Wing Tang Wong

Memos in Minutes tells "all" in 87 pages. It offers a sharp contrast to the usually weighty tomes on business writing. It contains no theory, no exercises, no long-winded discussions. It does describe, concisely, 13 steps necessary to writing memos that inform and persuade. The steps total a "method" that business writers repeat each time they write a memo. The method keeps writers on track with each memo, avoiding the pitfalls of poor organization; lack of audience appeal; too little meaning, too many words; and incorrectly applying grammatical rules. As a bonus, the book contains plain-English, single-page descriptions of Word software features -- Templates, Wizards, Outline View, Thesaurus, Spell Check & Custom Dictionary, Grammar Check, Word Count, and Tables. The software features accelerate the writing of memos and give them a professional look. Joe Mancuso, Ph.D., wrote the slim volume based on his thirty-five years experience teaching and writing documents in academe and industry. He has spent the last ten years teaching Texas Instruments executives, managers, engineers, programmers, and other staff the keys to written communication.