Copy-Editing - full programme
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The copy-editor’s world
- House and book style
- Different jobs in publishing
- Stages of production
- Copy-editing marks
- Resources
- Glossary
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Unit 1 - Marking up
- Designers and typesetters
- How to mark up
- What to mark up
- Structure and headings
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Unit 2 - Grammar and punctuation
- Syntactical issues
- Punctuation
- Hyphens, ems and ens
- Quotation marks
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Unit 3 - Cover to cover
- Covers and binding
- Prelims
- The body of the book
- Endmatter
- Running heads
- Copyright
- Other legal issues
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Unit 4 - Style and level
- Capitals
- Italics
- Numbers
- Purpose and level
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Unit 5 - Specialist texts
- Poetry
- Plays
- Manuals
- Jacket or cover copy
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Unit 6 - Tables, technical figures and copy-fitting
- Tables
- Technical figures
- Cutting and expanding
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Unit 7 - Endmatter
- Notes and reference systems
- Indexes