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Online Technical Writing

The Online Technical Writing textbook offers a comprehensive guide to the essential skills and practices in technical writing. It covers various types of documents, including business correspondence, reports, proposals, user guides, and technical manuals, along with their design and formatting principles.

CompositionHumanities
Author
David McMurrey
Publisher
Austin Community College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 93 sections
  1. 01: Introduction- Technical Writing
  2. 1.01: About technical writing
  3. 1.02: About technical-writing courses
  4. 1.03: Resources
  5. 1.04: About the author
  6. 1.05: Acknowledgments
  7. 02: Applications of Technical Writing
  8. 2.01: Business correspondence and resumes
  9. 2.1.01: Overview of business correspondence- format and style
  10. 2.1.02: Inquiry letters
  11. 2.1.03: Complaint and adjustment letters
  12. 2.1.04: Application letters
  13. 2.1.05: Resumes
  14. 2.02: Types of technical reports- an overview
  15. 2.03: Business plans
  16. 2.04: Proposals
  17. 2.05: Progress reports
  18. 2.06: Instructions
  19. 2.07: Technical reports
  20. 2.08: User guides
  21. 2.09: Standard operational policies and procedures
  22. 2.10: Recommendation and feasibility reports
  23. 2.11: Handbooks
  24. 2.12: Titles abstracts introductions and conclusions
  25. 2.12.01: Titles
  26. 2.12.02: Abstracts
  27. 2.12.03: Introductions
  28. 2.12.04: Conclusions
  29. 2.13: Oral presentations
  30. 03: Document Design
  31. 3.01: Report design overview
  32. 3.02: Book design overview
  33. 3.03: Page design overview
  34. 3.04: Headings
  35. 3.05: Lists
  36. 3.06: Special notices
  37. 3.07: Tables graphs charts
  38. 3.08: Graphics
  39. 3.09: Report format and final packaging
  40. 3.10: Highlighting and emphasis
  41. 3.11: Indexing
  42. 04: Processes and Guidelines in Technical Writing
  43. 4.01: Writing process- from audience to rough draft
  44. 4.1.01: Topic ideas
  45. 4.1.02: Brainstorming and invention
  46. 4.1.03: Narrowing
  47. 4.1.04: Outlining
  48. 4.02: Audience analysis
  49. 4.03: Task analysis
  50. 4.04: Translating technical information
  51. 4.05: Power-revision techniques
  52. 4.06: Libraries documentation cross-referencing
  53. 4.6.01: Information Search
  54. 4.6.02: Citing Sources of Borrowed Information
  55. 4.6.03: Cross-Referencing
  56. 4.07: Information-collecting strategy
  57. 4.08: Quotations Paraphrases Summaries- Phrasing Punctuation Attribution
  58. 4.09: Basic patterns and elements of the sentence
  59. 4.10: Common grammar usage punctuation problems
  60. 4.11: Common spelling problems
  61. 4.12: Strategies for peer-reviewing and team-writing
  62. 4.13: Information structures
  63. 4.13.01: Description
  64. 4.13.02: Comparison
  65. 4.13.03: Classification (Categorization)
  66. 4.13.04: CauseEffect
  67. 4.13.05: Definition
  68. 4.13.06: Process
  69. 4.13.07: Persuasion
  70. 05: Examples Cases and Models- Index
  71. 5.01: Resumes
  72. 5.02: Application letters
  73. 5.03: Complaint letters
  74. 5.04: Adjustment letters
  75. 5.05: Inquiry letters
  76. 5.06: Order letters
  77. 5.07: Proposals
  78. 5.08: Progress reports
  79. 5.09: Instructions
  80. 5.10: User guides
  81. 5.11: Recommendation reports
  82. 5.12: Technical reports
  83. 5.13: Primary research reports
  84. 5.14: Technical specifications
  85. 5.15: Oral reports
  86. 5.16: Report and section introductions
  87. 5.17: Descriptions
  88. 5.18: Comparisons
  89. 5.19: Classification (Categorization)
  90. 5.20: Causal discussion
  91. 5.21: Definitions
  92. 5.22: Process discussion
  93. 5.23: Persuasion