maintainer-STC Orange County http://tc.eserver.org/publisher/STC_Orange_County A listing of works published by STC Orange County in the field of technical communication. en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/STC_Orange_County http://tc.eserver.org/26222.html http://tc.eserver.org/26222.html Developing a process and using guidelines for editing online documents, both rooted in traditional editing practices. http://tc.eserver.org/26223.html http://tc.eserver.org/26223.html Generally, cost increases and quality decreases when turn-around time decreases. Explore the latest technology for making the translation process more efficient. http://tc.eserver.org/26224.html http://tc.eserver.org/26224.html Miscellaneous documents to assist authors as they consider writing/publishing a book. http://tc.eserver.org/26225.html http://tc.eserver.org/26225.html As documentation is more and more built directly into the interface, and as technical communicators move into interface design and usability, it is important to have a theoretical framework within which to make decisions about what kind of information will be conveyed at any moment. We can build on basic principles of cognitive psychology to help us make these decisions. We start from a question: Why should users be aware of the difference between interface and documentation when all they want is to get something done? http://tc.eserver.org/26226.html http://tc.eserver.org/26226.html What is a knowledge base? 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If you ever have to use the written word to convince someone of something, then you will need to know how to write persuasively. http://tc.eserver.org/20039.html http://tc.eserver.org/20039.html Effective technical communication relies on an analysis of the intended audience. If such an analysis includes the demographics of an audience, it is often primarily concerned with the level of the readers’ knowledge or how much the readers need to know in order to complete a task. Rarely is the gender of the audience taken into consideration, ignoring several decades of research on the different communication styles used and preferred by women and men. When gender is considered, writers often rely on prescriptive guidelines to avoid sexist language or, more positively, to use inclusive language to eliminate bias from their writing. http://tc.eserver.org/14240.html http://tc.eserver.org/14240.html STC Employment Information Managers are listed by state and chapter. If a chapter does not have an employment information manager, the chapter president is listed. College advisers with student chapters are also listed. http://tc.eserver.org/14057.html http://tc.eserver.org/14057.html A presentation about the history and present of technical communication.