How to Edit Technical Documents.
Title:
How to Edit Technical Documents.
Author:
Bush, Donald.
ISBN:
9780313097720
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (201 pages)
Series:
Non-Series
Contents:
CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Chapter 1. Technical Editing: A Changing Profession -- Chapter 2. Editing for Content -- Chapter 3. Cutting Copy -- Chapter 4. Document Organization -- Chapter 5. Words -- Chapter 6. Sentences with Style -- Chapter 7. Paragraphs -- Chapter 8. Grammar -- Chapter 9. Punctuation -- Chapter 10. Editing Graphics -- Chapter 11. Marking Manuscripts -- Chapter 12. Triage: Dealing with Typescripts under Deadline -- Chapter 13. Getting Along with Authors -- Appendix A. Editing Technical Manuals -- Appendix B. Editing Technical Proposals -- Appendix C. About Style Manuals -- Appendix D. Bibliography of Cited and Other Useful Sources -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.
Abstract:
How to Edit Technical Documents is the most concise and clearly presented discussion of the editor's role and responsibilities to the writer, the reader, and the publishing process--including changes that result from technological advances in editing. The authors describe the demands of communicating complicated information, in print and on screen, without diminishing the expressive power of language. As a result, users learn the skills necessary to become contributing members of any organization that requires informed and imaginative editors.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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