Donald Bush, Charles Campbell

How to Edit Technical Documents

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 301g
• ISBN-13: 9780897748704
• ISBN-10: 0897748700
• Artikelnr.: 40188343

Autorenporträt

Donald W. Bush, Charles P. Campbell

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii Acknowledgements xi Chapter 1. Technical Editing: A Changing
Profession 1 Chapter 2. Editing for Content 10 Chapter 3. Cutting Copy 18
Chapter 4. Document Organization 28 Chapter 5. Words 39 Chapter 6.
Sentences with Style 52 Chapter 7. Paragraphs 67 Chapter 8. Grammar 73
Chapter 9. Punctuation 93 Chapter 10. Editing Graphics 100 Chapter 11.
Marking Manuscripts 113 Chapter 12. Triage: Dealing with Typescripts under
Deadline 120 Chapter 13. Getting Along with Authors 139 Appendix A. Editing
Technical Manuals 147 Appendix B. Editing Technical Proposals 158 Appendix
C. About Style Manuals 168 Appendix D. Bibliography of Cited and Other
Useful Sources 170 Index 177