Summary

https://developers.google.com/tech-writing/one

Grammer

• Use terms consistently.
• Avoid ambiguous pronouns.

Active voice

• Prefer active voice to passive voice.
• Choose strong verbs.
• Pick specific verbs over vague ones.

Clear sentences

• Focus each sentence on a single idea.

• Convert some long sentences to lists.

• Eliminate unneeded words.

## Lists and table

• Use a numbered list when ordering is important and a bulleted list when ordering is irrelevant.

• Keep list items parallel.

• Start numbered list items with imperative words.

• Introduce lists and tables appropriately.

## Paragraphs

• Create great opening sentences that establish a paragraph's central point.

• Focus each paragraph on a single topic.

## Audience

• Determine what your audience needs to learn.

## Documents

• Fit documentation to your audience.

• Establish your document's key points at the start of the document.