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Re: QUERY: How much "tech" to expect from tech editors?
Subject:Re: QUERY: How much "tech" to expect from tech editors? From:Herman Holtz <holtz -at- CLARK -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 8 Mar 1995 16:41:24 -0500
On Wed, 8 Mar 1995, Glenda Jeffrey wrote:
> I understand that the tech editor
> should not need to understand the theory behind the product
> (analysis software in this case), or be able to use the product.
Why not? How will an editor be able to make sensible judgments without
fully understanding the copy?
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