In a concise, streamlined format, this text features the key principles of John Lannon's Technical Communication and includes state-of-the-art information on writing and researching online, ethics, usability, visual communication, and copyright law.

A Concise Guide to Technical Communication takes a situational approach, emphasizing issues of audience and purpose for any technical communication task. The first text of its kind to acknowledge that most technical communication today takes place electronically, this Concise Guide offers a seamless connection between the new and old worlds of technical communication.