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Contents -- Communication Strategies: -- Accountants as Communicators--What do accountants write? -- How well do Accountants write? -- What makes writing work? You can become a Good writer-- Writing and Critical thinking-- Writing and other forms of communication-- Writing and Problem Solving-- The Writing Process:An Overview: -- Getting Started--Identifying Purpose-- Thinking Critically about the Issues-- Analyzing the Readers-- Getting your ideas together-- Writing draft-- Revising the Draft-- The Final Draft-- Dealing with Writer's block-- Writing under pressure-- Writing at the Computer-- The Flowing of Thought: Organizing for Coherence: -- Writing with Unity-- Using summary sentences-- Responding to Readers' Questions and concerns-- Transitions--Paragraphs-- Discussion questions and Essays-- Test yourself-- A Sense Of Style:Writing with Conciseness and clarity-- Conciseness-- Clarity-- Readable Writing-- Editing for style at the Computer-- Test Yourself-- Standard English:Grammar,Punctuation,and Spelling-- Major Sentence Errors-- Problems with Verbs-- Problems with Pronouns-- Problems with Modifiers-- Parallel Structure-- Apostrophes and Plurals-- Commas-- Colons and Semicolons-- Direct Quotations-- Spelling-- Help from the Computer-- Format for Clarity: Document Design-- Good Design: An illustration -- A Professional Appearance -- Formatting-- Graphic Illustrations-- Document Design at the Document-- Accounting Research: --Research: Basic Guidelines-- Critical Thinking and Technical Accounting Research-- Business Documents:-- Principles of letter Writing -- Responding to Correspondence-- Typical Accounting Letters-- Standardized letters: A Caution-- Memos and E-mails:-- Memos:Some Basic Principles-- Sample Memos-- E-mails-- Reports:-- Planning a Report-- The Parts of a Report Appearance-- Style and Tone-- Writing and Your Career-- Writing Essay Exams: -- Academic Courses and Professional Certification Exams-- Academic Essay Exams-- professional Certification Exams-- Writing For Employment:Resumes and letters-- Starting the Job Search: Researching the Possible Employers--Preparing a Resume-- Drafting and Reviving the Article-- Submitting the Article-- Oral Presentation:--Planning the Presentation: Analyzing Purpose and Audience-- Other Things to Consider-- Composing the Speech-- making Notes-- Preparing Visual Aids-- Practicing the Presentation-- Checking the Arrangements- Appearance and Dress-- Making the Presentation: Poise and Confidence -- Special Considerations in Presentations of Financial Information