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The complete guide to writing & producing technical manuals
- Title
- The complete guide to writing & producing technical manuals / Leslie M. Haydon.
- Author
- Haydon, Leslie M.
- Publication
- New York : Wiley, [1995], ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | T10.5 .H39 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 294 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Alternative Title
- Complete guide to writing and producing technical manuals
- Subject
- Note
- "A Wiley-Interscience publication."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Technical Writing as a Career -- 3. Technical Manuals and Handbooks -- 4. Planning a Technical Manual -- 5. Publishing Systems -- 6. Layout and Format -- 7. Manual Writing Style -- 8. Preparing a Manual Specification -- 9. Front Matter and Introductory Material -- 10. Illustrations -- 11. Table Preparation -- 12. Operation -- 13. Maintenance and Repair Instructions -- 14. Illustrated Parts Breakdown -- 15. Appendixes and Addenda -- 16. Amending Manuals -- 17. Preparing Camera-Ready Copy -- 18. Printing and Binding -- 19. The Technical Editor -- 20. A Technical Handbook Department - From Concept to Operation -- App. A Capitalization Rules -- App. B Mathematical and Scientific Terminology -- App. C Using the Metric (SI) System -- App. D Numbers in Technical Manuals -- App. F Footnotes -- App. G Punctuation.
- ISBN
- 0471122815 (paper : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 94049677
- OCLC
- 32018143
- ocm32018143
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries