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| short for author's alteration; used to show changes made by an author on a set of proofs |
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| text printed in FULL CAPITALS |
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| name of the < and > characters |
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| short for author; used in queries |
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| a proofreading pass where the proofreader is not given an earlier version of the text |
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| quoted passage set off from the running text |
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| name of the { and } characters |
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| name of the [ and ] characters |
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| penciled-in circle or box in which an editor writes a query |
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| vertical list; every item set off by a bullet |
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| short for capital letters |
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| very, think vertical rule placed in the outer margin of a technical manual to indicate a paragraph that has been revised since the previous edition |
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| editorial preferences specified in The Chicago Manual of Style |
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| phrase that mentions another part of the document or text |
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| smart quotes; not straight quotation marks |
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| manuscript that has been typeset and proofread |
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| mark that changes the phonetic value of an alphabetical character |
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| large type, used for part titles, chapter titles, headings, and the like |
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row of periods between horizontal entries
ex. chapter 1..........................pg. 4 |
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| name of the " . . . " character |
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typesetting measurement whose value depends on the size of the type
ex. in 10-point type, em is 10 points wide |
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| longer than a hypen, shorter than an em dash |
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| hypen that falls at the end of a line of text |
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| a block quote; quoted passage set off from running text |
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| positioned at the margin of the text page |
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| a style of setting indexes and lists; first line is flush left, remaining lines are indented |
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| page number in a typeset text |
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| characters in a given size and style of a typeface |
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| one or two lines of copy set at the bottom of each page of a document |
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| printout of a computer file |
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| title that indicates the start of a section or subsection of a document or book chapter |
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| capitalization style for heads, display lines, or titles of works; all words capitalized except articles, coordinating conjunctions, and prepositions |
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| brief introductory or explanatory material that follows a part, chapter, or section title and precedes the running text |
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| editorial style preferences expressed by a publisher |
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| capitalization style for heads, display lines, and titles of works in which all words are lowercased except those that would be capitalized in a sentence; also known as sentence style |
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capital letter that appears in the middle of a company or product name
ex. BankAmerica |
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| to order the deletion of text or an illustration |
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| points of linespacing in a printed text |
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| vertical list in which each item is introduced by a numeral |
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| editing that is performed on a document's computer files |
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| has no future; line left at the bottom of a page |
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| has no past; line pushed over to the top of the next page |
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| short for printer's error |
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| publishing jargon for "question" |
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| text aligned to the left margin but not at the right margin |
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| right-hand page of a book, magazine, or brochure |
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| left-hand page of a book, magazine, or brochure |
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| on-screen or hard-copy version of a manuscript that indicates changes from the original text |
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| type style used most often in printed materials |
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| text that is not set off on its own line |
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| portion of a document consisting of sentences and paragraphs, rather than set-off display lines, tables, and other elements |
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| initial cap only; capitalization style for heads, display lines, and titles or works |
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| comma preceding and or or in a list of items |
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| short cross line that projects from the main stroke of a printed letter |
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| capital letters slightly shorter and squatter than regular caps |
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| name of the / character; also known as a slash |
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| backbone of a book that connects the front and back covers |
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| used to reinstate text that had been marked for deletion |
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set of compound adjectives or nouns in which an element common to all members is not repeated
ex. fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders |
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| short for typographical error |
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| short for uppercase and lowercase; display text meant to be capitalized according to headline style |
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| vertical list without numbers or bullets |
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| substantive review of a manuscript by an expert in the subject matter |
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