Course description: The study of major issues in editing, including levels of edit, grammar and mechanics, visuals, style, and the impact of technology. Learn how to edit a variety of professional documents (which could include correspondence, reports, instructions, proposals, online help, or Web sites) to make them more usable to their intended audience. Explore both copyediting and comprehensive editing and learn how to apply these to professional documents. In addition to learning how to edit the content, organization, style, and mechanics of professional documents, explore how the editing process is rhetorical. Finally, explore various ethical, legal, and management issues concerning editing.