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The Technical Communicators Resource Site
A comprehensive resource for writers of policy and procedure manuals, user guides and online help systems, and Web publications.
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Writing Revisable Manuals: A Guidebook for Business and Government
Writing Revisable Manuals–A Guidebook for Business and Government was written to help organizations prepare high quality manuals, quickly and inexpensively. There is a saying in technical writing that 'You can have it good, you can have it fast, or you can have it cheap. But you can’t have all three.' The goal of this guidebook is to show you how to have all three. Focusing on revisable manuals—the kind you can update easily—this guidebook takes you step-by-step through planning, writing, and producing manuals. If you are working on a manual for your organization, or will be in the near future, this guidebook is for you.
Duncan Kent and Associates Ltd. (2000). Reference>Style Guides>Documentation
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Many individuals and organizations develop style guides to provide standards for the development of publications. Style guides give rules and examples of writing style, word use, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and typographic conventions. These standards are used when writing all kinds of documents—manuals, newsletters, reports, proposals, letters, memos, and so on—to maintain consistency and quality. Our style guide is organized alphabetically by keyword for quick reference.
Duncan Kent and Associates Ltd. (2002). Reference>Style Guides
