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Subject:RE: no QA From:stevefjong -at- comcast -dot- net To:Yves JEAUROND <jingting -at- rogers -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:42:25 +0000
Yves, you are right. Writers call it copyreading, but it is a valuable service for engineering and QA.
Another useful skill is assembling a product glossary, which writers sometimes do when they start work at a new company. For a software product, assembling a glossary can uncover problems such as different software modules using different terms for the same thing.If not caught early, such problems can impede user learning.
-- Steve
Steven Jong ("Typo? What tpyo?")
Past President, STC Boston Chapter
stevefjong -at- comcast -dot- net, 978-413-2553 [C]
* I am a candidate for STC Director | For more info, visit: www.StevenJong.net *
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