Professional and Technical Writing Book

I. GENERAL TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES.

1. Explaining Professional and Technical Communications.

2. Executing The Writing Process: Theory and Practice.

3. Utilizing Graphics and Visuals.

4. Designing and Producing Documents and Presentations.

II. THE RESEARCH STRATEGIES.

5. Accessing Information.

6. Documenting Research.

III. THE TECHNICAL STRATEGIES.

7. Defining Terms.

8. Describing Mechanisms.

9. Giving Instructions.

10. Analyzing a Process.

11. Preparing Manuals and Product Support Items.

IV. THE PROFESSIONAL STRATEGIES.

12. Composing Correspondence.

13. Preparing Résumés, Cover Letters, Interviews.

14. Writing Brief Reports.

15. Devising Longer Reports, Proposals.

16. Producing Fliers, Brochures, and Newsletters.

17. Producing Professional Papers.

V. THE PRESENTATION STRATEGIES.

18. Performing Verbal Communications.

19. Managing Visual Communications.

20. Designing and Managing Websites.

Appendix A: Conventions of Construction, Grammar, and Usage.

Appendix B: Punctuation and Mechanical Conventions.

Works Consulted.

Index.