Can you recommend any books about how to write technical documentation?
I'm after some guidance on overall layout of the document, style (as in prose, not CSS), when and where to go into detail, etc.
Please post only one book per answer
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Spring Into Technical Writing comes to mind, and is quite decent.
lindelof
2010-06-25 14:27:09
Looks good, I'll give it a try
Greg B
2010-06-25 14:36:23
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One thing that's stressed in technical writing courses and holds true in practice is that consistency is important. The most popular way to maintain consistency is with a style guide. There are many style guides, but the Apple Publications Style Guide [PDF] is both readily available and good enough for many applications.
ddbeck
2010-06-26 01:03:26