Abelard Consulting — Courses and Workshops: Document Reviewing

Specialist provider of technical writing services, technical writer placement services, and training in writing and reviewing

Document Reviewing Course: Details, Locations, Costs & Booking Form

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How to book
You can book a a place in a public course by:

completing the online booking form below
calling 1800 601 116 (a free call) or
downloading the course brochure and posting, emailing or faxing it back with your details.

Ignore this form if you are requesting a quotation for an in-house course. Either call 1800 601 116 or contact us by email.

We will send you a tax invoice. Unless negotiated otherwise, the invoice must be paid no later than 7 days before the scheduled start date of the course.

You can pay by cheque, EFT, MasterCard, Visa or AMEX. Note that credit-card payments attract a 2% processing fee.

All charges shown below are inclusive of GST (that is, you only pay the amount shown, plus a credit-card processing fee if applicable).

Discounts
The special price ($295) is offered to full-time students and holders of a current concession card. Otherwise the regular price ($395) applies.

Bulk discounts are offered for bookings of 4 or more. For details, call 1800 601 118 (a free call), or contact us by email.

Cancellation policy
A full refund will be provided if you cancel with at least 7 days notice. However, cancellations received within 7 days of the course start date will incur a cancellation fee of $100.

Course details
1: Introduction
What does document reviewing (also known as editing) entail?

2: Why review?
The purpose of writing; the principle of communicative efficacy; the five characteristics of good informational writing; the purpose of editing; the qualities of a good reviewer; readability statistics: help or hindrance?

3: Preparing to edit
Adopting the right attitude towards language; choosing dictionaries; choosing style guides; other handy references; types of review: editing and proof-reading; methods of editing: on-paper and on-screen; pros and cons of each method

4: Copy-editing
What is it? What to look for: clarity, familiarity, economy, neutrality and consistency; handy checklists

5: Structural editing
What is it? Minimising the reader’s cognitive load; document organisation; logic; document usability; citation systems and styles; bibliographies and reference lists; handy checklists

6: Content review
What to look for; legal issues; ethical issues

7: Preparing a document for publication
Proof-reading; logical pagination; other pre-publication tasks

8: Open forum
General discussion on issues to do with editing and publishing.

[Table of Contents from the course handbook]

The list of courses below will be updated regularly. To request details of future courses not listed, send us an email. [Testimonials]

Online Booking Form (Part A) Your details:
First Name:*	Last Name:*
Email:*	Organisation (if paying for the course):
Postal address (as you want it to appear on the tax invoice):*	City and postcode:*
Special requirements (dietary, etc):	Other (e.g., requests for information, suggestions for dates, etc):
Fee to pay (inclusive of GST): Student or Unemployed: $295 Regular: $395	Send invoice and receipt by: Email Post
To pay now by credit card, complete the following three fields. (If you don't wish to pay by credit card now, we will send you an invoice.) Name on credit card: Card number: Expiry date:

Online Booking Form (Part B) Now choose the document reviewing course you want to attend:
Melbourne courses	Sydney courses
September 19, 2014 Call 1800 601 116 for details	September 15, 2014 Call 1800 601 116 for details
Brisbane courses	Perth courses
September 16, 2014 Call 1800 601 116 for details	September 23, 2014 Call 1800 601 116 for details
Elsewhere in Australia
Call 1800 601 116 for details
More courses later (or on demand). Telephone for details.


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