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Chapter 1: Communication, Your Career, and This Book

Careers in Technical Communication and Related Fields

Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Workplace Communication

Websites and Print Documents That Combine Usability and Persuasiveness

Professional and Corporate Codes of Ethics

Professional Organizations Related to Technical Communication

Listservs for Technical Communicators

General Resources in Technical Communication

Chapter 2: Overview of the Reader-Centered Communication Process: Obtaining a Job

Exploring Career Possibilities and Interests

Creating Web Page Résumés

Finding Potential Employers

Online Resources for Researching Employers

Preparing Résumés for Jobs in Specific Countries

The Job Search

More Resources for Writing Résumés and Job Application Letters

Advice about Interviewing

Chapter 3: Defining Your Communication's Objectives

Information about Cultures

Legal Dimensions of On-the-Job Writing

Sample Style Guides

Ethics Cases

Global Communications/Multicultural Workplaces

About Style Guides

Chapter 4: Planning for Usability

Websites That Illustrate Good Use of Chapter 4's Guidelines

On Outlining

Page Design and Usability

Chapter 5: Planning Your Persuasive Strategies

Corporate Credos

Aristotle's Thoughts on Persuasion

Additional Persuasive Strategies and Information

Corporate Credos, Mission Statements, and Value Statements

Chapter 6: Conducting Reader-Centered Research

Fair Use

Public Domain

Writer's Reference Guide: Using Five Reader-Centered Research Methods

Search Engines and Internet Directories

Comparison of Various Search Engines

Conducting Internet Research

Conducting Library Research

Search Engine Optimization

Chapter 7: Drafting Paragraphs, Sections, and Chapters

Writing Processes and Technical Communication

Chapter 8: Developing an Effective Style

Plain English and Other Efforts to Eliminate Bureaucratese

Simplified Versions of English

Avoiding Sexist and Other Discriminatory Language

Grammar and Usage

Chapter 9: Beginning a Communication

General Discussions about Introductions

Sample Introductions

Chapter 10: Ending a Communication

General Discussions about Conclusions

Sample Conclusions

Chapter 11: Writing Reader-Centered Front and Back Matter

Examples of Front and Back Matter

Chapter 12: Creating Reader-Centered Graphics

Communications with Effective Graphics

Ethical Issues in the Use of Graphics

Reader-Centered Graphics

Use of Graphics

Writer's Reference Guide: Creating Eleven Types of Reader-Centered Graphics

Sample Tables

Clipart Sites with Free Symbols

Sample Drawings

Taking Screen Shots

Chapter 13: Designing Reader-Centered Pages and Document

Basic Page Design

Additional Resources Related to Chapter 13

Chapter 14: Revising Your Drafts

Resources on Revising Drafts

Chapter 15: Testing Drafts for Usability and Persuasiveness

Establishing Measurable Criteria for Testing

Testing and Legal Requirements

Usability Testing

Informed Consent

Chapter 16: Creating Communications with a Team

Style Guides

NextPage

Whiteboard and Integrated Groupware Programs

Culture and Collaboration

Gender and Collaboration

Team Writing in the Classroom and on the Job

Chapter 17: Creating and Delivering Listener-Centered Oral Presentations

Oral Presentations

Storyboards

Chapter 18: Creating Reader-Centered Web Pages and Websites

Free Web Editors and Free Guides to Writing Website Code

HTML Coding

Copyright, Intellectual Property, and the Web

Grid Patterns for Web Pages

Creating Websites for Readers with Disabilities

Testing Usability of Web Pages for Readers with Disabilities

Creating Websites for International and Multicultural Readers

Registration Pages of Internet Directories

Including Keywords and Descriptions in Web Page Headings

Free FTP Programs (for downloading)

General Resources for Creating Websites

Usability

Chapter 19: Managing Client and Service-Learning Projects

Writing Client Proposals

Service-Learning

Chapter 20: Writing Reader-Centered Correspondence: Letters, Memos, and E-mail

Correspondence Customs in Other Countries

E-mail

Chapter 21: Writing Reader-Centered Reports

General Resources

Chapter 22: Writing Reader-Centered Proposals

Requests for Proposals (RFPs)

Proposal Writing

Chapter 23: Writing Reader-Centered Instructions

Online Instructions

Additional Resources Related to Chapter 23