spring into technical writing
I originally saw this book over at Rootprompt and decided to read it myself. Overall, it's a nice book. Some of the topics it covers might seem common sense, but after they sink in, you think, "Yeah! That's a good idea!"
Some of the more notable parts of the book were the sections on figures, tables, and lists; typograhphy and formatting; and types of documents to write.
Concerning the Tables and Lists, Rosenberg explained clean formatting, headings, and what to do when full sentences proceed lists. The typography and formatting piece gave a nice explanation of serif and sans-serif fonts and when (and when not) to use them. Finally, the types of documents received the biggest portion of the book. Examples of lab reports, manuals, proposals, and even PowerPoint presentations were given. Having reference to all of these documents in one book is really nice. The proposal part was the most detailed of all the other types -- with good reason! There are several different types of proposals you can make and anytime you write a proposal, chances are it has a lot of importance.
Like I mentioned in the beginning, this was a nice book. There were a bunch of other little topics covered such as punctuation and vocab, but I think they weren't given a lot of attention because of the myriad of other books written on these subjects. I give it a 9/10.
