1. Completing Reports and Proposals

2. Revising Producing Proofreading Distributing Finalizing Formal Reports and Proposals

3. Organization Style and Tone Readability Content Clarity Conciseness Revising Formal Reports and Proposals

4. Production Work Design Elements Computer Resources Audience Expectations Producing Formal Reports and Proposals

5. Prefatory Parts Type of Report Type of Company Text of the Report Supplementary Parts Needs of Audience Length of Report Components of Reports

6. Cover Title Fly Title Page Authorization or Acceptance Transmittal Document Table of Contents List of Illustrations Synopsis or Abstract Executive Summary The Prefatory Parts

7. Introduction Body Closing The Text of the Report

8. Appendixes Bibliography Index Supplementary Parts

9. Prefatory Elements Textual Elements Components of Proposals

10. Proposal Cover Title Fly Title Page Table of Contents List of Illustrations Request for Proposal Executive Summary Transmittal Document Prefatory Elements

11. Solicited Introduction Body Closing Formal Informal Unsolicited Textual Elements

12. Inconsistencies Errors and Omissions Missing Components Proofreading

13. Physical Electronic Web-Based Distribution of Reports and Proposals

14. Completing Reports and Proposals