The Handbook of Technical Writing

From formal reports to everyday e-mails, this handbook uses smart, accessible language to spotlight and clarify the ways we write today. Hundreds of topic entries, 90+ sample documents, at-a-glance checklists, and dynamic videos break down the best-practices, models, and real-world skills that successful writers use to communicate technical information and data. Updated, in-depth treatment of pressing issues like the job search, the writing process, documenting sources, and social media resonates both in class and on the job, while alphabetical organization makes it easy to navigate its extensive coverage of grammar, usage, and style. With a refreshed, integrated focus on the ways technologies shape writing, the new edition is an essential reference tool for writing successfully in the workplace.

From abstracts to online professional profiles, from blogs and forums to formal reports and manuals, the Handbook of Technical Writing uses smart, accessible language to spotlight and clarify technical writing today.