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Communicating is what many technical professionals need to do most and
want to do least. ... This new C&D column on technical communication is
designed to help you do what you need to do - and maybe even enjoy it.
We will focus on the communication problems engineers and scientists
really face, and we will provide practical solutions. ... We will talk about tools of the trade, including what
word processors and grammar checkers are best for scientific and
technical material. ... Send me your communication problem
and - if it is of general interest - we will try to come up with a
solution. ... I will enlist my
colleagues and acquaintances in publishing, public relations, technical
writing, the graphic arts, advertising, and design, as wall as in
science and engineering.
We start with a concise recipe for writing a good article (often called
a "paper") for a technical journal (which the IEEE calls a "transactions"). ...
A technical paper will usually have four sections. ... However, the outline just presented is a good starting point
for writing a technical paper. ... In technical
writing, it is sometimes difficult to get the Fog Index below 10, but
a Fog Index above 15 is a warning that your material will be very hard
for a reader to follow. ... Many technical
professionals change verb tense frequently between the future and
present tense for no reason. ... In C&Ds next Technical Communication
Column: " All you will ever need to know about grammatical mistakes
and how to fix them.
Approximate Word count = 2315
Approximate Pages = 9.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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