WHY COPYEDIT? Flashcards
Author’s voice
The qualities and features of an author’s writing that make it unique to that person. It conveys the author’s attitude, personality and character, which is why it is important that copyeditors and proofreaders consider very carefully any changes they make to the writing style.
Code/tag
Used to show the typesetter/designer where a text element begins and ends (eg <CH> and </CH> around a chapter title); this is an alternative markup system to using Word Styles.
Design/type specification
A document containing the decisions taken by the designer on the layout and typographical elements to be applied to a specific text that will determine how it will look on the printed page or screen. These include typefaces, type size, spacing and position on the page of all elements.
Typescript
A document produced by typing the text, either into a word-processing program or, in the past, on a typewriter.
Hard copy
Any text provided as a printed paper copy rather than on screen.
PDF (portable document format)
A file format that preserves the appearance of a page regardless of the software or hardware used to view it.
House style
A set of rules about what spellings and style of writing must be used when producing documents for a particular company, including preferred manner of presentation and layout of written material.
Macros
A section of computer code, created by recording and/or programming, that performs an editorial task within an application such as Microsoft Word. Macros perform a range of tasks, including: running a series of Find and Replace operations to ‘clean up’ a document; providing shortcut devices to speed up copyediting; and analysing a whole book to highlight potential inconsistencies of spelling, hyphenation or punctuation, or variations in proper nouns.
BSI symbols (BSI 5261-2:2005)
Internationally understood symbols that are used for marking up corrections in copy and proofs.
