Engineers' guide to technical writing /
Annotation An engineer with experience in the automotive and chemical process industries, Budinski has compiled material he used to train new engineers and technicians in an attempt to get his co-workers to document their work in a reasonable manner. He does not focus on the mechanics of the English...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Materials Park, OH :
ASM International,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- What Is Technical Writing
- Attributes of Technical Writing
- Pertains to a Technical Subject
- Has a Purpose
- Has an Objective
- Conveys Information/Facts/Data
- Impersonal (Third Person) Voice
- Be Concise
- Directed to Readers
- Style and Format
- Archival
- Attributions
- Other Types of Writing
- Instructions
- Advertising
- Creative Writing
- Opinion
- Information
- Administrative
- Entertainment
- Reasons for Writing
- Excuses for Not Writing
- Benefits of Technical Writing
- Performing Technical Studies
- Types of Technical Studies
- General Methodology
- Proposing a Project--The Idea
- Gathering Background Information
- Designing Test Plans
- Performing Experiments
- Reporting Results
- Writing Strategy
- Analysis of Readers
- Importance of the Reader
- Selecting Readers
- Scope of Writing
- Number of Subjects
- Depth of Writing
- Level of Details
- Purpose and Objective
- Writing to Various Readers
- Document Options
- Document Hierarchy
- Report Types and Selection
- Patents
- Technical Papers
- Formal Technical Reports
- Informal Reports
- E-Mail Messages
- Criteria for Good Technical Writing
- Technical Content
- Presentation
- Language Skills
- Writing Style
- Elements of Style
- Word Choice
- Sentence Construction
- Paragraphs
- Summary of the Elements of Style
- Examples of Writing Styles
- Recommended Style
- Using Illustrations
- Reasons for Using Illustrations
- How to Prepare Effective Illustrations.
