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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 | |