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Heather Silyn-Roberts provides practical, comprehensive advice on best practice for professional engineering communications that convey information to readers accurately and simply.<\/p>\n

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6<\/td>\nContents <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nPreface and Introduction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nAbout the Author <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nPart 1: International Best Practice in Report Writing: Getting Started <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nChapter 1: The Basics of Technical Writing
1.1 What to aim for: characteristics of an effective document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n1.2 Pitfalls to avoid <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\n1.3 Solutions to the main problems: questions and action plan <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nChapter 2: The Structure of an Engineering Document
2.1 The traditional basic skeleton of most reports <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n2.2 A navigational pathway: the sections that engineers read first
2.3 Traditional report structure: the diamond structure of a document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\n2.4 Structure for an executive audience: nontraditional report structure <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n2.5 Sections of a document: also diamond-shaped
2.6 Helping nonengineers to understand a complex document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n2.7 Deliberate repetition of information in a document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nChapter 3: Organizing a Document and Choosing Appropriate Sections
3.1 Why plan? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n3.2 Steps to take when planning a document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\n3.3 Using the Outline mode of Microsoft Word[sup(®)] <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n3.4 Brief descriptions of possible sections to choose for a document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nChapter 4: Presentation Style <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nPart 2: The Sections of a Document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nChapter 5: Requirements for Sections and Elements of a Document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\n5.1 Listing of commonly used sections and elements of a document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\n5.2 Requirements for the basic skeleton of sections <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\n5.3 Requirements for commonly used preliminary sections <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\n5.4 Requirements for sections commonly used at the start of the main body of the document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\n5.5 Requirements for sections commonly used at the end of a document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\n5.6 Requirements for other possible sections, in alphabetical order <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\nPart 3: Specific Types of Documents <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\nChapter 6: Summarizing: An Executive Summary, a Summary, and a Conference or Journal Paper Abstract <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\n6.1 Definitions: Executive Summary\/Summary\/Abstract
6.2 The purpose of any type of summary <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\n6.3 Difficulties in writing
6.4 General requirements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\n6.5 Structure
6.6 Steps in summarizing <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\n6.7 The different types of content (descriptive, informative, descriptive\/informative) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\n6.8 An Executive Summary <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\n6.9 A journal paper Abstract <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\n6.10 A conference Abstract <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\n6.11 Common mistakes in Abstracts or Summaries <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>\nChapter 7: Reports <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\n7.1 Major formal proposal <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/td>\n7.2 Feasibility study <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
91<\/td>\n7.3 Due diligence report <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\n7.4 Environmental assessment report <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/td>\n7.5 Progress report <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/td>\n7.6 Incident report <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\n7.7 Inspection report
7.8 Trip report <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
96<\/td>\n7.9 Performance review
7.10 Laboratory or research report <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/td>\nChapter 8: A Set of Instructions: Handbook, Procedure, Operating Manual
8.1 Aim <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99<\/td>\n8.2 Difficulties
8.3 Possible structure for a procedure
8.4 Guidelines for wording of the instructions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/td>\nChapter 9: Formal Letters
9.1 The conventions: the elements of a formal letter <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
108<\/td>\n9.2 Font, spacing, arrangement on the page
9.3 Structure of the information
9.4 Style of writing <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
109<\/td>\n9.5 Sample letters to illustrate the principles <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/td>\n9.6 Letters that accompany a document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
114<\/td>\nChapter 10: Short Workplace Documents: E-mails, Faxes, Memoranda, Agendas, and Minutes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
115<\/td>\n10.1 E-mails to communicate matters of work <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
116<\/td>\n10.2 Faxes
10.3 Memoranda <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
118<\/td>\n10.4 Agenda and minutes of a meeting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
122<\/td>\nChapter 11: Publicity Material: Brochures and Press Releases
11.1 Writing a brochure <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
124<\/td>\n11.2 Writing for the media <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
131<\/td>\nChapter 12: A Journal or Conference Paper
12.1 The process of publishing a journal paper <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
