See the bottom of this page for additional resources and chapters that were taken out of the print version of Power Tools for Technical Communication by David A. McMurrey published by Heinle in 2001 (ISBN 0155068989).

Part 1: Project Tools for Technical Writers

1. Description: short reports, product specifications
2. Process: instruction, policies & procedures
3. Cause-effect: primary research reports
4. Comparison: recommendation, feasibility, evaluation reports
5. Definition and classification: technical background reports
6. Persuasion: proposals, progress reports

Part 2: Document-Design Tools

7. Headings
8. Lists
9. Notices
10. Tables, graphs, charts
11. Illustrative graphics
12. Highlighting

Part 3: Document-Delivery Tools

13. Business communications: inquiry, complaint, adjustment communications
14. Resumes & application letters
15. Report format: design, format, abstracts
16. Oral reports
17. Web pages: hypertext and HTML

Part 4: Tools for Project Development

18. Reviewing and revising
19. Audience and task analysis
20. Finding Information: print, Internet, informal sources
21. Citing sources of borrowed information
22. Managing team projects

Part 5: Writing Tools: Mechanics & Style

1. Abbreviations, symbols, and numbers
2. Punctuation
3. Grammar favorites

Supplementary Resources

• Instructor manual. PDF version of the instructor manual for Power Tools.
  
• Additional examples. Supplemental examples for Power Tools, including product specifications and others that were cut from the print version.
  
• Links to the web addresses. Access the websites shown in the print version of Power Tools.
  
• Sentence diagnostic. A 50-item sentence-level diagnostic.

Supplementary Chapters & Examples

The following examples and chapters were taken out of the print version of Power Tools:

• Hand-washing policies & procedures
• Topics
• Narrowing topics
• Outlining

• Content
• Organization
• Transitions

• Sentence style

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