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Subject:acceptable error rates From:"Tony G. Rocco" <trocco -at- NAVIS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 24 Oct 1996 15:02:54 -0800
I don't think there is a standard "acceptable" rate of typos. Certainly
spelling mistakes should be very rare, in this age of spell checkers. As a
big fan of dedicated technical editors, I would think most documents should
have very fews errors of any kind if they are bein properly reviewed.
- tgr
>Our company is presently developing
>a list of goals for our tech writers. One
>area that they would like to have better defined is the
>industry standard for the acceptable rate of typographical
>errors in a document.
>Can anyone direct me to a source of information which
>might address this issue?
