Technical Report Writer's Style Manual. Revision.

Abstract

This fourth revision of the style manual has been produced to assist authors, editors, and production personnel in preparing scientific and technical reports. Guidelines have been designed to provide specific instructions to different groups who write, edit, type, and lay out copy for the U.S. Army Duplicating Facility or to conform to the Government Printing Office's requirements. This report is of interest to the author as it addresses standards of style, grammar, word usage, spelling aids, verbiage reduction tips, and so on. It is also of interest to production personnel as it describes and illustrates the mechanical aspects of report preparation in terms of format, treatment of tables and figures, pagination, numbering, cover format, organization, classification markings, and proper referencing. Keywords: Technical writing; Technical review; Proofreading symbols; Report organization; Writing style; Language usage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA177791

Entities

People

  • Alice A. Calhoun
  • James N. Boblenz

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blow Molding
  • Contracts
  • Crystal Structure
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Language
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Physical Properties
  • Technical Writing
  • Test Methods
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design