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 | | While the electronic editing lesson is great for students' comments about content in a paper, there are also ways to edit electronically when the content of the paper is finished and it is time to copy-edit. | | | The first method he presented is a color approach to electronic editing. | | | One example he uses for how the color system would work is if a student had a problem with the linking of two sentences. |
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http://www.english.ilstu.edu/students/kbberso/final/copyediting.html
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| | The Craft of Copy Editing |
| | Edit as though spellcheck and grammar check were not on your computer. | | | Those are all important and laudable values, and copy editors should protect those values and many more. | | | And for goodness' sake, don't routinely change the things the computer catches. |
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http://www.notrain-nogain.org/Train/Res/CopyD/copy.asp
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| | Copy editing |
| | Hard copy - Since the decision about specific copy-editing changes is yours, as the author of the work, the manuscript will come back to you with the copy editor’s changes marked up and you can decide whether to implement them or not. | | | If the editor is doing the work on 'hard copy', you will then have to input the changes. | | | You will need to decide whether you want your work copy edited on screen or on hard copy ie on paper, and give us clear instructions: |
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http://www.writersservices.com/services/s_copyediting.htm
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| | course outline |
| | Editing Workshop is a lab course that teaches, through practice, the fundamentals of copy editing, whether for newspapers or magazines. | | | These topics will be covered in class discussion and exercises, and in editing and copy-editing assignments in class on computers (see weekly topics and weekly assignments). | | | Assignments will develop your skills and show the kinds of problems that arise in real-life editing. |
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http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/syllabus.html
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| | Magazine Copy Editing / Copyediting / Subediting / Sub-editing |
| | No prior knowledge of or experience in copy editing is required, but students are expected to have a thorough understanding of English grammar. | | | In 1991 I was asked to develop a course in magazine copy editing for New York University's Management Institute. | | | There is information about editing classes on some of the sites listed on my web links page. |
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http://www.well.com/user/mmcadams/copy.editing.html
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| | Asterisks.com: Copy editing services online |
| | The structure of the document is improved, so that it is logical, clear and easy to follow. | | | We offer different levels of editing, as determined by your requirements and the nature of the document: | | | We can edit in a variety of file formats, including: |
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http://www.asterisks.com/editing.html
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| | Poynter Online - Is Anyone Editing Their Copy?* |
| | Copy editors deconstruct sentences word by word, scrutinizing facts, challenging assumptions, weighing the effects of our use of language. | | | Copy Editors take the fight against error and inaccuracy from print to the Internet. | | | But anyone interested in writing better might want to bookmark these blogs. |
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http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=62324
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| | Strategic Copy Editing |
| | Serves as a primary text in undergraduate and graduate-level editing courses. | | | "Russial's strategic approach to copy editing is what sets this book apart from others in the field. | | | Advanced students will discover not only familiar topics mined with greater depth, but also topics seldom covered in typical textbooks; for example, how to work with the reporter as well as the story. |
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http://www.guilford.com/cgi-bin/cartscript.cgi?page=com/russial.htm&cart_id=
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| | Copy Massage |
| | I suspect that a copy editor found incorrect word usage or factual errors and told Leonard. | | | There, when a story came on my computer screen, I could be reasonably sure that it had been read by a couple of other people. | | | For some reason, folks flock here to read about the word "efforting." That horrid term was in eight of the last 20 search engine queries pointing browsers here. |
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http://copymassage.blogspot.com
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| | Proof Reading & Copy Editing |
| | Pre-keyed work, or work that has been word processed by Rialto, can be edited to disk to remove any technical errors, to improve flow, enhance clarity etc. | | | Technical errors will also be highlighted and any suggestions for further editing made. | | | Inconsistency of style or reference, incorrect grammar, repetition or even a poor turn of phrase can let your document down. |
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http://www.rialto.ndirect.co.uk/proof.htm
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| | EAC/ACR - Definitions of Editorial Skills |
| | May include checking or correcting reading level; creating or recasting tables and/or figures; negotiating changes with author. | | | May include some research and writing of original material. | | | May also include locating, negotiating with and supervising designer, artists, typesetter, and printer; and creating production schedule. |
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http://www.editors.ca/hiring/skills.htm
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| | Courses |
| | The course covers general and scientific texts, and deals with problems such as poor typesetting and heavily edited copy. | | | The course begins at the beginning, with the aim of developing skills in recognizing how to edit, rather than how to understand, the mathematics. | | | Many freelance editors are now taking on the complex role of project management and knowledge of the production process is becoming essential to their success. |
