Copyediting Terms

Question 1

AA

Answer 1

author’s alteration - used to indicate changes made by an author on a set of proofs

Question 2

all cap

Answer 2

text printed in FULL CAPITALS

Question 3

ampersand

Answer 3

name of the & character

Question 4

angle brackets

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name of the < and > characters

Question 5

AU

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author - used in queries (“AU: Revision OK?”)

Question 6

blind proofing

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proofreading pass in which the proofreader is not supplied with an earlier version of the text against which to compare the current version. Also called “cold proofing”

Question 7

block quote

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same as extract - quoted passage set off from the running text. Extracts are often set in a smaller type size and on a shorter measure than the running text.

Question 8

bold

Answer 8

short for “boldface”

Question 9

braces

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name of the { and } characters; also called “curly brackets”

Question 10

brackets

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name of the [ and ] characters; also called “square brackets”

Question 11

bubble

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penciled-in circle or box in which an editor writes a query

Question 12

bulleted list

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vertical list (also called “set-off list”) in which each item is introduced by a bullet or other graphic character

Question 13

caps

Answer 13

short for capital letters

Question 14

change bar

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very thick vertical rule placed in the outer margin of a technical manual to indicate a paragraph that has been revised since the previous edition

Question 15

Chicago style

Answer 15

editorial preferences specified in The Chicago Manual of Style

Question 16

close paren

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name of the ) character

Question 17

close up

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to delete unwanted horizontal or vertical space

Question 18

cross-reference

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phrase that mentions another part of the document or text, also called x-ref or in-text ref. Ex: “in chapter 5 we discussed”

Question 19

curly quotes

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name of the “ and “ characters. Also called smart quotes because they curl according to if they’re opening a line or ending one

Question 20

dead copy

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manuscript that has been typeset and proofread

Question 21

diacritic

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mark that changes the phonetic value of an alphabetical character. - accent marks (acute, cedilla, circumflex, grave, tilde, umlaut)

Question 22

dingbat

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ornamental character (smiley face, folder, mouse, - like emoticons

Question 23

display type

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large type, used for part titles, chapter titles, headings, and the like

Question 24

dot leaders

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row of periods between horizontal entries in a table or list; for example: annual turnover…………93.4%

Question 25

ellipsis

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…

Question 26

em

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typesetting measurement whose alue depends on the size of the type: in 10-point type, an em space is 10 points wide; in 18-point type an em space is 18 points wide

Question 27

em dash

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name of the — character. In manuscripts, the em dash is often typed as --

Question 28

en

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half an em

Question 29

en dash

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Name of the – character. An en dash is longer than a hyphen (-) but shorter than an em dash (—). In manuscripts the en dash is often typed as a hyphen

Question 30

end-line hyphen

Answer 30

Hyphens that fall at the end of a line of text. A soft hyphen is dropped in the final copy if the hyphenated word falls on one line; a hard hyphen is always retained no matter how the word falls

Question 31

extract

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quoted passage set off from the running text. Extracts are often set in a smaller type size and on a shorter measure than the running text. Also called block quote

Question 32

flush

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positioned at the margin of the text page, either flush left or flush right

Question 33

flush and hang

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style of setting indexes and lists. The first line of each entry or paragraph is set flush left, and the remaining lines of the entry are indented

Question 34

folio

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Page number in typeset text. A drop folio is a page number placed at the bottom of a page. A blind folio (also called a suppressed folio) is not printed, although the page is counted in the numbering of the pages; and expressed folio is one that is printed

Question 35

font

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charactesr in a given size and style of a typeface (10-point Courier roman; 12-point Helvetica italics, etc.)

Question 36

footer

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One or two lines of copy, such as a chapter title or section title, set at the bottom of each page of a document or book; also called running foot.

