PART I: Getting Started: Writing the First Drafts Can Engineers Write?
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(1) March 1984 (Joan Knapp).

Preparing to Write the Document: A Worksheet for Situational Analysis in the Workplace.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(1) March 1990 (Ronald J. Nelson).

Issue Trees: A Tool to Aid the Engineering Writer.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-37(2) June 1994 (Joan Temple Dennett and Michael Hseih).

Ready, Aim—Write!
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-31(1) March 1988 (Ruth C. Savakinas).

Beginnings and Endings: Keys to Better Engineering Technical Writing.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(4) December 1997 (Marcia Martens Pierson and Bion L. Pierson).

Could You Be Clearer? An Examination of the Multiple Perspectives of Clarity.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-35(2) June 1992 (Ronald E. Dulek).

The Grammar Instinct.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-45(2) June 2002 (Alan D. Manning).

Comparing the Two Cultures in Technical Writing.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-34(2) June 1991 (Don Bush).

PART II: Construction and Content: Putting Documents Together Creating a Doc Spec.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-42(2) June 1999 (Liz Wing).

Write a Good Technical Report.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(1) March 1984 (Gael D. Ulrich).

How to Avoid the Transitional Ax in Indirect Bad News Messages.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-34(1) March 1991 (Thomas L.Wiseman).

Job Hunting: Sharpening Your Competitive Edge.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(4) December 1984 (Ron S. Blicq).

How to Write a Recommendation.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(4) December 1984 (Alan D. Wilcox).

Some Guidance on Preparing Technical Articles for Publication.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-32(1) March 1989 (Richard Manley, Judith Graham, and Ralph Baxter).

Today’s Style Guide:Trusted Tool with Added Potential.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-41(1) March 1998 (Jane Perkins and Cassandra Maloney).

“Professional Communication” and the “Odor of Mendacity”: The Persistent Suspicion that Skillful Writing is Successful Lying.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-38(3) September 1995 (Edmond H. Weiss).

PART III: Text and Graphics: Presenting Information Visually Editing Visual Media.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-41(1) March 1998 (Thomas R. Williams and Deborah A. Harkus).

Visual Discriminability of Headings in Text.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-35(2) June 1992 (Thomas R. Williams and Jan H. Spyridakis).

Choosing the Right Graph.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-45(1) March 2002 (Jean-Luc Doumont and Philippe Vandenbroek).

Table Construction: Do’s and Don’ts.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-32(1) March 1989 (Eva Dukes).

Safety Labels: What to Put in Them, How to Write Them, and Where to Place Them.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-30(3) September 1987 (Christopher Velotta).

Editing Math: What to Do with the Symbols.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-33(3) June 1990 (Barry W. Burton).

Displaying Scientific Graphics on Computer.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(2) June 1997 (Janet E. Lincoln and Donald L. Monk).

PART IV: Manuals and Procedures: Giving Directions that Work Designing and Writing Operating Manuals.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(1) March 1984 (Lidia Lopinto).

Manual Dexterity—What Makes Instructional Manuals Usable.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(2) June 1984 (James P. Gleason and Joan P. Wackerman).

Selecting and Switching: Some Advantages of Diagrams Over Tables and Lists for Presenting Instructions.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-41(4) December 1998 (Angelique Boekelder and Michael Steehouder).

Using a Structured Design Analysis To Simplify Complex In-House Computer Manuals.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-35(1) March 1992 (John S. Craig).

Single-Source Manuals.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-37(2) June 1994 (Gary Bist).

The Effects of Screen Captures in Manuals: A Textual and Two Visual Manuals Compared.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-42(2) June 1999 (Mark Gellevij, Hans van der Meij, Ton deJong, and Jules Pieters).

The User Edit: Making Manuals Easier to Use.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-24(1) March 1981 (Marshall A. Atlas).

PART V: Proposals: Writing to Win the Customer Fifteen Questions to Help You Write Winning Proposals.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-26(2) June 1983 (T. M. Georges).

The Short Proposal: Versatile Tool for Communicating Corporate Culture in Competitive Climates.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-32(2) June 1989 (Bernard E. Budish and Richard L. Sandhusen).

Technical Writing and Illustrating Strategies for Winning Government Contracts.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-28(2) June 1992 (Robert B. Greenly).

Storyboarding Can Help Your Proposal.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-32(1) March 1989 (Robert A. Barakat).

Developing Winning Proposal Strategies.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-34(3) September 1991 (Robert A. Barakat).

Clarification Questions That Work.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-31(2) June 1988 (Annette D. Reilly).

Proposals: Write to Win.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-26(2) June 1983 (Clark E. Beck).

Broadening Employment Horizons: Transferring Proposal Writing Skills from For-Profit to Nonprofit Organizations.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-39(2) June 1996 (Sherry Shebley Hamilton).

PART VI: Revising and Editing: Refining Your Documents Theory and Practice of Editing Processes in Technical Communication.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-28(1) March 1985 (Roger E. Masse).

When the Basics Aren’t Enough: Finding a Comprehensive Editor.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-37(3) September 1994 (Laurel K. Grove).

