© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Completing Business Messages

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Three-Step Writing Process Step 1Step 3Step 2 PlanningWritingCompleting

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Moving Past the First Draft Final Draft Content, Organization, Style, and Tone Overall Readability Clarity and Conciseness

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Revising the Message Content Organization Style and Tone

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Promoting Readability Sentences Headings Listed Items Paragraphs

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Editing for Clarity Sentence Style Faulty Parallelism Dangling Modifiers Long Noun Sequences

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Editing for Clarity Camouflaged Verbs Sentence Structure Awkward References Excess Enthusiasm

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Editing for Conciseness Wordy Constructions Long Words or Phrases Redundancies “It is/There are” Starters

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter RevisionToolsRevisionToolsSpellCheckerSpellChecker ThesaurusThesaurusGrammarCheckerGrammarChecker Revising with Technology

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Producing the Message Page Layout MultimediaElements

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Graphics, Sound, and Hypertext Presentation Software Graphics Software OverheadTransparenciesOverheadTransparenciesComputerized Slide Shows Computerized Diagrams and Designs Diagrams GraphicalDesignsGraphicalDesigns

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Designing Page Layout Consistency Balance Detail Restraint

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Design Elements White Space Margins and Justification Typefaces and Type Styles Headings and Captions

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Professional Image WordProcessing DesktopPublishing

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Proofreading the Message Edited CopyFinal Report Grammar and Usage Punctuation Design Errors Missing Material Overall Format Spelling Errors and Typos

© Prentice Hall, 2005 Excellence in Business CommunicationChapter Distributing the Message PhotocopyMachine Print Shop Mail Merge Computer Disk and CD-ROM Broadcast Faxing The Internet