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Re: Editing Marks - Please Help!!!

Subject: Re: Editing Marks - Please Help!!!
From: Jean Weber <jean -at- wrevenge -dot- com -dot- au>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:30:46 +1000

I have rarely worked in a place where anyone else understood any of the standard publisher's proofreading marks, so although I do know them myself, I normally don't use them when editing on paper. Unless I've established that the writer being edited does understand the standard marks, I find that using them just confuses people.

Instead, I circle, highlight, or otherwise mark a problem, then write my comments in the margin. If I'm just marking punctuation or minor spelling errors that can be indicated in the text, I just write it in (if there's room for someone to see it clearly) and make a mark (often a "change bar" sort of attention-getter) in the margin. I guess this is what Anthony would call "free hand."

Most of the time, I edit electronically, so "standard publisher's marks" aren't an issue.

Regards, Jean
Jean Hollis Weber
mailto:jean -at- jeanweber -dot- com
The Technical Editors' Eyrie http://www.jeanweber.com/

At 05:49 PM 1/10/2002 -0800, Janice Gelb wrote:

David Knopf (david -at- knopf -dot- com) wrote (in response to Anthony, whose note is below):
>
> I haven't seen the standard marks used too
> often in technical editing, though.

Really? I use the same marks in technical editing that
I used when I worked for a publishing house. I'm curious
what marks you have seen used.

Anthony wrote:
| I'm on the verge of securing a technical editing
| contract. Although I've done editing throughout my
| writing career, this will be the first time that I
| will do it exclusively in a structured documentation
| group.
|
| Is there an accepted list of proofing marks that
| should be used in such environments or can you free
| hand your style?


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