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by Matthew Butterick. Jones McClure. 2010.
216 pages. No updates available.

This book explains how to get professional results with the word processing tools you already have - quickly and easily. It will take you from the basics of type composition to advanced page-layout techniques. Topics include special keyboard characters, line length, point size, font choice, headings, and hyphenation. The book also includes tutorials on common types of documents like résumés, research memos, letterhead and motions.