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About DMOS

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Acknowledgements
Copyright notice
Welcome

Effective writing

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What is effective writing?
Why is effective writing important?
Guidelines for effective writing

Planning & design

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Designing a document
- 01 Designing a document
- 02 Document structures
Document types
Plan before your write
The parts of a document
Create an outline
Titles and headings
- 01 Titles and headings
Numbering sections, pages, tables, and figures
Follow the corporate QC process
- 01 Follow the corporate QC process
Creating an index
- 01 Creating an index
Writing tips

Formatting

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Abbreviations, initialisms, & acronyms
Art, captions, & callouts
Bibliographies and citations
Capitalization
Company names
Computer program elements
- 01 Formatting UI elements
- 02 Formatting code, macros, and scripts
Coordinates
Copyright notice
Credits and permissions
Cross-references
Defined terms
Equations
File names, extensions, and URLs
Footnotes
Lists
Job titles
- 01 Job titles and positions
- 02 Professional qualifications
Measurements
Money and currencies
Numbers
Ornamentation
Post-nominals
Quotations
Special characters
- Special characters
Symbols
Tables
Telephone numbers
- Telephone numbers
Terms of government
- Terms of government
Time

Punctuation

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Apostrophe
Colon
Ellipsis
Em dash
En dash
Full stop
Other symbols
Punctuation hierachy
Question mark
Semicolon
Slash mark
Comma
Parentheses and brackets
Quotation mark

Hyphenation

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Purpose of hyphenation
Compound words
Prefixes and suffixes
- 01 Simplified rules for hyphenating prefixes and suffixes
- 02 Hyphenating prefixes and suffixes
- Common prefixes and suffixes
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Language

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Accessible documentation
Americanisms
- Americanisms
- Common spelling differences
Anthropomorphism
- Anthropomorphism
Art
- Art
Bias-free communication
English language
- English language usage
Foreign words and phrases
Humour
- Humour
Idioms
- Idioms
Jargon
- Jargon
Privacy
Spelling
Vulgarisms
- Vulgarisms
Word usage
- Word usage
Writing for translation

Grammar

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Ambiguity
Conjunctions
Contractions
- Contractions
Dangling modifier
- Dangling modifier
Gerunds
- Gerunds
Modal verbs
- Modal verbs
Mood
- Mood
Negative construction
- Negative construction
Nominalization
- Nominalization
Nouns
- Nouns
Number
- Match the number of the verb to its actor
- Singular collectives
Paragraphs
Parallelism
- Parallelism
Person
- Person
Plurals
- Plurals
Possessives
- Possessives
Prepositions
Pronouns
- Pronouns
Sentences
Set-offs
Speech vs writing
- Speech vs writing
Tense
Tone
Verbs
Voice
Wordiness

Word usage

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Writing and editing tools

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Microsoft Word
Adobe FrameMaker
- Why use Adobe FrameMaker?
AI tools

Glossaries

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Abbreviations and symbols
- Abbreviations and symbols
Grammar
Mining
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Planning & design

Planning & design

Create an outline
Creating an index
- 01 Creating an index
Designing a document
- 01 Designing a document
- 02 Document structures
Document types
Follow the corporate QC process
- 01 Follow the corporate QC process
Numbering sections, pages, tables, and figures
Plan before your write
The parts of a document
Titles and headings
- 01 Titles and headings
Writing tips

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