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Increasingly, editors are being asked to perform online editing of traditional paper documents, edit documents that will ultimately reside online, or both. Yet many editors are unfamiliar with the new tools and information media that often require us to rethink existing ways of doing our jobs. Editors and other information developers will discuss some of the issues we must face and share their own insights about this emerging area of concern as we move into new, initially intimidating territory.
Hamilton, Karen J. STC Proceedings (1996). Presentations>Editing>Online
#13768
Online Editing, Mark-Up Models, and the Workplace Lives of Editors and Writers 
Despite the fact that most editing is still performed on paper, there are compelling reasons to begin marking copy on the computer.
Farkas, David K. and Steven E. Poltrock. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication (1995). Articles>Editing>Online
#15172
Online Editing: Minimizing Your Turnaround Time
Outlines an editing process that minimizes turnaround time by making the most of word processor technology.
Petersen, Judy H. Intercom (2000). Articles>Editing>Online
#18464
Online Technical Writing: Abstracts
An abstract is a summary of a body of information. Sometimes, abstracts are in fact called summaries--sometimes, executive summaries or executive abstracts. There are different kinds of abstracts—your technical report uses two types: the descriptive abstract and the informative abstract.
#27844
Order from Chaos: Developmental Editing
The definition varies from publisher to publisher and from client to client, but basically a developmental editor helps an author develop ideas—or develop a manuscript if it already exists--into a coherent, readable work.
Jaffee, Cyrisse. Editorial Freelancers Association (1991). Articles>Editing
#14278
Just as Socrates said, ‘Every discourse must be organized, like a living being . . .,’ a document must be organized in a logical, coherent fashion, with its parts ‘composed in fitting relation to each other and to the whole.’ Although research has led to more sophisticated guidelines for creating reader-based documents, Socrates’ principles are still valuable. Writing organized, coherent documents is still a primary goal for technical writers—one you should follow as you develop your professional writing style. This file contains text about the refining, bleaching, and deodorizing processes of sunflowerseed oil. Your task is to make this text more organized and coherent so that readers will understand the process.
Burnett, Rebecca E. Thomson (2001). Academic>Course Materials>Editing
#14650
Bush offers suggestions for editing professional journals, rather than technical manuals and proposals.
Bush, Donald W. Intercom (2000). Articles>Editing
#14047
#23742
Overcoming Objections to Onscreen Editing
Although onscreen editing has been available for many years, it remains underused in many workplaces. Editors offer many reasons for their reluctance to embrace this technology, and by understanding these reasons, it becomes possible to mitigate the problems and help editors begin using the technology. By doing so, managers can implement a process that is more efficient for both the editor and the authors being edited.
Hart, Geoffrey J.S. STC Proceedings (2003). Articles>Editing>Online
#20151
Participles Becoming Prepositions--Some Arcane Information for Editors
A presentation that accompanies the paper of the same name at http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~mpringle/UsingPaper.rtf.
Pringle, Mary Margaret. STCTC (2001). Presentations>Editing>Grammar>Minimalism
#20150
Participles Becoming Prepositions--Some Arcane Information for Editors
In English, some participles have already become prepositions. The author noticed in her work as a technical editor that most of her writers seemed to perceive the participle 'using' as a preposition already although it is not listed as such in the dictionary. The paper gives the evidence and rationale for making such a claim. It offers a window on written language change in progress and celebrates the language user’s ability to make the stolid dialect we call technical writing more vigorous and efficient by turning a participle into a preposition.
Pringle, Mary Margaret. STCTC (2001). Presentations>Editing>Grammar>Minimalism
#14600
The purpose of the peer review is twofold: First, the suggestions you give to your peers should help them revise their papers. Second, carefully reading others' work should help you better reevaluate your own writing.
Charney, Davida. University of Texas. Academic>Course Materials>Editing
#25964
In the days of working with film products, creating images with splashing water was an incredible challenge. Today, digital capture provides a control we never had before. Just shoot the splashing water over several images and combine the best parts into one—in Photoshop CS, of course.
DiVitale, Jim. Layers Magazine (2005). Design>Graphic Design>Image Editing>Adobe Photoshop
#27438
With Apple's release of iWeb -- an amazing web site building tool -- I've been getting a steady stream of emails wanting to know how to recreate the nifty photo reflection effect which appears at the top of iWeb pages and in the slide shows (here's a sample). Adding such a reflection is a super easy way to add depth and a bit of sophistication to your photographs.
Snider, Lesa. Planet Photoshop (2006). Design>Graphic Design>Image Editing>Adobe Photoshop
#22511
Photoshop How-To: Experimenting with Traditional Techniques
Photographers have always liked playing tricks with images. Try these time-honored techniques for adding polish and pizzazz to your digital photos in Photoshop.
