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STC Technical Editing SIG | Calendar event : Technical Editing Foundations

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Calendar event : Technical Editing Foundations

CalendarSIG Calendar
TitleTechnical Editing Foundations
StartTuesday, August 30, 2016 10:00:00am EDT
EndTuesday, August 30, 2016 11:00:00am EDT
Description

Presented by Li-At Rathbun, Technical Editor, Yardi Systems (and TE SIG co-manager)

Behind every great technical writer is a great technical editor. Or at least there would be in an ideal world. And, even more importantly, there’d be a technical editor behind every non-writer who produces documentation.

We are tech support for the writers—whoever they may be. And we are the users’ final advocates before they encounter the documentation.

But how do we decide what support to give? What do we base our decisions on? How do we convey it to the writers, and how do we convey it in a way that doesn’t make them cringe?

In this 6-week course, you will learn:

  • What technical editors are and why we’re needed.
  • The “hard skills” and “soft skills” that technical editors should possess.
  • How to identify passive voice and bloated sentences, as well as how to fix them.
  • What style guides are and how we use them, as well as how we might use other resources.
  • How to mark up text using proofreader marks.
  • What some popular editing environments are, and the basics of how to use them.
  • What levels of editing are and how to identify the scope of work.

16 August- 20 September 2016 (Tuesdays) 10:00-11:00 AM EDT (GMT-4)

Status
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Confirmed
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ClassificationSTC.org
URLhttp://stc.org/education/online-education/certificate-courses/item/technical-editing-foundations?category_id=52
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