Proofreaders for manual?

OmegaMan1 · Post by **OmegaMan1** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:49 am

I've printed out the manual and started reading. Would the designers be interested in any proofreading work for the manual?

KageToraUK · Post by **KageToraUK** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:04 am

I've already asked here: viewtopic.php?t=25512

If anyone is needed, though, you can take it if you want.

Kage

OmegaMan1 · Post by **OmegaMan1** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:35 am

Well, as we say in the newspaper business, "the more eyes the better." Perhaps both of us could do proofing and between the two compile our findings in this thread. Sound good?

KageToraUK · Post by **KageToraUK** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:40 am

dshaw62197 wrote:Well, as we say in the newspaper business, "the more eyes the better." Perhaps both of us could do proofing and between the two compile our findings in this thread. Sound good?

That sounds fine to me. I was going to just do it directly onto the .pdf, though. I'll make a start on it tomorrow (going to bed now) and post any mistakes (+corrections) I find in the first ten pages, then maybe you can take pp.11-20? I will then do 21-30, and you can take 31-36 if that's OK?

OmegaMan1 · Post by **OmegaMan1** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:52 am

Sounds like a fine plan. I'll start proofing this evening and post anything I find tomorrow as well. And if you catch something I miss in my pages please don't hesitate to post it!

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:58 am

The manual is already in print - we had 3 people proof read it already so hopefully no big errors!

Kerensky · Post by **Kerensky** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:00 am

viewtopic.php?t=22842&highlight=compass

Too late!

OmegaMan1 · Post by **OmegaMan1** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:26 am

I understand. So far I haven't found anything horrific, but there are a number of typos in the text. Would you be interested in them for updating the manual electronically?

KageToraUK · Post by **KageToraUK** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:25 pm

Here are the errors/corrections for pp.1-10

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PAGE 3
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PAGE 4
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Bottom paragraph - change 'below' to 'above'.

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PAGE 5
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Second paragraph - change 'games Windows START menu folder' to 'Start Menu folder'.

Third paragraph - change 'features, enhancements, and corrections to' to 'features, enhancements, and corrections for'.

Fifth paragraph - change 'when youire finished' to 'when you have finished'.

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PAGE 6
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PAGE 7
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First paragraph - 'once there': begin as new sentence, 'Once there,...'.

Second paragraph - change '...you do not have to sign up again at that point you are' to '...you do not have to sign up again. At that point, you are....'.

Fifth paragraph - change 'updates, offers and discounts' to 'updates, offers, and discounts'.

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PAGE 8
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PAGE 9
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Bottom paragraph - change to 'You can load your saved game from the main menu, from the System menu in the main UI, or by using the hotkeys Ctrl+L to load. Ctrl+S saves a game.'

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Third paragraph - Change 'To load a custom scenario, not shown on the list' to 'To load a custom scenario not shown on the list'.

Bottom paragraph - Start 'there are 5 difficulty settings in total' as a new sentence.

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Kage

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:31 pm

Thanks but we cant change it now. Its just too much work this type of thing. Any changes effect the flow of every page after them.

KageToraUK · Post by **KageToraUK** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:26 pm

Ah, no worries. Maybe next time.

Proofreaders for manual?

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