Let's face it, a lot of technical documentation reads as if it had been translated into English from Venutian by a native speaker of gibberish. Which is annoying for you and expensive for the manufacturer who pays with alienated customers and soaring technical support costs. That's why good technical writers are in such big demand worldwide. Now, Technical Writing For Dummies arms you with the skills you need to cash in on that demand.

Whether you're contemplating a career as a technical writer, or you just got tapped for a technical writing project, this friendly guide is your ticket to getting your tech writing skills up to snuff. It shows you step-by-step how to:

Research and organize information for your documentsPlan your project in a technical briefFine-tune and polish your writingWork collaboratively with your reviewersCreate great user manuals, awesome abstracts, and moreWrite first-rate electronic documentationWrite computer— and…

Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts

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