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http://www.sfep.org.uk/pages/courses.asp
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| | STC Technical Editing SIG - Corrigo Supplement |
| | I still prefer hard-copy editing overall, but many times need to copy and paste sentences or paragraphs from an electronic file so that I can rearrange them. | | | Not only because I miss some edits online, but also because the end users of my documents invariably use the hard-copy version. | | | Online editing facilitates repetitive editing tasks, like searching a document for a specific error. |
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http://www.stcsig.org/te/newsletter/supplement/spring2005_decpollresults.asp
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| | Since 1999 - Quality Copy Writing & Editing - VisualContent |
| | Visual Content offers ongoing copy writing and editing services for their global, high-end ad agency clients, working collaboratively with designers and project managers to meet and ensure tight project deadlines. | | | Visual Content offered extensive print, web and multimedia design, course workbook copy writing, presentation scripting and design, corporate identity, logo and business card design, business plan development and collaboration, website copy writing, book editing, brochure development and other services to Ten and 10, LLC. | | | Visual Content offers ongoing support and satisfies all copywriting needs for large and growing design firm based in the Silicon Valley, CA. |
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http://www.elance.com/c/fp/main/viewprofile.pl?type=seller&view_person=VisualContent&catid=10203
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| | Amazon.com: Copy Editing for Professionals: Books |
| | However, the great book is not nearly as comprehensive as Copy Editing for Professionals, a manual that includes copy editing answers to words and grammar questions not addressed by the Associated Press. | | | If there is an unfulfilled need it is that the book does not take advantage of the computer. | | | When was the last time you read a textbook because you wanted to? |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0875638961?v=glance
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| | MANUSCRIPT EDITING -- FICTION AND NONFICTION |
| | I will realistically assess your writing skills, and I’ll tell you honestly if I feel that you need a light copy edit, a heavier developmental edit, or could benefit from more formalized writing instruction (or multiple options in between). | | | Though I do an ongoing critique, point out problems, and provide instruction in embedded comments as I edit, if I feel you’d get more “bang for the buck” with an editor who’s also a writing instructor I’ll ask you for permission to introduce you via e-mail. | | | It’s also possible that I’m not the best editor for your particular project. |
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http://www.manuscriptediting.com
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| | HRF Incorporated : Layout, Design, Tutorials, E-books |
| | Here are before and after excerpts from one of HRF Inc.'s copy editing projects, showing the difference between the original copy provided to us, and the version which has been copy edited. | | | Copy editing - what it is, why it's important | | | Copy editing takes writing which is "good," and transforms it into writing which is "compelling." The article at left would interest only those who were technically minded, dedicated enough to wade through the jargon. |
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http://hrfinc.biz/copy_editing.htm
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| | MC310 Copy Editing |
| | Students should bring to class good and bad examples of newspaper layout/design. | | | Then do the sizing--determining the column width and depth each photo should take on the printed page. | | | Objective 1 (knowledge and understanding): Acquired through prescribed readings, class discussions and Internet exploration. |
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http://www.mnstate.edu/gunarat/courses/310.html
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| | Copy Editing - American Press Institute |
| | Instructions on how to run a two-round test of your staff's knowledge of punctuation, spelling, grammar, style and, if you want, their ability to content edit. |
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http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/content/3696.cfm
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| | Beyond copy-editing: the editor-writer relationship |
| | Editing is the process of reviewing information to improve its: | | | Editors can underline their authority by using effective nonverbal strategies, such as environment (e.g. | | | Edit the information plan and the table of contents. |
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http://www.jeanweber.com/about/beyond.htm
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| | The Writer's Place - Editing |
| | Call now to set up an appointment and bring in your editing project. | | | We use Track Changes in Word, Record Changes in OpenOffice and Star Office, or Review Document in WordPerfect to edit electronically so that you can see the changes we're suggesting. | | | Editing is handled as a separate process from our other services such as word processing, and entails going through a paper printout, hard copy (with red pen) or electronic file (with redlining and comments). |
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http://thewritersplace.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9
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| | Tips on copy-editing |
| | One example of a copy editor’s basic accuracy checklist: | | | Without doing major rewrites, always be ready to clip needless words out of sentences. | | | As you edit, read out loud every sentence in which a change is made, to make sure it works and that a new structural problem wasn’t created by the edit. |
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http://www.notrain-nogain.org/Train/Res/CopyD/kevin.asp
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| | Copy Editing Resources on the Internet |
