marking paper copy from rude, carolyn. technical editing, 4 th ed
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Editorial Markup
• Editorial markup consists of directions for the development and production of the document.
Placing marks on the page
• Be neat• Make your marks easy to read• Use standard markings• Do not obscure correct type• Use a bright-color pencil• Remove stray marks• Be consistent
• Insert
• Inert
• Insert
• Place the caret beneath the line. Write what is to be inserted above the line.
• Insert space
• Insertspace
• Insert space
• Usually the line alone will suffice; use the space symbol if there could be a question.
• Transpose
• Trasnpose
• Transpose
• If multiple transpositions in a word make the edited version difficult to read, delete the whole word and print the correction above it.
Word
• Italics or Roman type
• Star Wars Star Wars
• Star Wars Star Wars
• Underline to change type style from roman to italic or vice versa.
• Superscript
• Masters degree
• Master’s degree
• A2 A2
• Use the superscript sign to identify apostrophes, quotation marks, or exponents
• Spell out abbreviation or number
• 2
• Two
• Circle an abbreviation or number you want spelled out. Spell the word as well as circling if the spelling may be in question.
or
• “Let it stand”
• Precede
• Precede Precede
• If you have edited in error or changed your mind, direct the compositor to set the copy in its original unedited form.
• Period
• … forever
• …forever.
• Circle the period to call the compositor’s attention to this small mark. Do not circle other punctuation.
• Comma
• Copper iron and silver
• Copper, iron, and silver
• Place an inverted caret over the comma. Do not place it over other punctuation.
• Semicolon
• Following
• Following;
• To create a semicolon from a comma or colon, draw in the dot or tail. Otherwise, simply insert the semicolon.
• Parentheses
• 2002
• (2002)
• The lines in the parentheses won’t be typeset, but they do reinforce your intent to include parentheses rather than other lines.
or
• Hyphen
• Light emitting diode
• Light-emitting diode
• The underline or checking of the hyphen reinforces your intent to include a hyphen.
• Equal sign
• A B
• A = B
• Since the equal sign can look like the underlined hyphen, write eq by the mark and circle it to show that the information is an instruction.
or
• Em dash
• A pejorative - disparaging- word
• A pejorative– disparaging– word
• An em dash is as wide as the base of the capital M in the typesize and typeface used. It is used to set off parenthetical material or a break in thought.
or
• En dash
• 2000 01
• 2000 – 01
• An en dash is as wide as the base of the capital letter N in the typeface and typesize used. Its primary use is in numbers expressed as a range.
• Run together
• …form your marks. It is not timeto express…
• …form your marks. It is not time to express…
or
• Flush left or justify left
• The editor’s…
• The editor’s…
• Place the edge of the mark on the margin where text should move.
• Ragged right
• _________________________________________________________
• _____________________________________________________
• Align
• ______________ __________________ ________________
• _______________________________________________________
• Indent one em
• _________________________________________________________
• _______________________________________________________
or
• Indent two ems
• _________________________________________________________
• ______________________________________________________
• Indent the whole block of text two ems
• ____________________________________________________________________________
• _______________ _______________ _________________ ______________
• Close up vertical space
• …too many lines skipped.
Close up vertical space.
• …too many lines skipped.Close up vertical space.
• Insert vertical space
• HeadingInsufficient leading follows.
• Heading
Insufficient leading follows.