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# # # # # Proofread your work

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Make sure you proofread everything you post to the Web.

TECHNICAL WRITING

It is a form of technical communication, is a style of writing
used in fields as diverse as computer hardware and software
engineering, chemistry, the aerospace industry, robotics, finance,
consumer electronics, and biotechnology.

Technical writers begin by forming a clear understanding of the
purpose of the document they will create. Technical writers then typically
go on to gather information from existing documentation and from
subject matter experts. A subject matter expert (SME) is any expert
on the topic that the writer is working on. Workers at many levels, and
in many different fields, have a role in producing technical
communications. A good technical writer needs strong language and

teaching skills and must understand the many conventions of modern
technical communications. Advanced technical writers often move into
specialized areas such as API writing, document architecture or
information management.

Technical writing involves attractive layout for easy reading and
comprehension. Presentational strategies help readers to grasp messages
quickly.

! The top-down strategy (tell them what you will say, then say it)

! Headings (like headlines in newspapers)

! Chunks (short paragraphs)