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The three main steps of the technical writing process are: pre-write, write, and rewrite. Pre-writing will lay the foundation and/or provide guidance on the topic by gathering information about the topic. I can then determine the purpose on whether the motivation is communicated external or internal. In this particular scenario I will be creating a user manual and I believe this manual will be communicated as an external motivation because it will be presented to perspective and existing customers. Then I will determine my goals behind the communication, which would be to instruct and inform my audience.
The audience receiving the instruction manual will be tech-savvy and/or have some knowledge in using similar software applications; therefore I will keep the content mid-to-high level in technical understanding. I will be including definitions of technical terminology that will be used in the user manual. After determining the type of audience, the data I will gather about the......

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