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This term stands for author’s alteration and includes changes made by the author on a set of proofs.

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AA

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This is the synopsis of an academic paper, which usually appears before the main text.

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Abstract

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This abbreviation means that the text is in all capital letters.

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All cap

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This is the white space on a printed page.

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Air

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This term is the full name of the ‘&’ (‘and’) character.

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Ampersand

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Encompasses all illustrations, maps, graphs, photographs, and drawings to be included in a text.

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Art

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This term is the full name of the ‘@’ character that usually comes before an email, Twitter, or Instagram address.

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‘At’ sign

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The list of sources cited or consulted in the writing of a book or paper, which are usually published as part of the end matter.

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Bibliography

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An extract or quoted passage that is set out of, or next to, the running text without being enclosed by quotation marks.

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Blockquote

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Text or copy that is reused without any changes (e.g. the “About” section for Prolifics).

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Boilerplate language

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Text or type that is framed by a border to make it stand out from the rest of the text or to highlight discrete blocks of information.

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Box-out

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This describes an individual letter, number, symbol, or even a space between actual characters in the case of online text.

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Character

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An entry–usually numbered or alphabetized–which directs the reader to other texts that serve as source materials or factual support.

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Citation

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The action of incorporating the author’s responses to the copyediting into the final hard copy or computer file (usually before it is proofread).

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Clean up

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A manuscript which is to be typeset.

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Copy

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A printer’s error which has been discovered too late to be corrected in a document or published product and has had to be included in a separately printed list.

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Corrigendum or addendum

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A phrase which mentions another part of the same document and is usually referred to in a standard, often abbreviated, way.

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Cross-reference (a.k.a. x-ref)

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These are double inverted commas which are curved and are usually placed around the quoted text.

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Curly quotes OR smart quotes

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This term describes a manuscript that has been finished, typeset, and proofread.

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Dead copy

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An ornamental character, such as a smiley face, which is used on printed matter (sometimes in a similar way to emoticons online).

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Dingbat

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This is the large type used for chapter titles, headings, and crossheads.

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Display type

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This is the correct name for the three dots (‘…’) character which indicates a pause or absent material.

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Ellipsis

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The name for the longest dash (‘-‘) character, which is often rendered in manuscripts as two hyphens (‘–’).

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EM dash

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This is the name for the medium-length dash (‘-‘) character.

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EN dash

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The material found at the end of a manuscript or book, including the appendices, endnotes, glossary, bibliography, and indexes.

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End matter

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An illustration or graph printed within and as part of the continuing text.

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Figure

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This term describes a page number in a type-set text.

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Folio

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This is the page number found at the bottom of a page.

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Drop folio

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This has no page number, even though that page is included in the numbering of the text.

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Blind folio

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This term describes the characters which are part of a given style and size of a typeface.

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Font

29
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These two terms describe one or two lines of copy which are set at the bottom of every page of a document.

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Footer OR Running foot

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The usual material found at the front of a manuscript or book, which can include the title and copyright pages, preface, table of contents, lists of maps and illustrations, acknowledgements, and introduction.

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Frontmatter or prelims

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This is the initial printed version or proof of a document.

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Galley

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This term describes the space or margin between facing pages; at the printers, this often has color tests on it before the pages are trimmed.

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Gutter

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Any text that appears printed on paper at any stage of the proofing process.

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Hard copy

34
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The editorial style preferences of a publisher which cover almost every aspect of the final published page.

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House style

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A copyeditor ——–s items of typeset so that the margin is aligned to them. Book pages are generally done so to the left and right, while other documents can often be ——— only to the left (a condition called ‘—— —–’).

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Justifies, justified, ragged right

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To instruct the deletion of text or illustrations or to edit out a story.

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Kill

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The journalists’ term to describe the first few sentences or paragraph of a story.

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Lead or lede

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Both of these terms describe the spacing of lines in a text.

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Leading OR linespacing

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These are both explanations that accompany an illustration or a figure.

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Legend OR Caption

40
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The initial text of an author’s work which has been submitted for editing and publication.

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Manuscript

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To insert composition, proofreading, or editing instructions into text or on copy or layouts.

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Mark up

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The abbreviation for a manuscript.

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MS

43
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The printed version or proof of a document in the page form in which it will appear when published.

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Page proof

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The read-through of a manuscript by a copy-editor.

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Pass

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The abbreviation for ‘printer’s error’.

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PE

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A printer’s unit of measure for type and letters.

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Pica

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A page of images or illustrations separate from the text (though they can certainly have text on them).

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Plate

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A unit of measurement in typesetting which is used to indicate the various font sizes.

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Point

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One of potentially several trial sheets of printed material produced to be edited, checked, and corrected.

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Proof

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The on-screen or hard copy version of a manuscript which indicates which text has been added, deleted, or edited since the previous version or proof.

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Redline

51
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Describes a high-quality proof produced for the final review before printing.

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Reproduction proof

52
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An initial, preliminary page layout.

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Rough

53
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A vertical or horizontal line on a page, often used to position text and images or illustrations.

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Rule

54
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Both of these terms describe one or two lines of copy set at the top of each page of a document, which usually includes the title.

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Running head OR Header

55
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A particular typeface that doesn’t have a serif or crossline on the main strokes of the characters.

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Sans serif

56
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Both of these terms are a capitalization style for headlines, headings, and titles in which all words are in lower case except those that would normally be capitalized in a standard sentence.

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Sentence-style OR Initial cap only

57
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Both of these terms describe a comma that comes before the word ‘and’ or ‘or’ in a sentence involving a list of items (e.g. “one, two, and three”).

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Serial comma OR Oxford comma

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A short piece of writing, article, or news story that complements or amplifies the point of a major feature or story.

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Sidebar

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The distance from the top of a printed page to any element placed on that page.

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Sink

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Short for specifications, this indicates the typeface used, point size, spacing and margins, or other technical details.

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Specs

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This term indicates that text marked for deletion should be restored and derives from the Latin for “let it stand.”

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Stet

62
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Both of these terms are used to describe a form or document created by an editor or copy-editor to record editorial decisions applied to the text used in a particular company or publication.

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Style sheet OR style guide

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Both of these terms are used to describe the act of reducing the length of a story or piece of writing.

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Trim OR Boil

64
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Both of these words are used to describe a misprint.

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‘Typo’ OR typographical error

65
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This is the publishing and printing industry term for capital letters.

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Upper case

66
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A specific task which pays attention to the creative content, writing style, and use of language at the level of sentences and paragraphs. It focuses on the way the language is used to communicate the story to the reader.

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Line-editing

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