A report on the STC (Scientific, Technical and Medical) publishing enterprise as it exists today.
National Academies Press (2004). Books>Publishing>Scientific Communication>Technical Writing
Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications

Understanding the user interface can be a confusing experience for customers. By using a consistent set of terminology and style, you can help customers navigate the product user interface successfully. Once customers become familiar with this system, they can jump seamlessly between content about different products.
Microsoft (2004). Books>Style Guides>Technical Writing>Documentation
Producing Quality Technical Information

A book about how to produce well-constructed technical writing and illustration.
Dean, Morris. Journal of Computer Documentation (2002). Books>Writing>Technical Writing>Technical Illustration
A Project Plan for Creating Training Courses 
This link formerly referenced a free Microsoft Project 98 project plan for designing and developing technical courseware. This has been expanded into a 78-page ebook on how to write a successful software training course.
Rice, William H. IV. WilliamRice.com (2004). Books>Education>Project Management>Technical Writing
This site provides additional materials for every chapter and directs students and instructors to the best Web resources available in technical communication.
Markel, Mike. Bedford-St. Martin's (2002). Books>Documentation>Technical Writing
Review: Technical Communication 
Rebecca E. Burnett covers all the topics you'd expect in an introductory textbook for technical communicators. And she covers them thoroughly.
Campbell, Alexa. Technical Communication Online (2003). Articles>Reviews>Textbooks>Technical Writing
A Ten Principles: A Technical Writer's Primer

This booklet contains ten proven principles of technical writing dealing with issues ranging from the challenges of existing documentation, to dealing with technical gurus, to how to ask the right questions at the right times.
Davis, Randy. GR Davis Media Services (2005). Books>Writing>Technical Writing
A compilation of some of the useful messages posted on TWIN from 1997 through 2002, in Microsoft CHM format (for some reason). These messages are classified into different topic areas, such as Tools, Career-Related, Best Practices, Grammar, etc.
TWIN (2009). Books>TC>Technical Writing
GNOME Handbook of Writing Software Documentation
The GNOME Documentation Project (GDP) aims to provide GNOME and GNOME applications with a complete, intuitive, and clear documentation system. At the center of the GDP is Yelp, which presents a unified interface to GNOME-specific documentation as well as other Linux documentation such as man pages and texinfo documents. The GNOME Help System provides a comprehensive view of documentation on a machine by dynamically assembling the documentation of GNOME applications and components which are installed.
Mason, David, Daniel Mueth, Alexander Kirillov, Eric Baudais, Eugene O'Connor and John Fleck. GNOME (2003). Books>Documentation>Software>Technical Writing
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