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Donald Pattow and William Wresch. 1998. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. [ISBN 0-13761271-0. 568 pages, including index. $48.00 (softcover).]
The challenge of keeping teaching strategies and materials in step with advancing technology is made easier with the contemporary approach of Communicating technical information: A guide for the electronic age. This text cruises in the passing lane of the information superhighway.
Many technical communication texts have addressed transition to the electronic age with a mix of analyses and instruction that combines ideas from the pen-and-scissors era with those of desktop publishing. While comparing strategies marks our progress, the limits of class time usually dictate that teachers concentrate on the most up-to-date methods. Texts that explain the elements of designing with a computer, but throw in a little "cut-and-paste" just for good measure, leave students questioning...