Georges, Gregory. Creative Pro (2004). Design>Graphic Design>Image Editing>Adobe Photoshop
#29436
Subject-matter experts, managers, and other reviewers tenaciously resist our nagging to review documents properly, often delaying reviews until it's too late to do a good job. It's not that they inherently oppose quality control; rather, the problem's in the amount of work required to review something thoroughly, and 'work' is a physics concept. Conveniently, reviewers--like falling objects--follow the same laws of physics as the rest of the universe, and understanding those laws helps you predict reviewer behavior and take appropriate countermeasures.
Hart, Geoffrey J.S. Geoff-Hart.com (2001). Articles>Editing>Collaboration
#21933
Correct almost any problem photo by harnessing the power of the Curves and Levels dialog boxes in Photoshop.
Fraser, Bruce. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Graphic Design>Image Editing>Adobe Photoshop
#21936
A collection of Photoshop tips and techniques, including making Photoshop fly, managing color palettes for your Web images, and lots of great Photoshop tips.
Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Graphic Design>Image Editing>Adobe Photoshop
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Planning and Leading a Successful Review Meeting
Experienced and novice technical communicators can plan and lead successful review meetings by following this 4-step process: l—Plan ahead. 2—Use an agenda as a road map. 3—Wrap up. 4—Follow up. Although a faceto- face meeting is often the easiest way to get formal feedback on an information product, there are situations in which you should not hold a meeting. If a meeting is appropriate, however, there are specific things you can do to prevent or handle typical problems. Leading a successful meeting involves making a series of conscious choices to make better use of everyone’s time.
Hansen, Lauren Y. STC Proceedings (1996). Articles>Editing>Collaboration
#14692
Morris demonstrates a method of editing that reveals the essence of a communication without distorting it.
Morris, M.D. Intercom (2001). Articles>Editing>Methods
#27830
Practical Tips for Language: The Ladder to the Top
We the Technical Editors are spared of one worry which our colleagues from journalism generally have: In our work we need not pay 'so much' attention to 'as much as possible' large number of editions. But the situation is different, if we--as is always the case--are to also look after the company's web presence. What is an edition in the context of printing is here the so-called 'page ranking' among the major search engines like Google and Yahoo. Many imagine that a listing in the hits lists depends on chance or, that it is mainly due to some technical means. That is all wrong: by employing some clever textual work the chances of web pages being found can be significantly increased. In reality, even elaborate techniques can lower the chances of hits: Frames, JavaScript and Flash Intros often derail the search engines. And the results may look all right, but regrettably the page will no longer be found.
Nickl, Markus. tekom (2006). Articles>Language>Editing>Business Communication
#20542
"Prescriptive" Audience Analysis: Moving Beyond the Purely Descriptive
Editing and writing both require an understanding of our audience, because without that knowledge, we can't shape our words to help them easily grasp difficult concepts. To understand our audience, we do what all writers and editors do, whether consciously or unconsciously: We create an image of our audience that guides our choice of words, images, and metaphors. This image is variously known as a 'stereotype' or a 'persona'. Keeping that image in mind as we work helps us satisfy the reader's needs, but if we're not careful, it can also cause us to waste valuable time collecting information that doesn't really help us communicate.
Hart, Geoffrey J.S. TECHWR-L (2003). Articles>Writing>Editing>Rhetoric
#22634
La Profession de Réviseur Vous Intéresse?
Peu de gens décident d'eux-mêmes de devenir réviseurs. Le plus souvent, c'est la profession qui les choisit. Dans un sens, tout le monde fait de la révision, que ce soit l'écrivain qui change ne serait-ce qu'un mot à son manuscrit, le conférencier qui s'arrête au milieu d'une phrase pour trouver un mot ou une tournure plus justes, le directeur qui revoit une consigne ou qui modifie les clauses d'un contrat, ou encore la secrétaire qui clarifie une phrase d'un texte qu'on lui a dicté. La révision est aussi une profession hautement spécialisée dont le seul objectif est d'améliorer la qualité de la communication. Le travail de la plupart des réviseurs porte sur le texte, mais certains s'occupent des illustrations, de la conception graphique, de la production ou de la gestion.
#21038
This course is designed to be an introduction to the work of editing in a variety of settings. This screen provides your introduction to this site.
Williamson, William J. University of Northern Iowa (2003). Academic>Courses>Editing
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Professional Editing Strategies Used by Six Editors 
Identifying the approach used by those revision experts par excellence--that is, professional editors--should enable researchers to better grasp the revision process. To further explore this hypothesis, the author conducted research among professional editors, six of whom she filmed as they engaged in their practice. An analysis of their work approach strategies showed their detection strategies to consist in anticipating errors and in comparing the author's text with the editor's knowledge, which appears in a range of states: certitude, uncertainty, and ignorance. Furthermore, the participating editors used problem-solving strategies to automatically solve more than half of the problems encountered in the text. Otherwise, they used immediate or postponed strategies. This description of professional editors in action opens a number of avenues for the further research and development of in-class instruction of self-revision and professional editing.
Bisaillon, Jocelyne. Written Communication (2007). Articles>Editing>Methods>Case Studies
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