Overview
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Front Matter
* Book Abstract * Cover Page * Table of Contents * Dedication * How to Turn the Page
Chapter 1. About Professional Writing
Chapter Overview
Chapter 2. The Rhetorical Nature of Technical and Professional Writing
Chapter Overview * Basic Assumptions and Potential Complications * Rhetorical Framework: Author-Subject-Audience * Appreciating Technical Communication Audiences * The Special Nature of "Subject" in Technical Communication * Developing an Authorial Voice * Persuading the Reader * The Many Contexts of Communicating Technical Information
Chapter 3. Ethics and Technical Communication
Chapter Overview * Legal Issues and Communications * Appreciating Different Cultures
Chapter 4. The Basics of Technical Communication
Chapter Overview * Guidelines for Creating Your Own Voice * Revising and Editing Documents * Documenting Your Sources
Chapter 5. Designing Documents
Chapter Overview * General Design Concepts * Document Organization * Organizational Patterns * Front Matter: Contents, Lists and More * Back Matter: Appendices, Glossaries and More * Effective Tables * Charts and Graphs * Photos and Illustrations * Usability Testing of Technical Communications
Chapter 6. Career Documents
Chapter Overview * Résumés and CVs * Cover Letters
Chapter 7. Business Communications
Chapter Overview * Beginning A Communication * Business Letters * Writing Memos * Composing E-Mail * Website Design
Chapter 8. Composing Business Reports and Proposals
Chapter Overview * Planning Reports * Preparing Business Proposals * Preparing Feasibility Studies * Presentations
Chapter 9. Technical Instructions
Chapter Overview * Writing Technical Instructions * The Value of Visual Instructions
Chapter 10. Team Communications
Chapter Overview * Project Management * Organizing Teams
Part IV - Reference Materials
* Additional Information * A History of this Text * Frequently Asked Questions
Back Matter
* Glossary The starting Wiki code for this page was generated by the Wikipage wizard using this book config on Wednesday, June 27, 2012.