The Art of Copyediting Blog

Sporadic musings of an editor addicted to orderly working

Handling tables and figures during copyediting

Objectives of copyediting and typesetting

Once a manuscript enters production, the content is always looked at in terms of the practical realities of the production process. When considered objectively, both copyediting and typesetting are part of a single production process. When analyzed...

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English language teaching: A logical approach using 14 functional components

This is a basic exposition of a new method of teaching the English language, evolved over a period of at least 25 years. So there’s a personal story behind this, which I’m presenting first (Part 1), to give you the gist of it. But then, there’s also the technical side...

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The Art of Copyediting foundational skills program—A review

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This is a piece written by Vandana Bhasin of Gurugram, who took up The Art of Copyediting's Foundational Skills for Employability and Earning training and mentoring program in November 2022. 


 

The Foundational Skills for Employability and Earning (FSEE)...

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The Art of Copyediting offers nine options for learning

 

Not many people have a clear sense of purpose in life, which, when present, goads them to learn something every day, every week, every month, every year.

But for most people, learning itself does not happen on its own. It happens only when you consciously take that decision to learn. It...

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The Art of Copyediting solution to the problem of learning in India

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A copyeditor in India faces almost insurmountable hurdles in learning the profession. I discuss these problems in detail and provide (a) a practical method of learning the basics via The Art of Copyediting group-learning plan (now affordable by everyone) and (b) an engaging,...

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The Art of Copyediting training and mentoring program—A look back

 


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This is a piece written by Dr. Mothi Paul of Tirunelveli, who took up The Art of Copyediting's Foundational Skills for Employability and Earning training and mentoring program recently. I'm publishing it here (along with my blogs) as Dr. Paul does not yet have a website of this...

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Microsoft Word navigation: Some microrecommendations for editors

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This blog recommends a combination of standard Word shortcuts and a few basic macros (with recommended shortcut keys) to help a copyeditor navigate efficiently within a Word window and edit with a clear focus. This involves a one-time set up and may benefit both new and experienced...

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Corporate/institutional copyediting training, Part 1: Optimizing training time

Back in the days when I learned copyediting, we worked on hardcopy manuscripts, and the world itself was spinning at a rather much lower pace. We didn’t have any structured training; we were taught some titbits here and there, had some definite do’s and don’ts, some style points...

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Offshore editorial function in India in scholarly/academic publishing: lost opportunities and potential for growth

Copyediting outsourcing to India

It was sometime between the late 1980s and early 1990s that the experiment to “outsource”—the term was not common then—editorial work to India began. Typesetting had been there for some years, and it was perhaps felt that copyediting too...

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