Format:
1 online resource (306 pages)
ISBN:
9783540699293
Content:
This comprehensive guide to the subject deals with the assortment of questions that arise during the writing process, including those relating to form and structure. Clearly written and thus perfect for self-study, it includes a battery of tips and exemplars.
Content:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Planning the Technical Report -- 2.1 General overview of all required work steps -- 2.2 Accepting and analyzing the task -- 2.3 Checking or creating the title -- 2.4 The structure as the "backbone" of the Technical Report -- 2.4.1 General information about structure and table of contents -- 2.4.2 Rules for the structure in ISO 2145 -- 2.4.3 Logic and formal design of document part headings -- 2.4.4 Work steps to create a structure and example structures -- 2.4.5 General structure patterns for Technical Reports -- 2.5 Project notebook (jotter) -- 2.6 The style guide advances consistency in wording and design -- 3 Writing and creating the Technical Report -- 3.1 Parts of the Technical Report and their layout -- 3.1.1 Front cover sheet and title leaf -- 3.1.2 Structure with page numbers = Table of Contents (ToC) -- 3.1.3 Text with figures, tables, and literature citations -- 3.1.4 List of references -- 3.1.5 Other required or useful parts -- 3.2 Collecting and ordering the material -- 3.3 Creating good tables -- 3.3.1 Table design -- 3.3.2 Table numbering and table headings -- 3.3.3 The morphological box - a special table -- 3.3.4 Hints for evaluation tables -- 3.3.5 Tabular re-arrangement of text -- 3.4 Instructional figures -- 3.4.1 Understandable design of instructional figures -- 3.4.2 Figure numbering and figure subheadings -- 3.4.3 Photo, photocopy, digital photo, scan and image from the internet -- 3.4.4 Using graphics software and CAD programs -- 3.4.5 Scheme and diagram (chart) -- 3.4.6 The sketch as simplified drawing and illustration of computations -- 3.4.7 Perspective drawing -- 3.4.8 Technical drawing and bill of materials (parts list) -- 3.4.9 Mind map -- 3.4.10 Pictorial re-arrangement of text -- 3.5 Literature citations -- 3.5.1 Introductory remarks on literature citations.
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Additional Edition:
9783540699286
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9783540699286
Language:
English
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