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Author : S. J. Reisman
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Style Manual for Technical Writers and Editors written by S. J. Reisman and published by New York : Macmillan. This book was released on 1962 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Microsoft Corporation
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 0735669791
Total Pages : 969 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Microsoft Manual of Style written by Microsoft Corporation and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 969 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maximize the impact and precision of your message! Now in its fourth edition, the Microsoft Manual of Style provides essential guidance to content creators, journalists, technical writers, editors, and everyone else who writes about computer technology. Direct from the Editorial Style Board at Microsoft—you get a comprehensive glossary of both general technology terms and those specific to Microsoft; clear, concise usage and style guidelines with helpful examples and alternatives; guidance on grammar, tone, and voice; and best practices for writing content for the web, optimizing for accessibility, and communicating to a worldwide audience. Fully updated and optimized for ease of use, the Microsoft Manual of Style is designed to help you communicate clearly, consistently, and accurately about technical topics—across a range of audiences and media.
Author : Philip Rubens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113595951X
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Science and Technical Writing written by Philip Rubens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this new edition, Science and Technical Writing confirms its position as the definitive style resource for thousands of established and aspiring technical writers. Editor Philip Rubens has fully revised and updated his popular 1992 edition, with full, authoritative coverage of the techniques and technologies that have revolutionized electronic communications over the past eight years.
Author : Larry S. Lopez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Style Guide (mechanical) for Technical Writers written by Larry S. Lopez and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Kohl
Publisher : SAS Institute
ISBN 13 : 1629590290
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (295 download)
Download or read book The Global English Style Guide written by John Kohl and published by SAS Institute. This book was released on 2008-03-07 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed, example-driven guide illustrates how much technical communicators can do to make written texts more suitable for a global audience. You'll find dozens of guidelines that you won't find in any other source, along with thorough explanations of why each guideline is useful.
Author : Francis DeRespinis
Publisher : IBM Press
ISBN 13 : 0132101300
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The IBM Style Guide written by Francis DeRespinis and published by IBM Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Straight from IBM: complete, proven guidelines for writing consistent, clear, concise, consumable, reusable, and easy to- translate content Brings together everything IBM has learned about writing outstanding technical and business content.
Author : Mary K. McCaskill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization written by Mary K. McCaskill and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matt Young
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781891389214
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (892 download)
Download or read book The Technical Writer's Handbook written by Matt Young and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Technical Writer's Handbook is by a practising scientist who screens hundreds of manuscripts each year. It is directed at scientists, engineers and others who want to improve their writing and communication. It teaches that technical writing, although it has its own special requirements, is no different from ordinary writing and should be written with short, clear sentences and in the active voice.
Author : Judith Tarutz
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780201563566
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (635 download)
Download or read book Technical Editing written by Judith Tarutz and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1992-07-21 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, direct from the trenches, here's the book technical editors have been waiting for. Unlike other guides which review grammar and spelling—but don't address the special challenges of technical editing—this lively, practical book deals with the real-world problems, issues, and decisions that face technical editors and writers.In this book you'll get tips for preparing a style guide technical writers will want to use. You'll find checklists of what to look for during different types of editorial reviews, learn how to make the transition from traditional to desktop publishing, and see how you can build true usability into printed and online documentation. Enhanced by real examples, case studies, and practical techniques, these flexible and pragmatic solutions go far beyond the mechanics of marking up manuscripts. You get guidance that will help you decide how heavily to edit, how to manage and track large projects, and even how to position yourself for the future when software will handle the copy editing.Whether you edit technical documentation for a living, write technical material, or review the work of others, this book helps you improve your skills and your understanding of the technical editing function.
