Developing Quality Technical Information - A Handbook for Writers and Editors (Paperback, 3rd edition)

The #1 Guide to Excellence in Technical Communication--Fully Updated for Embedded Assistance, Mobile, Search, Multimedia, and More Direct from IBM's own content design experts, this guide shows you how to design product interfaces and technical information that "always "place users front and center. This edition has been fully revised to help you consistently deliver the "right "content at the "right "time. You'll master today's best practices to apply nine essential characteristics of high-quality technical information: accuracy, clarity, completeness, concreteness, organization, retrievability, style, task orientation, and visual effectiveness. Coverage Includes

• Advocating for users throughout the entire product development process
• Delivering information in an ordered manner by following progressive disclosure techniques
• Optimizing content so that users can find it from anywhere
• Streamlining information for mobile delivery
• Helping users right where they are

Whether you're a writer, editor, information architect, user experience professional, or reviewer, this book shows you how to create great technical information, from the product design to the user interface, topics, and other media.

• Thoroughly revised and updated
• Extensive new coverage of self-documenting interfaces and embedded assistance
• Updated practical guidelines and checklists
• Hundreds of new examples

General

Imprint:	Pearson
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	IBM Press
Release date:	June 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Michelle Carey • Moira Lanyi • Deirdre Longo • Shannon Rouiller • Eric Radzinski • Elizabeth Wilde
Dimensions:	233 x 180 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	587
Edition:	3rd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-13-311897-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Writing & editing guides > Technical writing Books > Computing & IT > Computer software packages > Desktop publishing software > General
LSN:	0-13-311897-5
Barcode:	9780133118971

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