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Editing and Proofreading Techniques for Technical Writers
VERSION: 1.2 (May 1,2008)
For those technical and business writers looking for the next level of skill development, this course will help you acquire essential editing and proofreading techniques for every form of writing. Writers often confuse editing with proofreading. They're not the same, and both technical and business writers must know the difference.
Key Benefits
- Gain confidence as an editor and proofreader of technical documents.
- Learn the "Dos" and "Don'ts" of both self-editing and editing for others.
- Learn how to edit for brief and direct content, without losing technical detail.
- Discover the best way to proofread "live copy" from "dead copy."
Style of Instruction
Onsite: Taught by one of our instructors in a training room, using audio/visual presentations and in-class exercises.
Online: You will download text materials and instructional movies to view. You will view the materials and complete assignments at your own pace, then submit them electronically to your instructor. You may opt to meet your instructor at regular intervals in a live audio/video conference room to discuss your work.
Who Should Take this Course?
Technical writers, executive and administrative assistants, office staff, and other professionals who rewrite, edit, or proofread technical documents before publication and distribution.
Objective
You will learn to carefully edit technical documents of any size and any style for any purpose.
Course Contents
- Editing To Keep Your Writing Powerful and Your Message Clear.
- Editing To Eliminate: Wordiness, False Starts, Padding, Stacked Nouns, Passive Voice, Adverb Intensifiers, Prepositional Stuffing, Imprecise Language, and Other Related Problems.
- Editing To Keep Your Tone Acceptable.
- Editing Major and Minor Grammatical Errors.
- Editing for Proper Word Choices and Punctuation Usage.
- Dealing with the Process of Proofreading and Its Accompanying Nightmares.
- Editing To Keep Within a Readability Measurement for Technical and Non-Technical Readers.
Text
Onsite participants will use Editing and Proofreading Techniques for Technical Writers, which includes over 200 fill-in-the-blanks and several writing, editing, and proofreading assignments. Come prepared to work through the book.
Online participants will download their materials.
Prerequisites
To profit from this course you need to:
- Write documents in understandable English.
- Slowly review the material and complete all exercises and assignments without the help of others.
- Navigate a Web site using hypertext links (online course only).
- Send and reply to e-mail messages (online course only).
What we require of you
For the onsite class, you must show up for class on time and remain until it is completed (approximately 7-8 hours each day). You will interact with other learners, complete writing exercises and projects, and ask questions when confused.
For the online class, you will take this course at your own pace. Although we estimate you can complete this course in 18 hours, you have up to ten weeks. If you are new to self-directed learning, you may find this style of learning fresh—and a bit
frightening. You learn by doing. You alone are responsible for your own learning. That means you must have the drive and discipline to see the course through.
Before you start
- Review your own schedule to make sure you have the time to give to this learning process.
- For the onsite class you have no pre-class readings or activities.
- For the online class you need to review this document, the terms and conditions, and technical requirements to make sure that you meet all of them (see links below).
- After reading this entire description, proceed to the Register page when you are ready to sign up.
Instructor
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