[austechwriter] Re: How useful is the Chicago Manual of Style for Australian conditions?
- From: Craig Bligh <Craig.Bligh@xxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 17:32:10 +1000
Erm... about all those URLs I just gave - I should have known Freelists
would break them. Just copy and paste into a text editor, fix 'em up and pop
'em in your browser.
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Bligh [mailto:Craig.Bligh@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, 4 August 2003 5:20 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [austechwriter] Re: How useful is the Chicago Manual of Style for
Australian conditions?
Hi Charles,
While I can't comment on the Chicago Manual of Style, I can certainly give
you the titles of a few books I've found useful. And most of these style
guides are a bit cheaper than the CMS...
Writing in Plain English, by Robert D Eagleson
http://www.seekbooks.com.au/featuredbook1.asp?StoreUrl=default_au&bookid=064
4068485&db=au
Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications (free online download)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=b494
d46b-073f-46b0-b12f-39c8e870517a
Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers (6th Ed.) (Standard Govt.
Style Guide)
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ContentDynamic/Full_Details.asp?ISBN=0701636483
HCi Style Guide (useful tech writing style guide - free online download)
http://www.documentation.com.au/hcisite2/products/HCi%20Style%20Guide.pdf
The Professional Writing Guide: Writing Well and Knowing Why, Durham and
Petelin
http://www.bookworm.com.au/cgi-bin/bookmall/bookworm/returndetail.tam?cart=0
3H04whj.veh&lpg=%2Fbookworm%2Fresult%2Etam&lpt=1059979384&xax=248974&item%2E
ctx=WL01960&query%2Ectx=Petelin%2C%20Roslyn%20%2F%20Durham%2C%20Marsha&searc
htype%2Ectx=author&boolean%2Ectx=and
And put these on your wish list...
Managing your Documentation Projects, Joann T Hackos
http://www.seekbooks.com.au/featuredbook1.asp?StoreUrl=default_au&bookid=047
1590991&db=au
The Elements of Style, Strunk and White
http://www.abbeys.com.au/items.asp?id=43813
The Copywriter's Handbook, Robert Bly (very useful if you venture into the
Marketing dept.)
http://www.seekbooks.com.au/featuredbook1.asp?StoreUrl=default_au&bookid=080
5011943&db=us
Designing Web Usability, Jakob Nielsen (very useful if designing websites is
part of your job)
http://www.bookworm.com.au/cgi-bin/bookmall/bookworm/returndetail.tam?cart=0
3H04wcj.rch&lpg=%2Fbookworm%2Fresult%2Etam&lpt=1059979077&xax=355540&item%2E
ctx=PH000358&query%2Ectx=Nielsen%2C%20Jakob&searchtype%2Ectx=author&boolean%
2Ectx=and
To continue the bad rap for Dymocks... when comparing these books using
www.getonce.com.au, Dymocks is by far the most expensive option!
Cheers,
Craig
Craig Bligh
Technical Writer, Product Development
MXL Consolidated Pty Ltd
Level 3, 62 Pitt Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Phone +61 2 8249 0000
Fax +61 2 8249 0099
Email craig.bligh@xxxxxxx
www.mxl.com
MXL: Wise Software Solutions for the Global Education Market
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Cave [mailto:charles_cave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, 4 August 2003 4:17 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [austechwriter] How useful is the Chicago Manual of Style for
Australian conditions?
Hello,
I was wondering if you could comment on the usefulness of
the Chicago Manual for Style for Australian conditions.
I have done some tech writing for software companies in my
role of Support Engineer, and looking to do further work
as a technical writer.
A related question would be "What books do you consider ESSENTIAL in the
tech writer's personal library?".
Thanks
Charles
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