PURPOSE and FUNCTIONS OF TECHNICAL WRITING

1. Purposes
Function

2. Purposes
1.It gives information in making decisions
and task accomplishment.
2. It analyzes events and their implications,
the failure of the systems.
3. It persuades and influence decision making.

3. 1. User Manuals
2. Online Help files
3. Policies and Procedures
4. Reports
5. Brochures
6. Process Documents
7. Business Proposals
8. Resumes
9. Memorandum
10.Feature modules

4. “I see your Point, put it in writing”
Often heard in the fields of industry. Nothing is
official unless written on Paper.
Examples:
Business Contract
Parents Permit

5. Technical writing may be impersonal, and it is
inevitable in the fast growing society. Busy people
won’t have time to listen to explanations and
elaborations. In today’s technological world, the
works of a technical writer must do the explaining
and convincing.

6. Writing is the means of communication. The writer
must speak with words and punctuation alone.
One cannot express how much thought and feeling
he has about what is being wrote.

7. Writing is Craft, not an art. Craft is an activity
involving skill in making things by hand. While Art is
an expression of the humans’ creativity and
imagination.
Therefore the purpose of the Craft is utmost
priority than of the personal thoughts and feelings of
the writer about what is being written.

8. Purposes
Function