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PublisherPearson Education

ISBN-100205786715

ISBN-139780205786718

eBay Product ID (ePID)92478022

Product Key Features

Number of Pages432 Pages

Publication NameTechnical Editing

LanguageEnglish

SubjectTechnical Writing

Publication Year2010

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering

AuthorCarolyn Rude, Angela Eaton

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight24 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number5

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2010-031389

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal808/.02

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

Table Of ContentI. PEOPLE AND PURPOSES. 1. Editing: The Big Picture. 2. Readers, Users, Browsers, Problem Solvers. 3. Collaborating with Writers. II. METHODS AND TOOLS. 4. Marking Paper Copy. 5. Marking Digital Copy. 6. Electronic Editing by David Dayton. III. BASIC COPYEDITING. 7. Basic Copyediting: An Introduction. 8. Copyediting for Consistency. 9. Spelling, Capitalization, and Abbreviations. 10. Grammar and Usage. 11. Punctuation. 12. Quantitative and Technical Material. 13. Proofreading. IV. COMPREHENSIVE EDITING. 14. Comprehensive Editing: Definition and Process.. 15. Style: Definition and Sentence Structures.. 16. Style: Verbs and Other Words. 17. Organization: The Architecture of Information. 18. Visual Design. 19. Editing Illustrations.. 20. Editing for Global Contexts. 21. Legal and Ethical Issues in Editing. 22. Type and Production. 23. Project Management. 24. Client Projects.

SynopsisThis 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. The addition of Angela Eaton of Texas Tech University brings a fresh tone to her updates of content and pedagogy while retaining the authoritative voice of 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberT11.4.R83 2010