Technical Writing Chapters

Definition; characteristics; comparison with other writing styles; role of technical writers.

Audience analysis; planning purpose, scope, and medium of technical documents.

Technical writing process; planning; drafting; revising; copyediting; collaborative writing.

Text messages, emails, memos, letters; prewriting; formatting; composing effective messages.

Document design principles; designing and constructing graphics for technical documents.

Designing and organizing web pages; writing text for online platforms; special web content.

Informative reports; summaries; mechanisms; descriptions; progress and periodic reports.

Resumes; employment letters; formatting; composing professional communication.

Planning and delivering presentations; preparing slides; group presentation techniques.

Structure; organization; composing recommendation reports; formatting guidelines.

Informal and formal proposals; proposal structure; writing techniques.

Workplace ethics; creating ethical culture; handling ethical dilemmas; challenges in ethical behavior.