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

• • State of the Art
  • Scope and nature of the work
  • Traditional and modern editing
  • Editing terminology
  • Writing job specifications

2. Refining Text Exiting

• • Common traps
  • Proofing documents
  • How much editing is appropriate
  • Who does what
  • More terminology

3. Editing Headings in something

• • Headlines and Captions
  • Heading
  • Captions
  • Supporting material
  • Headings
  • Headlines
  • More terminology

4. Proofing Graphics

• • 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

• • Layout and design
  • Page Layout
  • Desktop publishing software
  • What is desktop publishing
  • Image manipulation

6. Matching Style and Context

• • Targeting the reader
  • Style
  • Terminology

7. Legal and Ethical Issues

• • 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

• • A practical editing project to end the course and utilize your new skills.