Re: If you had only 1 hour to learn onscreen editing...

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Hi Geoff:

Here are my picks.

Ch 11 - Automating your editing
Ch 16 - Solving the proofreading problem*
Ch 18 - Putting the theory to work: a four-step implementation process

Maybe:
Quick overview of creating a style sheet with a handout because, in my
experience, a lot of people do not know how to do this!

What I have the most trouble with on screen editing doesn't appear in the
table of contents (or I did not recognize it?). It is probably in there
somewhere: logic and consistency errors in content (not writing, per se, but
in the "big picture" edit where maybe the writer has contradicted
themselves, or written what was supposed to be the same concept twice, but
in a way that changes one meaning). With hard copy, I can flip pages back
and forth and compare them, and make notes, but that is more difficult on
screen.

Maybe the style sheet topic addresses it somehow?

I like it that you have some topics about avoiding injury, but eyestrain is
common, because what we think of as "static" on screen is in fact moving,
and our eyes know that even if our brains work it out so the image looks
stable.

And, FYI, I spent five years full-time as an editor for scientific
applications, so I have done the job full time. Any training is wonderful,
and all of the topics you list are good ones.

Good luck with the presentation. I am sure it will be wonderful!

PT
On Dec 20, 2007 10:42 AM, Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca> wrote:

> ... what topics would you want covered?
>
> I've been asked to give a presentation on onscreen editing at next
> year's STC conference (http://www.stc.org/55thConf/index.asp), which
> is great. The downside is that they are now using 1-hour timeslots,
> which is too short to really cover the topic. I can have one time
> slot for sure, and possibly a second slot (but probably not). This
> means I'd only be able to cover 3 or 4 topics in depth, rather than
> trying to cover a bunch of topics shallowly and not really saying
> anything other than generalities.
>
> So I thought I'd talk to you folks to find out what topics you find
> most vexing and would most appreciate learning. What are your top
> three choices for topics? If nothing immediately comes to mind,
> please see the table of contents of my book for inspiration: http://
> www.geoff-hart.com/home/onscreen-book.htm#toc
>
> Please send me your top three choices off-list (for simplicity, you
> could simply name the three chapters), and I'll summarize to both
> lists (CEL and techwr-l) in a couple days. I'm looking for the three
> things you feel would most improve your life as a working editor (or
> peer reviewer if your job is mainly to write).
>
> If you're in Philadelphia and would like to arrange a more intensive
> workshop before or after the conference (late May or ca. June 5),
> drop me a line privately and we'll talk.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
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