You Are a Technical Writer for a Company That Makes

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You are a technical writer for a company that makes electrical control devices such as thermostats. You have just finished writing a draft of a document to be used by electricians who install your company's devices and by homeowners who purchase them. Now your supervisor has decided that the company should publish one document for electricians and a separate one for homeowners. What is the name of the process you will engage in when you look at your document to determine how to change it in light of the decision to make two separate documents?

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Definitions:

Preferred Stock

Preferred Stock is a class of ownership in a corporation that has a higher claim on assets and earnings than common stock, often with fixed dividends.

Stock Dividend

A payment made by a corporation to its shareholders in the form of additional shares, rather than cash, based on the proportion of shares they already own.

Cash Dividend

A payment made by a company out of its profits to its shareholders, usually in the form of cash.

Treasury Stock-Common

Treasury stock-common refers to shares of a company's own common stock that it has reacquired from shareholders but has not retired.