135<\/td>\n12.2 The structure of a journal or conference paper
12.3 Requirements for the sections of a journal or conference paper <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
147<\/td>\nChapter 13: A Conference or Display Poster <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
148<\/td>\n13.1 Attending a conference and presenting a poster: the basics
13.2 Purpose of a poster
13.3 What readers like in a poster <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
149<\/td>\n13.4 Steps in planning a poster <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
151<\/td>\n13.5 Design of the layout <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
152<\/td>\n13.6 Poster title <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
153<\/td>\n13.7 Possible sections for a poster <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
154<\/td>\n13.8 Figures and tables <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
155<\/td>\n13.9 Structure of the text <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
156<\/td>\n13.10 Style of font <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
157<\/td>\n13.11 Using color and background
13.12 Printing the poster <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
158<\/td>\n13.13 Final production
13.14 Common mistakes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
160<\/td>\nPart 4: Referencing; Editorial Conventions; and Revising, Proofreading, and Reviewing <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
162<\/td>\nChapter 14: Referencing Your Sources <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
163<\/td>\n14.1 Purpose of referencing
14.2 Referencing a document: the basics
14.3 When references should be used <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
164<\/td>\n14.4 The two main systems of referencing <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
173<\/td>\n14.5 Personal communications <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
174<\/td>\n14.6 Sample text and corresponding List of References section for the two main systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
177<\/td>\n14.7 Using direct quotations with quotation marks
14.8 Compiling a Bibliography <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
178<\/td>\n14.9 Common faults <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
180<\/td>\nChapter 15: Editorial Conventions
15.1 Conventions for writing numbers in the text <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
181<\/td>\n15.2 Rules for capitalization <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
183<\/td>\n15.3 Defining acronyms in the text
15.4 Numbering of chapters and sections of documents, pages, and illustrations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
185<\/td>\n15.5 Titles and captions of tables and figures
15.6 Conventions for tables <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
187<\/td>\n15.7 Formatting equations in the text <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
189<\/td>\nChapter 16: Revising, Proofreading, and Reviewing a Document
16.1 Brief definitions: Revising, proofreading, and reviewing <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
190<\/td>\n16.2 Revising a document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
192<\/td>\n16.3 Proofreading the final draft of a document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
193<\/td>\n16.4 Proofreading the printer’s proof <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
195<\/td>\n16.5 Reviewing a document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
198<\/td>\nPart 5: Writing Style <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200<\/td>\nChapter 17: Problems of Style: Recognizing and Correcting Common Mistakes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
201<\/td>\n17.1 Paragraphs <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
202<\/td>\n17.2 Sentences <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
204<\/td>\n17.3 Punctuation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
208<\/td>\n17.4 Plurals
17.5 Pairs of words that are often confused <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
212<\/td>\n17.6 Jargon phrases to avoid
17.7 Writing to inform, not to impress <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
213<\/td>\n17.8 The split infinitive <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
214<\/td>\n17.9 Verbs and vivid language <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
219<\/td>\n17.10 Spell-checking <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
220<\/td>\nPart 6: Presenting Work Orally <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
222<\/td>\nChapter 18: A Seminar or Conference Presentation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
223<\/td>\n18.1 The aims of a presentation and the constraining factors
18.2 Guidelines for beginners <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
225<\/td>\n18.3 Structuring the presentation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
227<\/td>\n18.4 Suggestions for wording: your own, and for visual aids <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
231<\/td>\n18.5 Types of speaker’s notes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
232<\/td>\n18.6 Spoken style <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
233<\/td>\n18.7 Designing visual aids <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
236<\/td>\n18.8 Delivering your presentation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
241<\/td>\n18.9 Answering questions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
244<\/td>\nChapter 19: A Presentation to a Small Group
19.1 The constraints of presenting to a small group
19.2 Basic principles for preparation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
245<\/td>\n19.3 A professional interview or an oral examination
19.4 A presentation to a review panel <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
250<\/td>\nPart 7: References and Resources <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
252<\/td>\nReferences and Resources <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
258<\/td>\nQuick reference guide: The Parts of Speech and Verb Forms <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
262<\/td>\nIndex
A
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263<\/td>\nD
E
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264<\/td>\nG
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265<\/td>\nN
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266<\/td>\nQ
R <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
267<\/td>\nS
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268<\/td>\nU
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