AppendixChecklists

The following pages set forth a few checklists that you might use when you’ve finished writing a report—a sort of self-help guide to figuring out how good a job you’ve done. Please use these lists intelligently, not robotically. Specifically, observe these cautions:

Image Nothing here is absolute; anything can be overdone.

Image Nothing here is “correct” if your boss told you to do it some other way.

Image Not all these “rules” apply to all reports; ...

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