Apache OpenOffice Technical Editing
This sample highlights my technical editing work on Apache OpenOffice user documentation. The project demonstrates my ability to review and improve large documentation sets for clarity, consistency, usability, structure, and technical accuracy.
Overview
My editing work focused on major OpenOffice user guides, including:
- Calc 4.1 User Guide
- Draw 4.1 User Guide
- Impress 4.1 User Guide
These projects required careful editorial review of end-user documentation to improve terminology, readability, organization, and overall documentation quality.
My Role
I served as a technical editor for Apache OpenOffice user documentation. My work included reviewing and editing content for clarity, consistency, readability, usability, and technical accuracy across multiple user guides.
Editing Focus Areas
This sample demonstrates several forms of editing, including:
- Consistency editing — standardizing terminology, usage, and formatting
- Copyediting — improving grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and readability
- Content editing — clarifying meaning, improving completeness, and refining wording
- Structural editing — improving organization, flow, headings, and presentation
Project Documents
Editing Highlights PDF
This document presents selected before-and-after examples of technical editing completed for Apache OpenOffice user documentation. It highlights representative edits in consistency, content, copyediting, and structure.
Detailed Before-and-After Examples PDF
This document provides a more detailed set of editing examples, including fuller explanations of how editorial revisions improved clarity, structure, consistency, and usability across end-user documentation.
Published Documentation
Supporting Materials
- Unedited Calc 4.1 Guide - Macros
- Unedited Draw 4.1 Guide - Shapes
- Unedited Impress 4.1 Guide - Add Text
- Unedited Impress 4.1 Guide - Introduction
Notes
This sample is intended to demonstrate technical editing in a documentation context rather than original authoring alone. It reflects my ability to evaluate existing documentation, identify opportunities for improvement, and revise content to better support clarity, consistency, and reader comprehension.