Full Description
This market-leading text, which reflects recent changes in technology, workplace practices and the global marketplace, progresses from concepts and basic copyediting to comprehensive editing, management and production issues. The addition of Angela Eaton of Texas Tech University brings a fresh tone to her updates of content and pedagogy while retaining the authoritative voice of Carolyn Rude. Some of the text's changes include an update ot Chapter 6, "Electronic Editing," and examples about editing Web sites are found throughout the text to support the increased role of online resources in every aspect of communication.
Contents
I. PEOPLE AND PURPOSES.
1. Editing: The Big Picture.
2. Readers, Users, Browsers, Problem Solvers.
3. Collaborating with Writers.
II. METHODS AND TOOLS.
4. Marking Paper Copy.
5. Marking Digital Copy.
6. Electronic Editing by David Dayton.
III. BASIC COPYEDITING.
7. Basic Copyediting: An Introduction.
8. Copyediting for Consistency.
9. Spelling, Capitalization, and Abbreviations.
10. Grammar and Usage.
11. Punctuation.
12. Quantitative and Technical Material.
13. Proofreading.
IV. COMPREHENSIVE EDITING.
14. Comprehensive Editing: Definition and Process..
15. Style: Definition and Sentence Structures..
16. Style: Verbs and Other Words.
17. Organization: The Architecture of Information.
18. Visual Design.
19. Editing Illustrations..
20. Editing for Global Contexts.
21. Legal and Ethical Issues in Editing.
22. Type and Production.
23. Project Management.
24. Client Projects.
