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Re: If you wanted to get one technical communication book, what would it be?
Subject:Re: If you wanted to get one technical communication book, what would it be? From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:Lois Patterson <loisrpatterson -at- gmail -dot- com>, techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 16 Apr 2015 09:00:26 -0700
Microsoft Manual of Style. I'd say get the PDF format but I guess
Amazon doesn't sell that version.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Lois Patterson
<loisrpatterson -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> This question is for practical reasons, to fill out an Amazon order.
> Disregarding price, what one book would you get, with a preference for
> reasonably current publications?
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