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You may be asking, “So what?” Well, this text was developed As shown in Figure 2-28, the authors work closely with
by a collaborative team, using Office 365 Professional and many the developmental editor, who ensures that the text is complete
of the techniques described in this chapter. We dogfooded the and complies with the market requirements, as specified by the
ideas and products in this chapter. acquisitions editor. We need not delve into this process in detail
Figure 2-28 shows a diagram of the process that trans- here; just observe that many different versions of chapter text
forms a draft chapter in Word, PowerPoint, and PNG image for- and chapter art are created as people playing the various roles
mat into PDF pages. You will learn more about process diagrams edit and approve and adjust edits.
like this in Chapter 10. For now, just realize that each column Face-to-face meetings are impossible because the people
represents the activities taken by a role, which in this case is a fulfilling the roles in Figure 2-28 live in different geographic
particular person. The process starts with the thin-lined circle locations. In the past, the developmental process was conducted
in the top left and ends with the thick-lined circle near the bot- using the phone, email, and a file server. As you can imag-
tom right. The dashed lines represent the flow of data from one ine, considerable confusion can ensue with the hundreds of
activity to another. documents, art exhibits, and multiple reviewed copies of each.

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