TACOM Technical Report Writing Style Manual

Abstract

This first revision of the style manual has been produced to assist authors, editors and production personnel in preparation of 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 Print Plant or to conform to GPO printing requirements. This report consists of two main parts. Part I will be of interest to the author as it addresses standards of style, grammar, word usage, spelling aids, verbiage reduction tips and so on. Part II is of particular 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA395891

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

  • Abstracts
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Physical Properties
  • Production
  • Standards
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Software Engineering