| | Choose any of the links here to get more information related to teaching the News Editing class. | | | This site offers overviews and exercises for common grammatical problems, from dangling modifiers to run-on sentences. | | | Syllabi posted by News Editing instructors at the University of Maryland. |
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http://www.towson.edu/~lieb/editlinx.html
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| | Outsourcing Writing, Proofreading, Copy editing services in India |
| | We can also help you transform complex technical jargon into accessible, easy-to-follow instructions and information. | | | Our proofreaders carefully scrutinize the job for spelling, language usage, grammar, and other inconsistencies. | | | Our proofreading and editing services eliminate gramatical and syntax construction errors, detect the defects in the flow of the text and smoothen the language. |
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http://outsourcing.hitechexport.com/proofreading_copyediting/proofreading.php
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| | ipedia.com: Copy editing Article |
| | A modern alternative is to read the text on a computer display in WYSIWYG form and enter the corrections directly into the computer. | | | Copy editing is the process when an editor makes formatting changes to text. | | | Increasingly, a copy editor marks up the text using XML or a similar coding scheme, and is involved in preparing text for online publication, not just for printing. |
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http://www.ipedia.com/copy_editing.html
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| | Common Sense Journalism: Does copy editing matter? |
| | Unfortunately, that is unlikely to happen and the comingling is probably going to become more common as technology allows formerly complex tasks to be simplified into user interfaces. | | | But my interests are wide-ranging, so anything, from ethics to some aspects of Web design, is fair game. | | | Meyer suggests newspaper editors must face "the possibility that they were powerless." It seems copy editors should consider the possibility that what they do is meaningless. |
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http://commonsensej.blogspot.com/2005/02/does-copy-editing-matter.html
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| | A Writer's Guide to Understanding the Copyeditor |
| | The copy editor's queries are answered (called "deflagging" if queries have been written on Post-it Notes stuck to the pages), and if she has made changes the author or editor objects to, those changes are changed back. | | | The manuscript then goes to a type house, where typesetters generate galleys or page proofs; these are read against the copyedited manuscript by one of the publisher's freelance proofreaders. | | | Often the author gets to see it as well. |
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http://www.sfwa.org/writing/copyed.htm
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| | E-resources |
| | This has nothing to do with editing journalism, but everything to do with writing. | | | "Why Copy Editors Are Necessary" offers a description of book copy editing tasks, especially for fiction. | | | Copy editors aren't required to check all "commonly known" quotes, but you have every right to be suspicious. |
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http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/eresources.html
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| | Language Log: More timewasting garbage, another copy-editing moron |
| | It is hard to imagine a context in which one would need to be corrected to the other, or in which direction. | | | The copy editors are enforcing a rule which has no support at all in the literature that defines what counts as good use of the English language. | | | This copy editor should be told not just to lay off, but to go to school and take a serious grammar course. |
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http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000918.html
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| | Poynter Online - Mind if We Watch? |
| | They become defenders of the language as they insist on correct grammar and word usage. | | | Copy editors know that their work is also among the most read and influential copy in newspapers or online. | | | In time, copy editors, who have gone from trolls in the night to sitting in news meetings, might gain a place of respect with all who deal with words and visuals in the newsroom. |
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http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=9035
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| | American Copy Editors Society |
| | One in a series of shirts, posters and other items featuring the tongue-in-cheek drawings of copy editor/cartoonist Peter Zicari. | | | The popular ACES CD-ROM features instruction on editing and writing, advice to students, discussion of journalism issues, quizzes and reference resources. | | | Our aim is to provide solutions to copy desk problems, through training, discussion and an awareness of common issues. |
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http://www.copydesk.org
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| | Janet MacKenzie Skills and Services |
| | An easy way to improve any document, copy editing includes correct, appropriate and consistent spelling, grammar, punctuation, hyphenation, capitalization and abbreviations. | | | Start with any combination of editing, copy editing, proofreading, picture research and typography. | | | Editing can range from just smoothing out some inelegant wording |
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http://www.interlog.com/~jmackenz/resume/skills.html
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| | Editing Rates Proofreading Rates Copy Editing Rates EditFast Rates |
| | For writing, the price will be negotiated on a project by project basis. | | | For editing, our rates range from U.S. $0.01 (one cent) to $0.20 (20 cents) per word as measured by the word count of the original document. | | | However, charging by the word makes the initial assessment very critical so I must always ask you to submit your document or a representative sample before I can give you a firm estimate. |
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http://www.editfast.com/english/rates.htm
