What is Technical Writing and types of correspondence ?

 Technical Writing and types of correspondence 

 Technical Writing:
Technical  Writing  is  communication written for and  about business and industry.
Technical  writing  is  composed  primarily  in  the  work environment  for  supervisors,  colleagues,  subordinates, vendors and customers. As either a professional technical writer, an employee at a company or a consumer you can expect to write the following types of correspondence for the
following reasons:

Types of Correspondence:

• Memo and email
To set meeting agendas and to ask and answer questions

• Letters
To sell, complain, hire, fire ask and answer questions and
explain the contents of attachments

• Reports
To report on job related travel or incidents, to study options
and recommend action, to report on the progress of ongoing
projects and to document meeting minutes

• Proposals
 To  highlight  problems  to  suggest  solutions  and  to
recommend action

• Brochures
To sell and inform using six to eight panel foldouts

• Newsletter
To  report  on  corporate  activities  to  both  employees  and
stakeholders

• Fliers
To sell and inform using brief single sided documents

• Resumes
To help you find a job

• Websites
To  sell  and  inform  using  multi  screened,  internet  based
hypertext linked communication

• Online help screens
To explain inform and define and using drop down menus
and pop ups

• User manuals
To explain the steps in a procedure

• Technical descriptions
To  explain  the  parts  of  a  mechanism,  tool,  piece  of

equipment or product