1st Lecture Technical report writing and details
- 2. What does technical writing means? • Technical writing is a form of technical communication. • The primary aim of which is to convey a particular piece of information to a particular reader or group of readers for a particular purpose ALDUWAILE
- 3. • Technical Writers design, write, and edit documents for engineering, scientific, industrial, and governmental organizations • These include technical reports, computer manuals, brochures, proposals, technical specifications, educational and training materials, and marketing or public relations releases. ALDUWAILE
- 4. Purpose of technical writing • To inform: to provide information without expecting any action on the part of the reader. • To instruct: to give information in the form of directions, instructions, procedures, so that readers will be able to do something. • To propose: to respond to a request for proposals (RFP) or to suggest a plan of action for a specific problem. ALDUWAILE
- 5. • To recommend: to suggest an action or series of actions based on alternative possibilities that have been evaluated. • To persuade: to convince readers to take action, to change their attitudes or behaviors based on valid opinions and evidence. ALDUWAILE