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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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What Is Copyediting? | |
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Definitions of Copyediting | |
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A Look at the Publishing Industry | |
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The Production Process | |
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Desktop Publishing | |
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Editorial Jobs | |
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What It Takes to Be a Copyeditor | |
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A Copyeditor's Responsibilities | |
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Copyediting and Proofreading Symbols | |
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How to Mark Changes in Manuscript | |
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Shorthand Symbols | |
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Awareness Training | |
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Three Rules of Copyediting | |
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Learning to Be Aware | |
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Preparing and Following a Style Sheet | |
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Areas That Cause Problems | |
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Alphabetizing | |
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A Review of Punctuation and Grammar | |
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All the Punctuation Marks and How They Are Used | |
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Troublesome Grammatical Points | |
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Spelling, Capitalization, and Hyphenation | |
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Tricky Spelling | |
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When to Capitalize | |
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Which Compound Words Are One Word, Two Words, or Hyphenated Words | |
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Style and Word Usage | |
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Using Elements of Sentence Structure to Advantage | |
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Making Crisp Sentences | |
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Avoiding Stereotyping | |
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Using the Correct Word | |
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Following the Author's Style | |
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Numbers and Abbreviations | |
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When to Use Digits | |
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Roman Versus Italic Abbreviations | |
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When to Spell Out Abbreviations | |
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Postal Service Abbreviations | |
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Notes and Bibliographies | |
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How Footnote and Reference Styles Differ | |
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How to Handle Text References | |
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Coding Manuscript | |
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A Discussion of Design | |
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How to Key | |
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How to Typemark According to Specs | |
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Using Copyediting Symbols to Make Complex Changes | |
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Other Aspects of Copyediting | |
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Physical Copyediting | |
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Writing Queries | |
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Watching for Libel | |
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How to Handle Permissions | |
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Kinds of Artwork | |
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Copyediting Art and Tables | |
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Frontmatter | |
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Specialized Copyediting | |
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Major Areas of Publishing: How Are They Set Up? | |
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What Jobs Are Available? | |
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What Do Publishers Look For in Copyeditors? | |
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What Idiosyncrasies of Style Do Different Publishers Have? | |
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College Texts | |
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El-hi Texts | |
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Nonfiction | |
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Fiction | |
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Poetry | |
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Drama | |
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Juvenile | |
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Medical | |
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Religious | |
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Legal | |
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Science and Mathematics | |
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Foreign Languages | |
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Tests | |
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Reprints | |
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Magazines | |
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Newspapers | |
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Proofreading | |
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Marking Corrections in Proof | |
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Computer Spell-Check Programs | |
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Proofreading In Paris | |
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Getting Work | |
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Looking For a Job | |
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Taking a Test | |
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How Much You Can Expect to Earn | |
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No Copyeditor Should Be Without... | |
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The Best Reference Books to Own, and Why | |
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Index | |