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Bethesda, Maryland: American Medical Writers Association, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8.5 X 11 Inches. 40 pages, illustrated. Quarterly journal of the AMWA..

Arlington, Virginia: Society for Technical Communication, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. ARTCLES include: Desktop Publishing and Resource Management; Annotated Bibliography on Costs, Productivity, Quality, and Profitability in Technical Publishing, 1956-1988; The Encyclopedic Reference as a Model for Print Documentation; Improving the Readability of Specialized Language in Emerging Technology; Developing a Simplified English Vocabulary; The Elephant and the Blind Men: A Look at Functionality; Establishing Quality Standards and Trade Regulations for Technical Writing in World Trade; and The Technical Editor and the Non-native Speaker of English. FEATURES include: Desktop Publishing: Just What Isn't There?; The Mentor's Apprentice; and Feedback: A Multifaceted Approach to Assessing User Needs..

Arlington, Virginia: Society for Technical Communication, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Articles include: Numerical Analysis as Technical Communication; The Scientific Poster: Guidelines for Effective Visual Communication; The Editor as Ally; Caught in Compromising Positions: Trade-offs in Practicing Technical Communication; Differentiating Technical Translation from Technical Writing; Promoting Equality of the Sexes through Technical Writing; Survey of Graduate and Undergraduate Internships in Technical Communication; An Editing Project for Teaching Technical Communication; and A Cost and Price Model for Technical Publishing. FEATURES include: The All-Star Editor; Analyzing Technical Input (Or How Can You Write Manuals for Programmers When You're Not a Programmer?); and Defining Your Audience: Let the Games Begin!.

Arlington, Virginia: Society for Technical Communication, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Special section on Hypertext (Roger Grice, William Horton, et al). Additional articles include: Editors, Rules, and Revision Research; How to Write Effective Hazard Alert Messages; Designing Manuals for Active Learning Styles; and Alphabetic Software Manuals. Features include: Working Successfully with Technical Experts--From their Perspective; Accentuate the Positive; and Usage of the Passive Voice..

Washington, D.C.: Technical Communication, Journal, Technical Writing, Desktop Publishing, Print Documentation, Hypertext, Hypercard, Online Help, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. ARTCLES include: Document Processing by Computer: Some Generic Models; Information Retrieval with a Printed User's Manual and with Online Hypercard Help; Using Off-the-shelf Software to Create a Hypertext Electronic Encyclopedia; The Learning-support System: A Unified Approach to Developing Customer Documentation and Training; Portrait of a Technical Communicator: A Bibliographic Review of Current Research. FEATURES include: A Solitary Writer's Linguistic Void and Working with the Non-professional Writer..

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Bumping and edge wear. No marks or writing found--clean interior. A collectible early volume on the subject of Technical Writing from two University of Texas professors..

Washington, D.C.: Technical Communication, Journal, Technical Writing, Desktop Publishing, Print Documentation, Hypertext, Hypercard, Online Help, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Special Issue: Document Design Moves into the Next Decade. Articles include: Document Design from 1980 to 1989: The Challenges that Remain; Revising IRS Publications: A Case Study; Document Design form a Japanese Perspective: Improving the Relationships Between Clients and Writers; Surmounting the Barrier Between Japanese and English Technical Documents; The Expanding Scope of Document Design; Electronic Publishing: A Broader Role for Simplification; "Shared Information": Some Observations of Communication in Japanese Technical Settings; Interacting with Multiple Readers: A Significant Component of Document Design in Corporate Environments; and Designing for the Real World: Using Research to Turn a "Target Audience" into Real People..