WORD PROCESSING: Every paper should be written on-line and saved to disk. No typewritten or handwritten papers will be accepted.

HARD COPY: A Hard copy should be printed and saved in your portfolio.

PORTFOLIO TRACKING: You are responsible for maintaining a comprehensive file of these assignments. Do not come to me later in the semester and tell me you have lost your floppy disks, or had a hard disk crash. I e xpect you will learn propriate back up procedures and protect your work. In the Electronic Office, as it exists now and will exist in the future, it will be expected that you are a mature and sophisticated computer user. Losing important files due to yo ur own carelessness or negligence is hardly characteristic of a mature and sophisticated computer user. Consequently, we must learn how to back up important files securely .

REQUIRED FONT: Please use Courier 12 point only.

LINE SPACING: Double space everything.

MARGINS: 1 inch on each margin.

TITLE: On papers with multiple pages please follow these directions. On the first page you will type in all caps the title of your paper, in lead caps, your name and then you will begin the first paragraph. Please: NO TITLE PAGES !

HEADERS: At the top of page 2 and all subsequent pages a header with your name, the date, a brief title of the paper and a sequential page number will appear.

FIRST PAGE HEADER: Make sure your name, the date of submission and your Section designation [317 A or 317B] appear clearly in the upper right corner of the first page of your paper.

DRAFT LABLES: First Submission papers should be so marked in the upper right hand corner indicating which assignment is being submitted. As in: "First Submission: Routine Inquiry." Revision Submission papers should be so marked in the upper right hand corner indicating which assignment is being submitted. As in: "Revision: Routine Inquiry."

COPY EDITING: Please make sure all papers are copy edited carefully prior to submission. Grammar and Style mistakes are taken very seriously in business writing. Remember you are writing Edited American English in all these pro jects. I assume you have mastered Edited American English and that we should not have to cover this ground again.

DATE DUE: On the date the paper is due, 1 bring to class your single hard copy of the paper and be prepared to make any notations for revision if we discuss it in class. Late papers will be assessed a one letter gra de deduction.

E-MAIL SUBMISSION: E-mail a copy of your paper to Dr. Easson.

REVISION FOR LEARNING: All papers may be revised after receiving the instructor's feed back. Final grades are a sum of the grade for the first submission and the grade for the revision.

Definition: Revision. A revision is not merely a copy fixed according to the errors found. Revision means a rethinking of major portions of the essay as well as improved copy editing. If all you are going to do is fix mistakes calle d to your attention then you will not have done a revision and it will not be accepted.

REDLINE: Revised papers are Revisions are to be handed in as a redlined hard copy. See definitions below.

Definition: Red-Lining. A Redlined paper has all additions and omissions indicated by underscoring with red ink. In this way I won't have to guess what has changed. If you have totally changed an entire paragraph, just pla ce a vertical red line to the left of the changed paragraph rather in underlining the entire paragraph line by line.

These revisions should be submitted at two times: Before Midterm and before turning in the portfolio. See schedule of assignments for date of this revision submission.

Definition: Copyediting is not Proofreading.

Proofreading is an old term originating in the days when typed manuscripts were set in type by a typesetter. Proofreading occurs when the original manuscript is compared to a proof copy o f the typesetting. Corrections then are made to bring the typeset copy into compliance with the form and content of the original author's/editor's requirements.

Copyediting occurs when a manuscript is checked for correctness in spelling, punctuation, grammar and clarity.

Copyediting Checklist. As a result of your copyediting efforts you will discover a consistent pattern of special grammatical or stylistic challenges in your writing. These are errors or problems you consistently incurr as you compose. In order to facilitate your copyediting phase of the Writing Process I ask that you create an editing checklist. This is a detailed list of these editing challenges which you must repair prior to submitting the paper f or examination by the professor. This checklist will permit you to avoid the repetition of these errors on subsequent papers. Once we have identified a copyediting challenge it is your responsibility to see that it does not recurr.

Portfolios to include the following:

• All papers written for this class.
• All drafts of these papers and any revisions undertaken for improved grade.
• A print-out of the instructors returned e-mail copy of your paper with his comments.
• The portfolio should be organized for easy reference with a table of contents, and dividers and bound in a loose leaf binder.
• The portfolio is turned in twice: Please check your schedule of due dates.