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| | Copy Editing and Proofreading Services, Fast Turnaround |
| | What level of copy editing do you want? | | | (based on your writing's needs, and the editing time required to achieve your goals). | | | Your own talent and hard work, while necessary, are often not enough to take your writing projects to the next level. |
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http://www.hyperlife.net/editing.htm
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| | Web content writing services - content writing - proofreading copy editing |
| | Yes, plenty of software is available for individuals to create web sites, and everyone has a relative or friend who supposedly can do it. | | | No part of this site may be copied or reproduced without permission. | | | Copyright © 2002 by Make Your Words Work - All rights reserved. |
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http://www.makeyourwordswork.com/web-content-checklist.htm
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| | Language Log: Copy-editing terrorism |
| | But where did all the other versions of the name in the news come from? | | | I think this is recognizably a less edited version of the same translation used by the Guardian, and contains essentially the same English version of the organization's name, which also seems to be roughly as redundant in Arabic as in the English translation. | | | But I suspect that copy editors (and journalists themselves) have also been busy improving the terrorists' nomenclature. |
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http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002300.html
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| | Red Pen Services-Copy Editing, Proofreading |
| | Before you use one you're not positive of, check with Merriam-Webster or another dictionary. | | | Red Pen provides copy editing and proofreading to individuals, businesses and associations at rates that are often below the industry standard. | | | I will work with you to polish your prose so it says precisely what you mean. |
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http://members.aol.com/djc196115/page/redpenpage.htm
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| | COM458: Copy Editing |
| | Be proficient in finding and correcting various kinds of errors | | | This class will focus on those shared skills: grammar, style, organization, wordiness, finding holes, accuracy. | | | I realize some of you have no desire to be a copy editor upon graduation. |
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http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~natt/com458.html
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| | Web Sites Related to Editing |
| | The best online guide to grammar and punctuation. | | | Also provides information about classes in copy editing and rates charged by professional copy editors. | | | magazine, a weekly business newspaper where I was copy chief, and Dell Publishing. |
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http://www.well.com/user/mmcadams/ce2.html
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| | Copy-Editing Corner |
| | With the lingo that is so quick to emerge from new technology it can be tempting to embrace new words wholeheartedly. | | | It will be interesting to see how many other publications will follow in the Journal's footsteps. | | | His speech is worth taking the time to read. |
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http://copyeditingcorner.blogspot.com
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| | Open Directory - Arts: Writers Resources: Copy Editing |
| | Copy Editing for Magazines - A course syllabus in magazine copy editing and other information about the profession by Mindy McAdams. | | | A list for copy editors and other defenders of the English language. | | | Copy Massage - A twentysomething copy editor muses on the copy, the editing and the quirky rules that make folks despise us. |
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http://dmoz.org/Arts/Writers_Resources/Copy_Editing
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| | ASNE - On copy editing - Survey looks at how copy desks are doing |
| | She produced a 33-page report that is the most comprehensive work available on the subject. | | | The American Copy Editors Society wondered what papers were doing to address this problem, whether editors felt that the academic community should do more to feed the pipeline, and what the industry was doing to encourage people to enter the field. | | | âHigher pay and greater recognition that pagination means more work for copy desks.â |
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http://www.asne.org/kiosk/editor/00.march/glamann1.htm
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| | McMurry: Subscription Newsletters: Copy Editor |
| | Copy Editor has been the leading newsletter in its field since 1990. | | | Whether or not you subscribe, you may still participate in our Save-On Printing program, which costs you nothing but can reduce your printing costs significantly; or visit the Copy Editor Job Board to post openings or find a career opportunity right for you. | | | Exclusive to Copy Editor — and our subscribers — are language usage polls, links to a trove of top-quality informative Web sites, searchable archives of past issues, the ability to download the current issue, and bonus online-only content. |
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http://www.copyeditor.com
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| | Copy writing, editing and translation services - Altamedia Consulting Corporation |
| | We assist businesses in developing efficient marketing materials thanks to a clear formulation, editing and organisation of the information they want to display, the message they want to convey and the purpose of the materials. | | | We have seen many brochures, publications, websites and presentations being wrongly planned, designed, produced, translated or even used and we have gained a very good experience assisting companies and individuals developing efficient and economical materials. | | | As in other services, we either deliver these services directly or we partner with reputable professionals, designers, copy editors and translators, whenever required. |
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http://www.altamedia.ca/en/services/copy.htm
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