Course Manual Content — The ABCs of Proofreading

Introduction
Course Materials and Supplies
Study Tips
Resources

Part 1: Responsibilities and Procedures

1. What Do Proofreaders Do?

• Ensure Faithful Reproduction of the Manuscript
• Provide Editorial Backup
• Check Typographical Representation

Exercise 1: Proofreading Passes

2. Where, When, and How Do Proofreaders Work?

• Where Do Proofreaders Work?
• When Do Proofreaders Work?
• How Do Proofreaders Work?
• Proofreading Hints
• Tools

Exercise 2: Spelling

Part 2: Ensuring Faithful Reproduction of the Manuscript

3. Marking Errors in Copy: Using Standard Symbols

• Interlinear Marks

Exercise 3: Interlinear Marks

• Proofreading Symbols

Exercise 4: Marginal Symbols
Exercise 5: Marginal Symbols
Exercise 6: Marginal Symbols
Exercise 7: Marginal Symbols
Exercise 8: First Mail-in Exercise

4. Checking Typesetting Conventions

• What Are Typesetting Conventions?
• Word Breaks

Exercise 9: Word Breaks

• Widows
• Type Style
• Character Position and Spacing
• Special Characters

Exercise 10: Typesetting Conventions

Part 3: Providing Editorial Backup

5. Editorial Backup and Reading Pages

• General Editorial Backup

Exercise 11: Alphabetizing
Exercise 12: Cold Reading

• Reading Pages
• Page Makeup Checks

Exercise 13: Widows
Exercise 14: Continued Lines

6. Editorial Backup: Following a Style Sheet

• What’s on a Style Sheet?
• How to Use a Style Sheet
• How to Mark Editorial Slipups

Exercise 15: Second Mail-in Exercise

Part 4: Ensuring Accurate Typography

7. Following Design Specifications

• What Are Design Specifications?
• The Design Survey

Exercise 16: Design Survey

• Common Manuscript Elements
• The Typemarking Code List

Exercise 17: Typemarking Code List

• The Specification Sheet

Exercise 18: Translating Design Specs

8. Measuring Type and Space

• What to Measure: From Where to Where?
• Measuring Tools
• Which Tool(s) to Get?

Exercise 19: Measuring Type

• How to Mark Errors

Exercise 20: Final Mail-in Exercise

Glossary of Design and Type Terms

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