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Technical Writing & Presentation
The Commonwealth and International Library: Social Administration, Training, Economics, and Production Division
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1966
- Authors: W. S. Robertson, W. D. Siddle
- Editors: R Brown, G. Chandler, W. A. Davis
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 1 1 5 5 8 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 3 8 9 6 - 1
Technical Writing and Presentation is a guide to writing reports and articles for presentation to technical people or to the scientific community. The book deals with the special… Read more
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Request a sales quoteTechnical Writing and Presentation is a guide to writing reports and articles for presentation to technical people or to the scientific community. The book deals with the special requirements in writing technical and highly specialized reports. The book covers the complete phase from planning the work to be done to finally editing the manuscript. To start writing, the writer aims to have a clear objective and properly identifies his kind of readership. Then the author provides tips on gathering information and how to arrange these in standard sequences. The author then discusses the style of writing, choice of words and sentences, paragraph length, use of appropriate jargon and clichés and the use of passive construction of sentences. After providing some examples of good writing, the book addresses the importance of a good layout. This includes margins, spacing, headings, and preparing the manuscript. The use of illustrations, tone drawings, graphs, and photographs is discussed. The book then focuses on the editing process when the writer reviews his own work objectively. The text also gives tips on editing procedures as well as miscellaneous problems (use of copyrighted materials, footnotes, and references). Many scientists, researchers, technologists, students, and academic professors who have to write articles and papers of a technical nature will find this book handy.
Introduction
1. Planning the Work
What is it For
Technical Readers
Nontechnical Readers
Mixed Groups of Readers
2. Assembling the Information
Talking to Joe
Checking the Facts
Arranging the Facts
Detailed Arrangement
Standard Sequences
The Completed Arrangement
3. Finding the Right Words
Readability
Style
Sentences
Paragraphs
Words
Jargon
Cliches
Elegant Variation
Irritants
Headings
Abbreviations
Ungrammatical English
Punctuation
Passive Construction
Pomposity
Checking readability
The title
4. The First Draft
An Example Discussed
5. Some Examples Discussed
Examples (1)
Examples (2)
Examples (3)
6. The Importance of Good Lay-out
The Look of the Page
Margins
Spacing
White Space and Printed Text
Headings
Rules for Lay-out
Preparing the Manuscript
Reproducing the Report
7. Ways of Reproducing Reports
Carbon Copies
Office Copying Machines
Office Printing Machines
Stencil Duplicators
Spirit Duplicators
Offset Litho Machines
Lithography
Printing
When to use which Method
Putting Pages Together
8. Illustrations
Line and Tone Drawings
Graphs
Line Graphs
Block Graphs and other Diagrams
Use of Color in Drawings and Graphs
Photographs
Slides
Photographic Libraries
Reproduction of Drawings and Photographs
Summary
9. Reproducing Drawings and Photographs
Drawings
Photographs
Slides
10. Editing Technical Writing
Being Edited
Editing Someone else's Work
Editor and Author
Editing Procedures
11. Miscellaneous Problems
Copyright
Copyright and the User
Exceptions to Copyright Conditions
References
Footnotes
Indexing
Where to Publish
Nontechnical Periodicals and the Press
Finding a Publisher for Your Book
Index
- No. of pages: 128
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1966
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9780080115580
- eBook ISBN: 9781483138961
GC
G. Chandler
Affiliations and expertise
Canberra, Australia