The Art of Technical Documentation
eBook - PDF

The Art of Technical Documentation

  1. 286 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Art of Technical Documentation

About this book

The Art of Technical Documentation presents concepts, techniques, and practices in order to produce effective technical documentation. The book provides the definition of technical documentation; qualities of a good technical documentation; career paths and documentation management styles; precepts of technical documentation; practices for gathering information, understanding what you have gathered, and methods for testing documentation; and considerations of information representation, to provide insights on how different representations affect reader perception of your documents. Technical writers and scientists will find the book a good reference material.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Art of Technical Documentation
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Figures
  6. Tables
  7. About This Book
  8. Chapter 1. Technical Documentation Defined
  9. Chapter 2. A Career in Technical Documentation
  10. Chapter 3. Precepts of Technical Documentation
  11. Chapter 4. Development Techniques
  12. Chapter 5. Graphics in Technical Documentation
  13. Chapter 6. Information Presentation
  14. Chapter 7. Tools
  15. Chapter 8. Computer Hardware
  16. Chapter 9. Conclusion
  17. A Societies, Conferences, and Journals
  18. B Standards
  19. C Timeline of the Development of Writing
  20. Glossary
  21. Select Bibliography
  22. Index