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Apr 16 2010
Copyediting: Example 1
This article is the first of a series of copyediting examples, taken from the OpenOffice.org (OOo) user guides. I won’t be looking at grammar, punctuation, and spelling (the topics most people associate with copyediting) but rather at other errors that copyeditors should also be looking for. These errors include (but are not limited to) incorrect …
Apr 13 2010
Editing illustrations: Example 1
My article Editing illustrations discusses a range of substantive editing issues, but it doesn’t go into what to look for at the copyediting or proofreading stages of document development. This article is the first of a series of examples of illustrations and how I edited them. The examples are taken from the OpenOffice.org (OOo) user …
Apr 12 2010
Technical Editing book finally arrived
After a delay at the publisher’s end, my (co)author’s copies of Technical Editing in the 21st Century have finally arrived. Good to have it in hand. The Amazon.com listing now shows the correct title, too.
Mar 05 2010
Grammar
I do enjoy finding blogs that support my opinions on grammar. Here’s one. Motivated Grammar: Prescriptivism Must Die!
Mar 02 2010
Technical Editing in the 21st Century
Feb 09 2010
Portfolios and skill building
The best way to demonstrate your editorial abilities is to show examples of documents before and after you edited them, but often that’s not an option. The best way to expand your skills is to work in the areas you’re interested in, whether that’s expanding into comprehensive editing from copy-editing or working in different subjects, …
Feb 02 2010
Using “the cloud” for online file storage and syncing
What can “cloud computing” offer to technical editors? Quite a lot, I think. I’ll be writing more about this topic as I get more involved in using different features. At the moment, the main items of interest to me are those related to syncing files between two or more computers, preferably with Web access to …
Jan 28 2010
Sending and receiving files
Like most writers and editors, I often need to receive files from clients and collaborators and send files to them. Usually these files are small to moderate in size (
Jan 22 2010
Career paths for technical editors
My article Let’s change the career paths for technical editors was published in December 2009 in Volume 9, Number 3 of Corrigo, the STC’s Technical Editing SIG newsletter.
Jan 22 2010
About technical editors
Technical editors are people who edit technical information. They work in many fields, including engineering, computer hardware and software, science, medicine, law, banking, and website development for any business or activity. Technical editors’ primary job is to ensure documents are suitable for their target audience, thus technical editing is really a quality control job. This …