Description This market-leading text, which reflects recent changes in technology, workplace practices and the global marketplace, progresses from concepts and basic copyediting to comprehensive editing, management and production issues. Technical Editing approaches editing comprehensively, defining editorial responsibility not as sentence-level revisions for correctness but rather in terms of information design and the overall effectiveness of a document in helping readers understand and complete tasks. Students learn that the measure of a “good” document is in part outside that document, in the document’s “match” to the users' needs and the author's goals. Table of Contents I.

PEOPLE AND PURPOSES. Editing: The Big Picture. Scenario One: A Full-Time, In-House Editor. The Product Team. Planning for Design and Production Editorial Review Client Review Scenario Two: A Freelance Editor. The Team, the Project, and the Process.

Comment: Editing In-House and Freelance. The Editing Process. Text Editing. Comprehensive Editing Basic Copyediting Proofreading Preparing Documents for Publication. Document Development and Production: Summary of the Process. The Technical Part of Technical Editing.

Carolyn Rude. Some of the text's changes include an update ot Chapter 6, 'Electronic Editing,' and examples about editing Web sites are found throughout the text to support the increased role of online resources in every aspect of communication.   download Technical Editing (5th Edition) (The Allyn & Bacon Seriesin. COUPON: Rent Technical Editing 5th edition (718) and save up to 80% on textbook rentals and 90% on used textbooks. Get FREE 7-day instant eTextbook access! Bestseller Books Online Technical Editing (5th Edition) (The Allyn & Bacon Seriesin Technical Communication) Carolyn D. Rude, Angela Eaton $80.81 - http://www.ebooknetworking.net/books_detail.html.

Technical Subject Matter and Method. Technical Genres. What Skills Does a Technical Editor Need? Reader Expert. Communication Expert Language Expert. Technical Editors Deal Tactfully with Writers Technical Editors Manage Projects Competently Technical Editors Aren’t Afraid of Technical Information Technical Editors Double-Check Their Instincts Using Your Knowledge Discussion and Application 2. Readers, Users, Browsers, Problem Solvers.

Texts and Contexts. Origins and Impact: The Problem and Solution. Readers and Use of the Document. Culture and Expectations. Constraints on Development and Production. Context in Review.

How Readers Use Documents. Creating Meaning. Reading Selectively. Philippine Program For Priestly Formation there. Reading To Comprehend: Content, Signals, Noise. Undesirable Signals: Noise. Researching Readers, Usability Testing. Designing Documents for Use.

Using Your Knowledge. Further Reading. Discussion and Application.

What Is “Open Heart Surgery”? Bricker, M.D. Collaborating with Writers. Who Are the Writers of Technical Documents? The Editor–Writer Relationship. What Writers Like Most about Editors What Writers Dislike Most about Editors Strategies for Working with Writers. Edit Effectively.

Manage Efficiently and Communicate Well. Be Your Professional Self Correspondence with Writers. Queries and Comments Letters of Transmittal. Corresponding with International Writers. Using Your Knowledge. Discussion and Application.