Writing & Editing of All Types
Browse a wide variety of writing and editing samples.
A Guide to QuarkXPress, and
A Guide to Color Management and Prepress.
Books edited by Philip Tobias.
Editing Samples
View or download these technical editing samples. Some of the samples are in PDF format, which requires Adobe Reader to view or print.
- Booklet introducing new features (922 KB)
- Database user guide documentation (1.1 MB)
- Magazine technical articles
- Marketing brochure (1.2 MB)
- Marketing brochure update (2.5 MB)
- Marketing features list (140 KB)
- Online help for Macintosh example
- Online help for Windows example
- Training tutorial course: Fundamentals (876 KB)
- Training tutorial course: Essentials (2.3 MB)
Marketing Writing Samples
View or download these marketing writing ("marcom") samples:
- Advertising copywriting (1.1 MB) New!
- Advertising copywriting (655 KB) New!
- Advertising copywriting (45 KB)
- Advertising copywriting for half-page
ad (823 KB)
-or- island half-page ad (451 KB) from same campaign
-or- half-page ad for services (153 KB) - Brochure copywriting (570 KB)
- E-learning sales sheet (270 KB)
- E-learning news flash 1 (122 KB) -or- News flash 2 (85 KB)
- Magazine article (145 KB) New!
- Marketing copywriting for nonprofit organization
- Marketing copywriting for products
datasheet 1 (276 KB)
-or- product datasheet 2 (802 KB) - Marketing copywriting for services datasheet (144 KB)
- Marketing copywriting for Web page (96 KB)
- Newsletter 1 -or- Newsletter 2 -or- Newsletter 3
- Press kit about
company -or- products -or- services.
And press release 1 -or- 2 (Each press kit file 36 KB)
Published version 1 -or- 2 (Each published file 80+ KB) - Press release for business -or- Press release for nonprofit
- Press release for business event New!
- Product and Web site copywriting (136 KB)
- Product packaging (52 KB)
- Sales sheet for EDI (136 KB) -or- StarShip (84 KB)
- Web site copywriting with search engine optimization
Multimedia Writing Samples
Play an audio script that was written and directed by Philip Tobias. The audio requires an MP3 player. Also view a tradeshow video with text by Philip Tobias. The silent tradeshow video requires a player for either QuickTime (.mov) or Windows Media Video (.wmv). Because of the large file sizes, the videos may take some time to display.
- Script writing (362 KB)
- Tradeshow video as QuickTime Movie (55 MB) -or- Windows Media Video (60 MB) New!
Many additional audio and video script writing samples can be demonstrated in person.
Technical Writing Samples
View or download these technical writing samples. In addition, be sure to see the above editing samples, as well as the below online help samples.
- Multimedia software demonstration
- Technical writing for hardware users manual (300 KB)
- Technical writing for hardware users manual (3.8 MB)
- Technical writing for software users manual (1.8 MB)
- Technical writing for software
users manual (494 KB)
-or- hardware installation guide (392 KB) - White paper (1.4 MB) -or- White paper ghostwriting (195 KB)
Want to explore technical writing samples that are online help systems? Download the first file to a Windows computer (right-click link and select Save Target As..., then save the file with a .chm extension). Finally, open and explore the Compiled HTML Help file. Or view the second file online, simply by clicking the link. Both online help systems were designed and written by Philip Tobias:
- E-commerce online help system for Windows (575 KB)
- WebHelp cross-platform online help (opens in new window)
Various Writing Samples
View or download these miscellaneous writing samples.
- Advocacy newsletter story 1 -or- story 2 (Each 145 KB)
- Book review for industry trade journal (27 KB)
- Magazine article (148 KB)
- News story (145 KB)
- Newsletter article (91 KB)
- Opinion writing (43 KB)
Many other samples are also available. They include books, magazine articles, online help, e-learning and multimedia programs, videos, and more. Browse all the online samples. Then ask to see additional samples in person.
- A Preview to QuarkXPress, and
Global Communications: A Guide to International Publishing.
Books edited by Philip Tobias.
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