Abstract :
Style guides, the primary tool of technical editors, are as important as ever; actually, their increased uses and benefits can redefine the activities of editors. Specifically, style guides can be used to train new employees, to generate buy-in of subject-matter experts, and to define the process flow of document and product generation. Additionally, because they have the potential to control many style decisions and to integrate a variety of skills, computer-driven styles and Web style guides reinforce these increased uses and benefits and suggest the emergence of even more. Thus technical editors´ roles may be expanded to include additional training functions, new marketing dimensions, and innovative research in multimedia design and development
Keywords :
document handling; marketing data processing; multimedia computing; personnel; technical presentation; text editing; training; Web style guides; computer-driven styles; document generation; marketing dimensions; multimedia design; multimedia development; new employee training; process flow; product generation; style decisions; style guides; subject-matter experts; technical editors; Application software; Graphical user interfaces; Guidelines; Industrial training; Multimedia systems; Proposals; Software standards; Standards development; Web design; Writing;
