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| | Audience |
 | | The "experts" may be the most demanding audience in terms of knowledge, presentation, and graphics or visuals. |
 | | Experts are often "theorists" or "practitioners." For the "expert" audience, document formats are often elaborate and technical, style and vocabulary may be specialized or technical, source citations are reliable and up-to-date, and documentation is accurate. |
 | | Knowing the knowledge level of your audience will help you determine how to write, how much information to include, how long to make your text, how subjective or objective you should be, and how formal or informal your text should be. |
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