Monday 25 June 2012

Standard International Proofreading Marks

Please use the standard international proofreading marks shown below. Many text corrections are entered by non-language typesetters and the markup needs to be VERY clear.
Be as clear as possible:
  1. Use red pen.
  2. Use the margins to show (or repeat-) corrections.
  3. Remember the corrections are generally entered by someone who does not understand the language. Do not take anything for granted.

 Follow these specifications:

PROOFREADING MARKS

Delete

Add
 
Transpose
 
Leave as was
 
Make lower case
 
Make upper case (caps)
 
Add italics

Add underline
 
Make bold
 
Add space
 
Remove space
Paragraph here
 
Bring up

Move here
 

ADDITIONAL PROOFING MARKS

Insert

Delete, take out
Close up space
Delete, close up space
Align text
Transpose
Period
Comma
Column
Semicolon
Question mark


Single quotes
Double quotes
Parentheses
Hyphen
Set in capitals
Set in lower case
Set in initial caps
Set in bold face type
Set in roman type
Insert space
New paragraph
Center text
Spell out
Let it stand
Exclamation point
Apostrophe
Em dash
En dash
Ellipses
Set in small caps
Set in italic type
Wrong font



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Thanking You!!!

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