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Copyediting Terms Flashcards

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AA

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

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all cap

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text printed in FULL CAPITALS

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ampersand

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name of the & character

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angle brackets

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name of the < and > characters

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AU

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

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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”

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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.

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bold

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short for “boldface”

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braces

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

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brackets

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

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bubble

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

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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

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caps

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short for capital letters

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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

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Chicago style

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editorial preferences specified in The Chicago Manual of Style

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close paren

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name of the ) character

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close up

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to delete unwanted horizontal or vertical space

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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”

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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

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dead copy

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manuscript that has been typeset and proofread

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diacritic

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

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dingbat

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

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display type

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

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dot leaders

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

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ellipsis

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…

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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

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em dash

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

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en

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half an em

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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

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end-line hyphen

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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

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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

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flush

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

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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

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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

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font

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

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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.

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full caps

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text to be sit in ALL CAPS

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hard copy

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

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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)

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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

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headnote

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

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house style

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Editorial style preferences expressed by a publisher

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initial cap only

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

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intercap

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

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ital

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short for italics

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kill

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to order the deletion of text or an illustration

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leading

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pronounced “ledding” - linsepacesg in a printed text, measured in points

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MS

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short for manuscript

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numbered list

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vertical list in which each item is introduced by a numeral

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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

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open paren

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name of the ( character

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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

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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

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query

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publishing jargon for “question”; used as a verb or a noun

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ragged right

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

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recto

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

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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.

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roman

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

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run-in text

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

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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

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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

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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)

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serif

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

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small caps

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

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solidus

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

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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

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stet

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

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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

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typo

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short for typographical error; a misprint

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UC

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short for uppercase (capital letters)

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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

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unnumbered list

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vertical list in which items carry neither numbering nor bullets

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verso

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left-hand page of a book, magazine or brochure

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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

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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

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