Additions to Technical Communication Skills

[Ned Bedinger]

Tim Mantyla wrote:
> Nice additions, all of you!
> 
> Does proofreading include spell-checking? Yes, in my book. But it's only a 
> subset of it, since automated spell check dictionaries can be updated to 
> include incorrect words, and don't catch incorrect usage when the word is 
> spelled correctly. I update mine all the time to include, for example, 


Nice point about custom dictionaries for spell checking. I build one for 
each project and comb through it often for any wrong entries.

Note that a lot of tech writers think that spellcheck is too darned 
pedestrian to include in an inventory of basic or extensive tech writer 
skills.