Book description
Technical writing needs to be clear and it needs to be precise. This book shows you how to achieve this and more. Whatever the content or context, in this book you’ll discover the essential tools and resources that you need to create technical writing that works for everyone.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- BCS, THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR IT
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of figures
- Author
- Preface
- 1. What is Technical Writing?
- 2. Seven Steps to Heaven: the Technical Writing Cycle
- 3. Know Your Audience
- 4. Break it Down: the Importance of a Task-based Approach
- 5. Assume Nothing
- 6. Vanquish Vagueness
- 7. Don’t be Yourself
- 8. Stick to the Story
- 9. be Active: Why You should Avoid the Passive Voice and Weak Verbs
- 10. Diagrams, Lists and Graphics
- 11. Everybody Needs an Editor
- 12. the Technical Writing House of Horrors
- Afterword
- Index
Product information
- Title: Technical Writing for Business People
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2018
- Publisher(s): BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
- ISBN: 9781780174488
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