Author : Krista Van Laan
Publisher : XML Press
ISBN 13 : 1457182424
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (571 download)
Download or read book The Insider's Guide to Technical Writing written by Krista Van Laan and published by XML Press. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every complex product needs to be explained to its users, and technical writers, also known as technical communicators, are the ones who do that job. A growing field, technical writing requires multiple skills, including an understanding of technology, writing ability, and great people skills. Whether you're thinking of becoming a technical writer, just starting out, or you've been working for a while and feel the need to take your skills to the next level, The Insider's Guide to Technical Writing can help you be a successful technical writer and build a satisfying career. Inside the Book Is This Job for Me? What does it take to be a technical writer? Building the Foundation: What skills and tools do you need to get started? The Best Laid Plans: How do you create a schedule that won’t make you go crazy? How do you manage different development processes, including Agile methodologies? On the Job: What does it take to walk into a job and be productive right away? The Tech Writer Toolkit: How do you create style guides, indexes, templates and layouts? How do you manage localization and translation and all the other non-writing parts of the job? I Love My Job: How do you handle the ups and downs of being a technical writer? Appendixes: References to websites, books, and other resources to keep you learning. Index
Author : Gretchen Hargis
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 0137034784
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Developing Quality Technical Information written by Gretchen Hargis and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2004-04-06 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The examples are excellent--right on target and easy to understand and adapt. Even those who don't adopt the entire procedure can profit from the parts, but the greatest value will flow to those who adopt the whole." --Carolyn Mulford, senior writer and editor of Writing That Works "This is also a book that students can keep for their professional libraries because it will increase in its value to them after they leave class and face real life experiences on the job. It is plain enough for them to understand while they are learning, and at the same time comprehensive enough to support them as professionals." --Elizabeth Boling, Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University "It practices what it preaches. Its guidelines are understandable and appropriate; its examples clear. It contains exactly what writers and editors need to know. It is the book that I would have written." --Cynthia E. Spellman, Unisys The #1 guide to excellence in documentation--now completely updated! A systematic, proven approach to creating great documentation Thoroughly revised and updated More practical examples More coverage of topic-based information, search, and internationalization Direct from IBM's own documentation experts, this is the definitive guide to developing outstanding technical documentation--for the Web and for print. Using extensive before-and-after examples, illustrations, and checklists, the authors show exactly how to create documentation that's easy to find, understand, and use. This edition includes extensive new coverage of topic-based information, simplifying search and retrievability, internationalization, visual effectiveness, and much more. Coverage includes: Focusing on the tasks and topics users care about most Saying more with fewer words Using organization and other means to deliver faster access to information Presenting information in more visually inviting ways Improving the effectiveness of your review process Learning from example: sample text, screen captures, illustrations, tables, and much more Whether you're a writer, editor, designer, or reviewer, if you want to create great documentation, this book shows you how!
Author : Alan S. Pringle
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0970473362
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Technical Writing One Hundred One written by Alan S. Pringle and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the skills you need as a technical writer to create both printed and online content. This valuable reference describes the entire development process-planning, writing, visual design, editing, indexing, and production. You also get tips on how to write information that is more easily translated into other languages. You'll learn about the importance of following templates and about how structured authoring environments based on Extensible Markup Language (XML) streamline the content development process. This updated third edition features new information on the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard for structured authoring, and it explains the impact of Web 2.0 technologies-blogs, wikis, and forums-on technical communication.
Author : University of Chicago. Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780226104041
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Chicago Manual of Style written by University of Chicago. Press and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searchable electronic version of print product with fully hyperlinked cross-references.
Author : Robert D. Mohrbacher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Style Guide for Technical Publications written by Robert D. Mohrbacher and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sun Technical Publications
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 0137068506
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry, Third Edition written by Sun Technical Publications and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive reference for technical writers, editors, and documentation managers, Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry, Third Edition,has been revised and updated to cover everything from creating screencasts and referencing web sites to writing for wikis. This award-winning guide to creating clear, consistent, and easy-to-understand documentation covers everything from grammar and writing style to typographic and legal guidelines. The authors, who are senior editors and writers at Sun Microsystems, share their extensive experience and provide practical tips and recommendations, including guidance on hiring writers, working with illustrators, managing schedules and workflow, and more. The third edition of Read Me First features new chapters on: Writing for wikis and encouraging wiki collaboration Creating screencasts, using screencast terminology, and guidelines for writing narration Creating alternative text for nontext elements such as screen captures, multimedia content, illustrations, and diagrams It also includes new tables for symbol name conventions, for common anthropomorphisms, and for common idioms and colloquialisms. An updated and expanded recommended reading list suggests additional resources.
Author : Alan S. Pringle
Publisher : Scriptorium Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780970473325
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)
Download or read book Technical Writing 101 written by Alan S. Pringle and published by Scriptorium Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Krista Van Laan
Publisher : Alpha Books
ISBN 13 : 9780028641461
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (414 download)
Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Technical Writing written by Krista Van Laan and published by Alpha Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the field of technical writing, providing information on such topics as building a portfolio, writing an effective resume, finding well-paying jobs, passing a writing exam, and creating a document online.
