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    <title>Technical report writing today</title>
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    <namePart>Riordan, Daniel G.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Wadsworth/Cengage Learning</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2013</dateIssued>
    <edition>10th ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xxviii, 611 p. : ill., graphs ; 23 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Section 1. Technical communication basics: Definition of technical communication -- Profiling audiences -- The technical communication process -- Technical communication style -- Researching -- Designing pages -- Using visual aids -- Describing -- Section 2. Technical communication applications : Sets of instruction -- Informal reports and  e-mail -- Developing websites / using social media --       Formal reports -- Recommendation and feasibility reports -- Proposals -- User manuals -- Section 3. Professional communications: Presentations -- Job application materials -- Appendix A. Brief handbook for technical writers -- Appendix B.  Documenting sources</tableOfContents>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">Daniel G. Riordan</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index</note>
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