Editing in Word
You can change an author's file on screen relatively easily – but editing it efficiently and effectively requires more skill and specialist knowledge. Through a series of hands-on exercises, this course shows you how to make on-screen editing a more efficient process, improving the speed and quality of your work. You will also learn 'best practice' in preparing files for import into typesetting programmes.
You will learn to:
- edit efficiently on screen
- prepare files in the best form for typesetting
- create macros to 'clean' files automatically
- flag changes to files electronically
- customise Word for editing
- find invaluable Internet resources.
Note: Every student will have sole use of a computer with all relevant software. The basic techniques will be applicable to all platforms.
Programme
- Introduction to macros
- Recording and running macros
- Benefits of clean-up and house style macros
- A peek at macro programming commands
- Preparation for on-screen editing
- Benefits of and concerns about on-screen editing: version control, quality, physical issues, finding and briefing an on-screen editor
- Checklist for an on-screen edit
- Assessing the job
- Identifying and correcting authors’ layout and formatting problems
- Handling special characters
- File preparation for optimal import into publishing programmes
- Templates, styles and codes
- Understanding how templates work
- Creating and using templates and styles
- Benefits
- Principles of coding
- Viewing the document
- The document map
- The style area
- Outline View
- Find and replace
- Tips for better, safer global searches
- Replacing formatting and styles
- The Special menu
- Wildcard searches
- Shortcut keys
- Efficient navigation and text selection
- Case conversion
- Inserting special characters
- On-screen mark-up (Track Changes)
- Tips to make Track Changes more useful
- Comparing and merging documents
- Protecting the document and checking for sensitive information
- Master documents
- Linking files electronically: creating and editing master documents
- Customisation
- AutoText and AutoCorrect
- Customising shortcut keys and the Quick Access Toolbar
- Tables
- Creating and editing tables
- Converting tables to text
- Creating a table of contents
- Online resources and further reading.
Who will benefit from this course?
Editorial staff and freelancers who use Word to edit authors' text on-screen or who brief others to edit on-screen. This course is focused on teaching you how to edit on-screen, not what to edit. If you are a beginner you would benefit from attending Copy-Editing Skills first.
Note that most of our short courses can also be run as in-company events.
- Dates: 31 May 2012, 16 July 2012, 30 October 2012
- Duration: A one-day course
- Price: £385+VAT
- A number of discounts are available
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