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Technical writer's and editors' essentials
StarOffice 6.0StarOffice 6.0
This opens all the formats. Frame, WordPerfect, Wordstar, and of course both opens and creates MS Office formats. Comparable to MS Office. It's a contractor's dream, and costs much less than MS Office
Staroffice 6.0 Companion (Sun Microsystems Press)Staroffice 6.0 Companion (Sun Microsystems Press) by Solveig Haugland
Buy new: £25.59 / Used from: £1.04
Funny and extremely well written and helpful. This book is StarOffice Annoyances meets The StarOffice Missing Manual.
Technical Editing: The Practical Guide for Editors and Writers (Hewlett-Packard Press)Technical Editing: The Practical Guide for Editors and Writers (Hewlett-Packard Press) by Judith A. Tarutz
Buy new: £22.47 / Used from: £1.80
The classic. Talks about tradeoffs in the real world, and makes you feel like you're not the only one experiencing these problems.
Deluxe Transitive Vampire, The: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the DoomedDeluxe Transitive Vampire, The: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed by Karen Elizabeth Gordon
Buy new: £7.00 / Used from: £6.83
The funniest book of grammar you will ever, ever read. Worth buying just for the fun of it.
The Elements of StyleThe Elements of Style by William Strunk
Buy new: £1.73 / Used from: £1.73
To easily and authoritatively back up your decisions. The classic.
The Elements of Java Style (SIGS Reference Library)The Elements of Java Style (SIGS Reference Library) by Allan Vermeulen
Buy new: £5.45 / Used from: £0.33
Where do the curly braces go in code examples? Here's where. All the issues you've been arguing about, solved easily.
Dilbert:The Way of the WeaselDilbert:The Way of the Weasel by Scott Adams
Buy new: £9.15 / Used from: £0.01
For the Tina the Techwriter cartoons, naturally, though we all sympathize more with Alice.