Re: Writing technical reports?

Subject: Re: Writing technical reports?
From: Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
To: TECHWR-L List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:12:08 -0500

Geoff Hart correctly wrote:
> First place to go is the people you're writing for. There is no such
> thing as a single definition of a "technical report" -- there are
> dozens, and possibly hundreds, of different kinds of manuscripts that
> bear this name, all with different purposes and contents.

Ask them to show you a sample of a report that they think typifies what
they want. Even a negative sample ("Not like *ugh* this one!") can be a
start.
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References:
Writing technical reports: From: Cardimon, Craig
Writing technical reports?: From: Geoff Hart

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