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

[Butler, Darren J Ctr 584 CBSS/GBHAC]

Consider 40 minutes of the basics, leaving 20 minutes for the inevitable
Q&A which (to me) is the meat of a session.
Blessings,
Darren
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Darren J. Butler
Sr. Technical Writer-Editor, Template Wrangler, Mil-Spec Pharisee
Integrated Data for Maintenance
NG Corp

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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+darren.butler.ctr=robins.af.mil at lists.techwr-l.
com] On Behalf Of Geoff Hart
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:42 AM
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Subject: If you had only 1 hour to learn onscreen editing...

... 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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-- Geoff Hart
ghart at videotron.ca / geoffhart at mac.com
www.geoff-hart.com
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***Now available***  _Effective onscreen editing_
(http://www.geoff-hart.com/home/onscreen-book.htm)


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