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Technical Writing For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Technical Writing For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts
June 2023
Beginner
336 pages
6h 52m
English
For Dummies
Audiobook available
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Index

A

  • abbreviations
    • acronyms, 276
    • chemical elements, 277–279
    • initialisms, 276
    • postal, 279–280
    • writing, 275–279
  • absolute adjectives, 266
  • abstracts
    • byline, 129
    • critical, 128
    • defined, 127
    • descriptive, 128
    • executive summaries versus, 163
    • highlight, 128
    • illustrated example, 130
    • informative, 128–130
    • learner profile and, 46
    • preparing, 127–131
    • scope, 129
    • subject, 129
    • types of, 128
    • using, 131
  • accessibility, 187
  • accessibility checkers, 177
  • accountability, 171
  • aces, 46
  • acronyms, 94, 276
  • action words, 64
  • active sentence, 90
  • active voice, 89–90, 162
  • ADA (American with Disabilities Act), 177
  • ad blockers, 213, 217
  • Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), 285
  • adjectives. See also grammar
  • Adobe Stock, 71
  • adverbs, 267
  • Ahrefs, 219
  • AI (artificial intelligence), 285
  • Air Force case example
    • after, 15
    • before, 14–15
    • learner questions, 14
  • Alpert, Daniel, 195
  • alpha test, 285
  • Amazon, 125
  • ambiguity
    • avoiding, 94
    • role distribution and, 171
  • American with Disabilities Act (ADA), 177
  • annotated table of contents, 33
  • anti-virus software, 213
  • apostrophes. See also punctuation
    • defined, 260
    • omission errors, 261–262
    • possession, 260–261
    • use rules, 260–262
  • appendixes, 118
  • Apple, 194, 223
  • application Service Provider (ASP)_, 285
  • approval cycle, 48, 291
  • AR (augmented reality), 124–125, 285
  • area conversions, 294
  • Armstrong, Karl J. (inventor), 226
  • Aronson, Arnold J. (inventor), 226
  • ARP (Address Resolution Protocol), 285
  • article publication ...
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