writing Collaboratively
Chapter 4 Review
Chapter 5: Correspondence
5.1 Introduction to Electronic Correspondence, Memos, and Letters
5.2 Who Reads Correspondence?
5.3 Planning Correspondence
5.4 Formatting
5.5 Composing Correspondence
Chapter 5 Review
Chapter 6: Document Design and Graphics
6.1 Designing the Document
6.2 Who Reads Graphics?
6.3 Designing Graphics
6.4 Constructing Graphics
Chapter 6 Review
Chapter 7: Writing for the Web
7.1 Getting Started on Web Pages
7.2 Organizing and Designing Web Pages
7.3 Writing Text for the Web
7.4 Special Web Content
7.5 Social Media Content
Chapter 7 Review
Chapter 8: Informative Reports
8.1 Getting Started on Informative Reports
8.2 Summary and Abstract
8.3 Mechanism Description
8.4 Process Description
8.5 Periodic Reports
8.6 Progress Reports
8.7 News Releases
Chapter 8 Review
Chapter 9: Investigative Reports
9.1 Incident Report
9.2 Trip Report
9.3 Science Lab Reports
9.4 Forensic Reports
Chapter 9 Review
Chapter 10: Instructions
10.1 Getting Started on Instructions
10.2 Organizing and Formatting Instructions
10.3 Composing Instructions
Chapter 10 Review
Chapter 11: Employment Communication
11.1 Getting Started on Employment Communication
11.2 Formatting and Organizing Resumes
11.3 Types of Resumes
11.4 Composing Resumes
11.5 Composing Employment Letters
11.6 Creating a Web Presence
Chapter 11 Review
Chapter 12: Presentations
12.1 Getting Started on Presentations
12.2 Planning
12.3 Organizing and Composing
12.4 Preparing
12.5 Rehearsing
12.6 Presenting
12.7 Organizing a Group Presentation
Chapter 12 Review
Chapter 13: Recommendation Reports
13.1 What Is a Recommendation Report?
13.2 Starting a Recommendation Report
13.3 Formatting and Organizing Recommendation Reports
13.4 Composing Recommendation Reports
Chapter 13 Review
Chapter 14: Proposals
14.1 What Is a Proposal?
14.2 Getting Started on Proposals
14.3 Composing Informal Proposals
14.4 Composing Formal Proposals
Chapter 14 Review
Chapter 15: Ethics in the Workplace
15.1 What Is Ethics?
15.2 Creating a Culture of Ethics
15.3 What Do You Do When Faced with an Ethical Dilemma?
15.4 Why Is It Difficult to Behave Ethically?
15.5 Ethical Challenges of Emerging Technology
Chapter 15 Review
Chapter 16: Technical Reading
16.1 Technical Reading
16.2 Before You Read
16.3 As You Read
Chapter 16 Review
The Inside Track
Glossary
Index