Collaborative Writing in the Workplace.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-32(3) September 1989 (Charles R. Stratton).

Reverse Engineering: The Outline As Document Restructuring Tool.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-29(3) September 1986 (Dietrich Rathjens).

How Writing Helps R&D Work.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-30(2) June 1987 (Herbert B. Michaelson).

The Paradox of Revision: A Study of Writing as a Product in the Revision of Manuals.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-39(1) March 1996 (Alice I. Philbin and Melissa M. Spirek).

Online Editing: Mark-Up Models and the Workplace Lives of Editors and Writers.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-38(3) June 1995 (David K. Farkas and Steven E. Poltrock).

PART VII: Oral Presentations: Speaking Effectively to Groups A Quick and Easy Strategy for Organizing a Speech.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-33(3) September 1990 (Richard A. Lindeborg).

A Good Speech is Worth a Thousand (Written) Words.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-27(1) March 1984 (Bert Decker).

The Engineering Presentation—Some Ideas on How to Approach and Present It.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-26(4) December 1983 (Ronald C. Rosenburg).

Authenticity Beats Eloquence.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-30(2) June 1987 (Susan Dressel and Joe Chew).

Handling a Hostile Audience—With Your Eyes.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-32(1) March 1989 (Gilda Carle).

Improving Oral Marketing Presentations in the Technology-Based Company.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-31(2) June 1988 (Michael F. Warlum).

Illustrations in Oral Presentations: Photographs.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-41(3) September 1998 (Thomas Walsh).

Producing a Video on a Technical Subject: A Guide.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-36(2) June 1993 (Danny Dowhal, Gary Bist, Peter Kohlman, Stan Musker, and Heather Rogers).

PART VIII: Listening, Meeting, and Teamwork:Working with Others to Get Results You Haven’t Heard a Word I Said: Getting Managers to Listen.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-37(1) March 1994 (Jo Procter).

Becoming an Effective Listener.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-23(2) June 1980 (Marion E. Haynes).

Toward Better Meetings: A Psychologist’s View.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-24(3) September 1981 (Eugene Raudsepp).

Presenting the Successful Technical Seminar.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-26(1) March 1983 (Thomas Ealey).

Project Characteristics and Group Communication: An Investigation.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-45(2) June 2002 (Tom L. Roberts, Paul H. Cheney, and Paul D. Sweeney).

Between Silence and Voice: Communicating in Cross-Functional Project Teams.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-34(1) March 1991 (Linda Loehr).

A Dialogue Technique to Enhance Electronic Communication in Virtual Teams.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-43(2) June 2000 (Bernard C. Y. Tan, Kwok-Kee Wei, Wayne W. Huang, and Guet-Ngoh Ng).

Videoconferencing as a Communication Tool.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(1) March 1997 (Jan A. Sprey).

PART IX Global Communication: Conveying Meaning Internationally World Language Status Does Not Ensure World Class Usage.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-35(1) March 1992 (Joann T. Dennett).

English Language Education for Specific Professional Needs.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-44(3) September 2001 (Thomas Orr).

When Culture and Rhetoric Contrast: Examining English as the International Language of Technical Communication.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-42(4) December 1999 (Kirk St. Amant).

The Organization of Japanese Expository Passages.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-42(3) September 1999 (Waka Fukuoka and Jan H. Spyridakis).

Measuring the Translatability of Simplified English in Procedural Documents.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(1) March 1997 (Jan H. Spyridakis, Heather Holmback, and Serena K. Shubert).

Babel in Document Design: The Evaluation of Multilingual Texts.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-43(3) September 2000 (Leo Lentz and Jacquelin Hulst).

Aligning International Editing Efforts with Global Business Strategies.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-35(2) June 1992 (Carol Leininger and Rue Yuan).

Tackling the Needs of Foreign Academic Writers: A Case Study.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(1) March 1997 (Shimona Kushner).

PART X The Internet: Making the Most of Cyberspace Stylistic Guidelines for E-Mail.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-77(4) December 1994 (Renee B. Horowitz and Marian G. Barchilon).

“Who’s Reading My E-Mail?” A Study of Professionals’ E-Mail Usage and Privacy Perceptions in the Workplace.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(1) March 1997 (Patricia A. Chociey).

Customer Partnering: Data Gathering For Complex On-Line Documentation.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-40(2) June 1997 (JoAnn T. Hackos, Molly Hammar, and Arthur Elser).

Challenges in Developing Research-Based Web Design Guidelines.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-43(3) September 2000 (Mary B. Evans).

The Web and Corporate Communication: Potentials and Pitfalls.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-39(1) March 1996 (Gary Ritzenthaler and David H. Ostroff).

Editing A Web Site: Extending the Levels of Edit.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-41(1) March 1998 (Steven L. Anderson, Charles P. Campbell, Nancy Hindle, Jonathan Price, and Randall Scasny).

Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities: An Introduction for Web Developers.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-44(4) December 2001 (Jeff Carter and Mike Markel).

A Conceptual Framework for International Web Design.
IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm. PC-44(2) June 2001 (Fatemah M. Zahedi, William V. Van Pelt, and Jaeki Song).

Index.

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