Dysfunctional Documents: A 12-Step Recovery Program for User Documentation - Softcover

Ament, Kurt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3000683526 ISBN 13: 9783000683527

Publisher: Levels of Edit, 2021

Synopsis

“... a practical, step-by-step approach to identifying and correcting the underlying problems in document sets.”
— Technical Communication

“... a clear-eyed, practical, and adaptable guide for technical writers, editors, and publishers and their teams.”
— Publishers Weekly

This hands-on guide shows you how to use levels of edit to turn dysfunctional documents into healthy documents. It provides a flexible 12-step process to diagnose problems, develop treatments, and prevent relapses. It explains how to create, maintain, enforce, and even automate consensual writing guidelines to keep your documents healthy. Each step identifies the roles of managers, writers, and editors. You can customize the process, as needed.

About this title

About the Author

For over 25 years, Kurt Ament has optimized technical publications for leading companies in science and industry, editing and indexing documents as well as developing in-house style guides, document templates, electronic forms, master glossaries, and master indexes. He is the author of three books on technical communication: Indexing: A Nuts-and-Bolts Guide for Technical Writers, Single Sourcing: Building Modular Documentation, and Dysfunctional Documents: A 12-Step Recovery Program for User Documentation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Levels of Edit
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3000683526
• ISBN 13: 9783000683527
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 113