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| List of Exhibits | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Audience Analysis and Document Planning | |
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| Analyzing an Audience | |
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| Analyzing the Information | |
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| Determining the Appropriate Medium | |
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| Planning a Document's Content | |
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| Writing for Non-native Audiences | |
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| Minimum Word Strategy | |
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| Controlled English | |
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| Global English | |
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| Grammar, Usage, and Revising for Publication | |
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| Grammar Basics | |
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| Common Problems in Grammar, Style, and Usage | |
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| Revision Strategies | |
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| Punctuating Scientific and Technical Prose | |
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| Punctuation of Common Sentence Structures | |
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| Comma | |
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| Semicolon | |
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| Colon | |
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| Dash | |
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| Period | |
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| Question Mark | |
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| Exclamation Point | |
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| Hyphen | |
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| Slash | |
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| Apostrophe | |
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| Quotation Marks | |
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| Parenthesis | |
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| Brackets | |
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| Iconic Characters | |
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| Punctuating Equations | |
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| Using Acceptable Spelling | |
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| Good Spelling Practice | |
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| Plurals | |
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| Proper Names, Possessives, and Abbreviated Terms | |
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| Compound Words and Hyphenation | |
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| Word Division | |
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| Suffixes | |
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| Capitalization | |
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| Troublesome Words | |
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| Incorporating Specialized Terminology | |
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| Abbreviations as Professional Shorthand | |
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| Organization Names | |
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| Military Terminology | |
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| Health and Medical Terms | |
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| Scientific Terms and Symbols | |
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| Technology Terms | |
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| Using Numbers and Symbols | |
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| Using Numerals | |
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| Writing Fractions and Large Numbers | |
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| Using Words to Express Numbers | |
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| Using Hyphens with Numbers | |
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| Using Scientific Notation | |
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| Comparing Powers of Ten | |
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| Numbers in Tables and Graphs | |
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| Reporting Significant Digits | |
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| Units of Measurement | |
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| Choosing Appropriate Symbols | |
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| Mathematical Typography | |
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| Handling Mathematical Expressions | |
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| Using Quotations, Citations, and References | |
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| Legal Guidelines | |
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| Quotations | |
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| Citations, Notes, and References | |
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| Creating Indexes | |
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| Key Indexing Terms | |
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| Need for Indexes in Technical Material | |
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| The Goals of a Good Index | |
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| Planning an Index | |
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| Filing Index Entries | |
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| Index Format and Design | |
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| Indexing Procedure | |
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| Creating Nontextual Information | |
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| Electronically Acquiring, Processing, and Printing or Displaying Illustrations | |
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| Selecting Illustrations | |
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| Preparing Illustrations for Foreign Audiences | |
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| Constructing Illustrations | |
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| Special Considerations for Producing Illustrations | |
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| Creating Usable Data Displays | |
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| What Are Data Displays: Tables, Charts, and Diagrams? | |
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| Characteristics of Data Displays | |
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| Using Technology to Create Data Displays | |
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| Tables | |
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| Charts | |
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| Diagrams | |
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| Designing Useful Documents | |
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| Designing a Document's Format | |
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| Using Technology to Support Document Design | |
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| Designing the Page and Screen | |
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| Page and Screen Elements | |
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| Page and Screen Grids | |
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| Designing Specific Information Types | |
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| Controlling Large Document Sets | |
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| Graphic Production Considerations | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |