This is the course for you if you are wishing to:
- Become a skilled Editor or Proof Reader
- Sharpen your skills in editing
- Seek employment in publishing, marketing or start your own Proof Reading business
- Start any time and study at your own pace.
Course Aims:
- Review the current state of editing, determining its scope, nature and trends
- Identify and edit text errors that commonly occur in a variety of publishing situations.
- Write and edit a variety of different headings and captions.
- Select, edit and mark up graphic illustrations.
- Edit the layout or design of a publication.
- Identify an appropriate style for the context of a publication, and edit the text to match the determined style.
- Edit text in order to remove legal and/or ethical risks
- Apply a broad range of skills to editing of a lengthy manuscript in a balanced way.
There are 8 Lessons in this course:
1. Introduction to Editing
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- State of the Art
- Scope and nature of the work
- Traditional and modern editing
- Editing terminology
- Writing job specifications
2. Refining Text Exiting
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- Common traps
- Proofing documents
- How much editing is appropriate
- Who does what
- More terminology
3. Editing Headings
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- Headlines and Captions
- Heading
- Captions
- Supporting material
- Headings
- Headlines
- More terminology
4. Proofing Graphics
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- Line drawings
- Technical illustrations
- Half tones
- Maps
- Charts
- Tables
- Diagrams
- Electronic processing of graphic images
- Bits and color depth
- Pixels and resolution
- Color and black and white
- Image formats
- Types of files
- Processing graphics
- Choosing and designing with photos
- What does the editor need to do with graphics
- Electronic publishing
- Terminology
5. Editing and Design
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- Layout and design
- Page Layout
- Desktop publishing software
- What is desktop publishing
- Image manipulation
6. Matching Style and Context
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- Targeting the reader
- Style
- Terminology
7. Legal and Ethical Issues
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- Legal and ethical issues in publishing
- Copyright
- Copyright free materials
- Copyright misconceptions
- Defamation
- Libel
- Contract law
- Right to privacy
- Reporting restrictions
- Law and the internet
- CD/film and other electronic publishing
- Terminology
8. Editing Project
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- A practical editing project to end the course and utilize your new skills.