Write to your audience. People read technical documents for different reasons, and readers havevarying levels of technical expertise. To be effective, technical writing must target its audience oraudiences.
Target your audience by identifying your audience type and level ofexpertise, your audience's purpose in using the document, andyour audience's attitude toward both you and the content of yourdocument. These considerations will influence specific features of the document, includingorganization, introductions, These features, especially the level of detail, contribute to the See Document Density for an explanation of how these features varyfor different audience types to identify the expertise and purposeof different types of readers. Copyright ©2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies. Any use is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. McGraw-Hill Higher Education is one of the many fine businesses of 
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