The STREAM Tools Handbook

  • Focuses on the unique challenges of writing and producing documents in an academic or commercial R&D setting

  • Demonstrates how to use Microsoft Word to increase the quality of collaborative document preparation — including formatting, editing, citations management, commenting, and version control

  • Includes downloadable templates that help automate the creation of scientific documents

  • Offers best-practices guidance for writing in teams and writing in the scientific genre

  • A unique, integrative, team-centered approach to writing and formatting technical documents.

Technical Professionals:

  • Do you have difficulty producing high-quality documents with multiple contributors when faced with a tight deadline?

  • Do you need a process that enables global team members to collaborate online as they produce sophisticated documents?

  • Do you prefer the ease of a WYSIWG desktop publishing tool like Microsoft Word rather than more complex software like LaTeX?

Professors and Graduate Students:

  • Do you want to streamline the process of writing multi-investigator papers, reports, proposals, and books?

  • Do you spend a lot of time formatting documents instead of thinking and writing?

  • Do you write research papers in Microsoft Word and then need to convert them to LaTeX for your thesis?

  • Do you write research papers in LaTeX and then need to convert them to Microsoft Word when embarking on collaborations with your colleagues from industry?

Undergraduate Students:

  • Do you need to write a research paper and do not know where to start?

  • Do you need to collaborate with classmates on a long paper and find yourself lost in organizational details rather than immersed in the content?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, Technical Writing for Teams: The STREAM Tools Handbook is for you. It provides an easy-to-learn system that streamlines individual and collaborative writing. It allows you and your teams to instantly become more productive and create the highest quality documents in a minimum amount of time. Introduced here are the STREAM Tools — Scientific and Technical wRiting, Editing, and Management Tools — which unlock your collaborators' potential. It addresses team dynamics, separation of duties, and workflow.

You'll see how to ensure compatibility among multiple writers, achieve consistent formatting, organize content, integrate bibliographic databases, automate document preparation, and move content between Microsoft Word and LaTeX. The Tools include checklists, guidelines, and success stories to help you operate as efficiently as possible.

Technical Writing for Teams: The STREAM Tools Handbook is the one-stop reference that allows teams to collaborate successfully and create unified and effective documents.

It assists you in various tasks: from planning and editing documents to solving typical team writing problems and managing workflow.