Learn to become a better editor or proof reader. This course can be used to edit books, newsletters, advertising material, correspondence or any other writing.
Lesson Structure
There are 8 lessons in this course:
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Introduction to Editing
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State of the Art
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Scope and nature of the work
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Traditional and modern editing
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Editing terminology
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Writing job specifications.
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Refining Text Exiting
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Common traps
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Proofing documents
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How much editing is appropriate
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Who does what
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More terminology.
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Editing Headings in something
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Headlines and Captions
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Heading
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Captions
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Supporting material
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Headings
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Headlines
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More terminology
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Proofing Graphics
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Line drawings
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Technical illustrations
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Half tones
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Maps
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Charts
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Tables
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Diagrams
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Electronic processing of graphic images
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Bits and colour depth
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Pixels and resolution
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Colour and black and white
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Image formats
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Types of files
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Processing graphics
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Choosing and designing with photos
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What does the editor need to do with graphics
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Electronic publishing
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Terminology.
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Editing and Design
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Layout and design
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Page ayout
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Desktop publishing software
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What is desktop publishing
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Image manipulation.
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Matching Style and Context
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Targeting the reader
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Style
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Terminology.
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Legal and Ethical Issues
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Legal and ethical issues in publishing
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Copyright
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Copyright free materials
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Copyright misconceptions
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Defamation
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Libel
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Contract law
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Right to privacy
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Reporting restrictions
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Law and the internet
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CD/film and other electronic publishing
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Terminology.
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Editing Project
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A practical editing project to end the course and utilise your new skills.
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
Aims
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Review the current state of editing, determining its scope, nature and trends
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Identify and edit text errors that commonly occur in a variety of publishing situations.
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Write and edit a variety of different headings and captions.
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Select, edit and mark up graphic illustrations.
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Edit the layout or design of a publication.
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Identify an appropriate style for the context of a publication, and edit the text to match the determined style.
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Edit text in order to remove legal and/or ethical risks
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Apply a broad range of skills to editing of a lengthy manuscript in a balanced way.
Some Editors Terminology From the Course Notes:
Agony Column
A regular feature containing items related to personal problems; such as readers’ letters and editorial advice.
Alignment
The ranging of type along its base line and the horizontal and vertical ranging of columns.
Angle
The specific perspective from which an item is written.
Arm
The horizontal stroke or line of a capital letter (eg. P or F).
Artwork
Any type of illustration including a photograph, drawing, or computer generated graphic.
Ascender
The stroke of a lower case letter that extends higher than the height of an “x” (eg. the top half of the letter “b”).
Author’s corrections
Alterations made to text by the author, after the main editing has been finished, but before final printing.
Back bench
Senior editorial executives of a publication (usually refers to senior staff in a large newspaper).
Back margin (or Back)
The inside margin of a page (ie. where the two pages join together).
Banner
A major headline that extends across the top of a page.
Barcode
A printed barcode for the ISBN number of a publication.
Blanket
A rubbery sheet that is clamped around a cylinder, that contains an image used in offset printing to transfer that image to paper as it moves through the machine.
Bleed
An illustration is placed on the edge of a printed area, so that when the paper is trimmed, the illustration extends to the edge without any margin.
Block
This is commonly an engraved image on a flat metal plate, which is used to transfer an image when printing using a “letterpress” technique.
Blow up
An enlargement of a photograph or other type of illustration.
Blueprint
Same as dyeline.
Blurb
A description of a book, and perhaps an author profile, printed on the cover or inside sleeve and any publicity material for a book.
Book block
The bound pages of a book, before attaching to the cover.
Box
A section of text or an illustration (or both) ruled off on four sides to create a square or rectangular section within text. Tables, line drawings and “emphasised” statements, such as quotations, are often set in boxes.
Break Out
A second (or further) item on the same page as the main story (eg. you may have several items that are unrelated on the same page, though the page is dominated by one main item).
Breaker
Anything used to break up text in a page, such as a quote or crosshead.
Brevier
An old name used to refer to 8 point type.
Bromide
A print of a photograph, illustration or typeset material made on standard light-sensitive photographic paper; from which an image is taken for printing.
Bullet point
A black mark (eg. A dot, triangle, dash) in front of text to create an effect or highlight – often used on tabulated lists, sometimes on headings.
WHY CHOOSE US?
• Reputation: well-known and respected in publishing and writing
The school runs a successful publishing business, the principal has been
editor of national magazines; many of the staff are published authots)
• Industry focus: courses designed to suit industry needs and expectations
• Different focus: develop problem solving skills that make you stand out from others
• Hands on: develop practical as well as theoretical skills
• Lots of help: dedicated and knowledgeable tutors.
• Efficient: prompt responses to your questions
• Reliable: established in 1979, independent school with a solid history
• Up to date: courses under constant review
• Resources: huge wealth of constantly developing intellectual property
• Value: courses compare very favourably on a cost per study hour basis
• Student amenities: online student room, bookshop, ebooks, social networking, acs garden online resources.
