Technical and Professional Editing Editing: A thumbnail of the
Big Picture From Rude, Carolyn. Technical Editing, 4 th ed.
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Editors: Define the need, purpose, and scope of the document
Work with writers and subject matter experts Review the text for
completeness, accuracy, visual design, and overall
effectiveness
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Reader(s)Writer(s) Editor(s) Text
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WriterEditor Why do editors work with writers?
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The Product Team Client Project Manager Instructional Designers
Programmers Graphic Artist Editor Writers
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Editorial Functions and Responsibilities Text Editing: Making
text complete, accurate, correct, comprehensible, usable, and
appropriate for the readers Preparing documents for
publication
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Types of text editing: Comprehensive editing: Editor shares
responsibility with writer for content and usability Basic
Copyediting: Editor checks for correct spelling, punctuation, and
grammar; for consistency in mechanics; and for accuracy and
completeness
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Discussion and Application Why technical editing? What
questions/comments do you have?