Editing in Word

Dates:

18 October 2010; 1 March, 25 July & 7 December 2011 (a one-day course)

Price:

£365+VAT (a number of discounts are available)

Note: Our rates will be changing in 2011. If you book before 31/12/2010 you will be charged the 2010 rate.

Venue:

The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels)

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"It was well paced and well taught. Anne is so knowledgeable - an editing legend!"

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You can change an author's file on screen relatively easily – but editing it efficiently and effectively requires more skill and specialist knowledge. Through a series of hands-on exercises, this course shows you how to make on-screen editing a more efficient process, improving the speed and quality of your work. You will also learn 'best practice' in preparing files for import into layout and typesetting programmes.

You will learn to:

edit efficiently on screen
prepare files in the best form for typesetting
create macros to 'clean' files automatically
flag changes to files electronically
customise Word for editing
find invaluable Internet resources.

Note: Every student will have sole use of a Windows PC with all relevant software. Although the course is taught on PC, the basic techniques will be applicable to other platforms.

Programme

Creating and using macros
Preparation for on-screen editing
Understanding templates and styles
Customising Word
- Find and Replace
Master documents
- Linking files electronically: creating and editing master documents
Keyboard shortcuts
On-screen mark-up (Track Changes)
Keyboard shortcuts
Editing tables
Checklist for on-screen editing
Avoiding repetitive strain injury
Online resources

Who will benefit from this course?

Editorial staff and freelances who use Word to edit authors' text on-screen or who brief others to edit on-screen.

Your tutor

Anne Waddingham trades as WordMedic (‘Making words better’) and has worked in STM publishing for over 30 years. She specialises in tutoring, on-screen editing and project management. She authored the on-screen editing chapter in the fourth edition of Butcher’s Copy-editing (CUP, 2006) and contributed to New Hart’s Rules (OUP, 2005). She has a Licentiateship in Editorial Skills from the City & Guilds Institute.

Note that most of our short courses can also be run as in-company events.

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Dates: 18 October 2010; 1 March, 25 July & 7 December 2011

Price: £365+VAT (a number of discounts are available).

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