Question 37

full caps

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text to be sit in ALL CAPS

Question 38

hard copy

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printout of a computer file; by extension, any text that appears on paper

Question 39

head

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Title that indicates the start of a section or subsection of a document or book chapter. Heads are given distinctive typographic treatment (type size, weight; capitalization; set off or run in)

Question 40

headline style

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Capitalization style for heads, display lines, or titles of works in which all words are capitalized except articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions, and prepositions. Alternatively, prepositions shorter than four or five letters are lowercased, and longer prepositions are capitalized. Also called UC/lc

Question 41

headnote

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Brief introductory or explanatory material that follows a part, chapter, or section title and precedes the running text

Question 42

house style

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Editorial style preferences expressed by a publisher

Question 43

initial cap only

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only capitalize first word in a sentence, proper nouns/adjectives, I

Question 44

intercap

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Capital letter that appears in the middle of a company or product name (BankAmerica, WordPerfect, MasterCard); also called midcap

Question 45

ital

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short for italics

Question 46

kill

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to order the deletion of text or an illustration

Question 47

leading

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pronounced "ledding" - linsepacesg in a printed text, measured in points

Question 48

MS

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short for manuscript

Question 49

numbered list

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vertical list in which each item is introduced by a numeral

Question 50

on-screen editing

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editing that is performed on a document's computer files rather than on hard copy; also called on-line editing or electronic manuscript (EMS) editing

Question 51

open paren

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name of the ( character

Question 52

orphan

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first line of a paragraph that is stranded at the bottom of a printed page, separated from te remainder of the paragraph by a page break

Question 53

PE

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short for printer's error; used to indicate an error made by the type-setter on a set of proofs

Question 54

query

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publishing jargon for "question"; used as a verb or a noun

Question 55

ragged right

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text aligned at the left margin but not at the right margin

Question 56

recto

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right-hand page of a book, magazine, or brochure

Question 57

redline

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On-screen or hard-copy version of a manuscript that indicates which text has been added or deleted since the previous version. In the redline version, the added text is also called redline, and the deleted text is called strikeout.

Question 58

roman

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type style used most often in printed materials--as distinct from italic, gothic, or script

Question 59

run-in text

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Text that is not set off on its own line. For example, run-in heads

Question 60

running text

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Portion of a document consisting of sentences and paragraphs, rather than set-off display lines, tables, and other elements; also called general text or regular running text

Question 61

sentence style

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capitalization style for heads, display lines, and titles of works in which all words are lowercased except those that would be capitalized in a sentence (first word, proper nouns, proper adjectives, the word I). Also called initial cap only

Question 62

serial comma

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comma preceding and or or in a list of items (a, b, and c; d, e, f, or g)

Question 63

serif

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short cross line that projects from the main stroke of a printed letter

Question 64

small caps

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capital letters slightly shorter and squatter than regular caps; B.C., A.D., A.M., P.M.

Question 65

solidus

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name of the / character; also called slash, slant or virgule

Question 66

spine

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backbone of a book that connects the front and back covers. Spine copy usually includes the book title, the author's surname, the publisher's name, and the publisher's logo

Question 67

stet

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Latin: "let it stand." used to reinstate text that had been marked for deletion

Question 68

suspended compound

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set of compound adjectives or nouns in which an element common to all members is not repepated. For example: the fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders

Question 69

typo

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short for typographical error; a misprint

Question 70

UC

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short for uppercase (capital letters)

Question 71

UC/lc

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short for uppercase and lowercase; used to indicate that display text is to be capitalized according to headline style--as distinct from text to be set sentence style

Question 72

unnumbered list

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vertical list in which items carry neither numbering nor bullets

Question 73

verso

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left-hand page of a book, magazine or brochure

Question 74

vetting

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substantive review of a manuscript by an expert in the subject matter; similarly, the checking of a translation by someone who is proficient in both languages

Question 75

widow

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short line (i.e., the last few words of a paragraph) stranded at the top of a printed page, separated from the remainder of the paragraph by a page break. Used, more generally, for an orphan as well as for a line that contains only part of a word or a word of three or four characters