Technical Communication
Edition: 7th Canadian Edition
Publisher: Pearson Education Canada; Pearson Canada
Published: Jan 23, 2017
Language: eng
Format: Alternate Binding; Loose Leaf
ISBN-13: 9780134659848; 9780134310831; 9780134656694; 9780134617695
Copyright date: 2018
Description: Technical Communication offers complete coverage of technical communication, business communication, and professional writing in a user-friendly writing style. The seventh edition offers new material in response to the rapid changes taking place in communications technology, and looks at how those changes have altered the way that technical communicators complete their tasks.
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Table of contents: title: Part 1:             Communicating in the Workplace; title: Chapter 1:      Introduction to Technical Communications; title: Chapter 2:      Preparing to Write: Audience/Purpose Analysis; title: Chapter 3:      Writing Efficiently; title: Chapter 4:      Collaborating at Work; title: Chapter 5:      Writing Persuasively; title: Chapter 6:      Writing Ethically; title: Part 2:             Information Gathering, Analysis, and Manipulation; title: Chapter 7:      Gathering Information; title: Chapter 8:      Recording and Reviewing Research Findings; title: Chapter 9:      Documenting Research Findings; title: Chapter 10:    Summarizing  Information; title: Part 3:             Structural, Style, and Format Elements; title: Chapter 11:    Organizing for Readers; title: Chapter 12:    Designing Visuals; title: Chapter 13:    Designing Pages and Documents; title: Part 4:             Descriptive Writing; title: Chapter 14:    Definitions; title: Chapter 15:    Descriptions and Specifications; title: Chapter 16:    Process Analyses, Instructions, and Procedures; title: Chapter 17:    Manuals and Usability Testing; title: Part 5:             Applications; title: Chapter 18:    Proposals; title: Chapter 19:    Formal Analytical Reports; title: Chapter 20:    Adding Document Supplements; title: Chapter 21:    Short Reports; title: Chapter 22:    Workplace Correspondence: Letters, Memos, and Email; title: Chapter 23:    Job-search Communications; title: Chapter 24:    Oral Presentations; title: Chapter 25:    Using Electronic Media