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Author Haydon, Leslie M.

Title The complete guide to writing & producing technical manuals / Leslie M. Haydon
Published New York ; Brisbane : Wiley, 1995

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 W'PONDS  808.0666 H4164/C  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Technical Writing as a Career -- 3. Technical Manuals and Handbooks -- 4. Planning a Technical Manual -- 5. Publishing Systems -- 6. Layout and Format -- 7. Manual Writing Style -- 8. Preparing a Manual Specification -- 9. Front Matter and Introductory Material -- 10. Illustrations -- 11. Table Preparation -- 12. Operation -- 13. Maintenance and Repair Instructions -- 14. Illustrated Parts Breakdown -- 15. Appendixes and Addenda -- 16. Amending Manuals -- 17. Preparing Camera-Ready Copy -- 18. Printing and Binding -- 19. The Technical Editor -- 20. A Technical Handbook Department - From Concept to Operation -- App. A Capitalization Rules -- App. B Mathematical and Scientific Terminology -- App. C Using the Metric (SI) System -- App. D Numbers in Technical Manuals -- App. F Footnotes -- App. G Punctuation
Analysis Written communication
Notes "A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Communication of technical information.
Technical manuals.
Technical writing.
Technology -- Documentation.
LC no. 94049677
ISBN 0471122815 (paper : acid-free paper)
Other Titles Complete guide to writing and producing technical manuals