Reference Manual for Stenographers and Typists - Hardcover

Gavin, Ruth E.; Sabin, William A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070543895 ISBN 13: 9780070543898

Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 1977

Synopsis

Explains and illustrates the applicable rules for every type of business writing and provides all necessary information on topics ranging from punctuation and spelling to grammar usage and forms of address

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Presents the basic rules of grammar, usage, and style. It includes punctuation, capitalization, numbers, abbreviations, plurals and possessives, spelling, compound words, and word division.
Deals with the techniques and procedures for creating and formatting all kinds of written communications. It includes letters, memos, reports, manuscripts, tables, agendas, minutes, itineraries, fax cover sheets, news releases, e-mail, outlines, and resumes and other employment communications.
Provides detailed guidelines on forms of address.
Provides a glossary of grammatical terms and a glossary of computer terms.
Coverage of Internet topics including how to cite online sources in notes and bibliographies, how to decode URLs, and how to divide a URL or an e-mail address at the end of a line.
Easy-to-follow models and guidelines show writers how to create effective documents, whether they modify the templates provided by their software or create their own.
Expanded treatment of computer terms and acronyms is reflected throughout the ninth edition, especially in the Glossary of Computer terms, which features more than 100 new terms that writers today will encounter in their work.
Expanded chapter on tables.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0070543895
• ISBN 13: 9780070543898
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 326