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Technical Writing

Freelance Projects

I am available for research and article writing on technical topics, either for publication or to give your company a competitive advantage — the more cutting-edge your topic, the better.

Please contact me with your requirements for a free quotation.

Books

I have written a series of four books covering the units in the Advanced level of the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL). These are all published by Payne-Gallway Publishers Ltd: Word Processing (uses Microsoft Word 2003). See it at amazon.co.uk or Payne-Gallway Spreadsheets (uses Microsoft Excel 2003). See it at amazon.co.uk or Payne-Gallway Database (uses Microsoft Access 2003). See it at amazon.co.uk or Payne-Gallway Presentation (uses Microsoft PowerPoint 2003). See it at amazon.co.uk or Payne-Gallway
I also wrote the Software Design and Development chapter (Unit 7) for BTEC First ICT Practitioners 2nd Edition, published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. See it at amazon.co.uk or Heinemann.
Netiquette: Internet etiquette in the age of the blog is the first book published by Software Reference Ltd. See it at amazon.co.uk or Software Reference.
You can use booksmarts.co.uk to compare prices for all the books I have written.

Articles / White Papers

XML as a Model-View-Controller for Documents: an article published in the ACCU journal C Vu (Vol. 16, No. 4: August 2004), explaining how XSLT can be used to enable several target document types to be created from a single source.

A Stylesheet for Computing Texts: a document that condenses the advice given by number of reference works regarding the use of computing terms and general style issues in technical writing. Version 2, 13-Sep-2004.

Grammar Tips for Code Monkeys: a single A4 page that explains the five most important things you can do to improve your technical writing. Version 1, 1-Nov-2004.

An alternative index for the otherwise excellent book Bugs in Writing by Lyn Dupré. This three-page PDF file consolidates the book's categorized indexes into a single traditional monolithic alphabetical index, which may prove quicker for day-to-day querying. I highly recommend this book (even though it is primarily for U.S. English).