Editing strategies

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Editing strategies
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One Minute Prompt 1

• What kind of peer review would make a writer want
  to revise and improve a document?

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Writing Criteria

• Focus
• Development
• Organization
• Style
• Conventions

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Instructions for Comment
Make sure Reviewing has a check mark beside it!
Activate reviewing toolbar by clicking on view,
then toolbars, on Words Menu Bar.
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Word Comments
Highlight parts of the text that you want to
comment on, then hit the button that resembles a
Yellow Post-It Note. This will Add a New Comment.
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Comments

• Place an F, D, S, O, or C in front of your
  comment so the reader will know which criteria it
  falls under

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One Minute Prompt 1

• What factors should you consider when writing
  documents for different audiences?

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Be Aware of Your Audience
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Types of Readers
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• How much do they know?

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Culture
Language
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Obvious Cultural Variables

• Political
• Economic
• Social
• Religious
• Educational
• Technological
• Linguistic

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Subtler Cultural Variables

• Focus on individuals or groups
• Distance between business/private life
• Distance between ranks
• Nature of truth
• Need to spell out details
• Attitudes towards uncertainty

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How is your reader feeling?
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Help a reader out.

• Promote random access and scanning.
• Consider using
• Quotes
• Sidebars
• Diagrams
• Photos

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Rules for Effective Editing

1. Build credibility, not animosity.
2. Be constructive.
3. Be specific.
4. Be helpful.

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Self-Editing
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