Rude, Carolyn D.

Technical editing / Carolyn D. Rude. - 2nd edition. - Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c1998. - xxv, 422 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The Allyn and Bacon series in technical communication .

Contents;

Part 1: Concepts and methods
1. Editing: The big picture
2. Readers, users, browsers, problem solvers
3. Copymarking: Hard copy
4. Electronic markup and online editing

Part 2: Basic copyediting
5. Basic copyediting: An introduction
6. Copyediting for consistency
7. Spelling, capitalization, and abbreviations
8. Grammar and use
9. Punctuation
10. Quantitative and technical material
11. Proofreading

Part 3: Comprehensive editing
12. Comprehensive editing: Definition and process
13. Style: Definition and sentence structures
14. Style: Verbs and other words
15. Style: The social and global contexts
16. Organization
17. Visual design
18. Illustrations
19. Editing online documents

Part 4: Management and production
20. Collaborating with writers
21. Legal and ethical issues in editing
22. Type and production
23. Management




Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780205200320 020520032X

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Technical editing.

808.02 / RUD