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1. WHAT ARE THE
DIFFERENT LEVELS
OF COPYEDITING?

2. Copyeditors could linger over each line and paragraph in a document until
they were pleased with its clarity, coherence, consistency, and correctness—
even its beauty and elegance—if time and money were not a problem.
However, because time and money are always constraints, many book and
corporate publishers use light, medium, or heavy phrases to help copyeditors
focus and prioritize their work.
The level of Manuscript copyediting a publisher requests for a given project
depends on several factors, including the following:
the calibre of the author's writing;
the target market;
the timeline and budget for editing and publication;
the author's reputation, attitude toward editing, and availability;
the size of the final print run;
and the significance of the publication to the publisher.

3. In a perfect world, judgments on the amount of copyediting would only be
made after considering the writing's caliber and the demands of the target
audience.
Thoughts like "This manuscript is poorly written, but our budget only allows for
light copyediting" or "This manuscript would benefit from a heavier hand, but
the author has many pressing commitments and won't have time to read
through a heavily edited manuscript" frequently prevail due to budgetary
constraints and deadline pressures.
There are no standard definitions for light, medium, and severe copyediting,
but if you adhere to the recommendations, you won't stray too far from the
mark. You may even show your editorial coordinator these criteria and ask
which ones best reflect their expectations for your work.
Additionally, before commencing copyediting, you should inquire about the
following topics.

4. AUDIENCE
Who is the text's primary readership?
How much background knowledge is assumed of the readers?
What purpose will readers have for the publication? Will it be
reading for leisure or work? Is it a reference manual or a read it
once and put it aside document? Will most readers skim the
article, or will they sometimes refer back to different parts?

5. TEXT
How much text is there?
What kind of physical part is the text?
For editing on paper: It's double-spaced. (Copying-editing single-spaced text might be challenging unless only a few
commas are needed.) On how many words does a page arc? How well does the typeface read? All four margins must be at
least one inch wide.
Par on-sweat editing: What word processing program did the author use? For example, has the publisher converted the
author's files into another program or format? How will the journal copyedited manuscript be processed?
For hard-copy editing: Will the entire document be re-keyed, or will the modifications be entered? (If the latter, the
copyeditor must mark up any changes with a brightly coloured pencil or pen so that the inputter may see them straight
away.)

6. For on-snap editing: Is the copyeditor need to provide dean files,
which include the copyedited text, or redlined files, which show
insertions and deletions? Is the copyeditor required to code
elements or unique characters (such as diacritical markings on
letters and foreign alphabets)?
Does the manuscript include anything except plain text, such as
tables, footnotes or endnotes, a bibliography, photographs, or
graphs? How many of each type?
Are all works of art available as readable copies?

7. Which type of medical manuscript copyediting—light, medium, or heavy—is being asked for?
Is there any scheduling or financial restrictions behind that request?
Has the requester read the whole text or only a portion of it? How much money or hours are
allotted for the copyediting?
Does the copyeditor have to make significant text cuts?
Is it expected that the copyeditor will verify the math in the tables? To examine
bibliographical references? Exist any significant design restrictions or preferences that place
restrictions on the amount of art, table size, or several heading levels? Using unique
characters (foreign alphabets, mathematical symbols, musical notation)? Endnotes or
footnotes?
TYPE OFEDITING

8. What type of manual does the pack prefer? The dictionary of
choice?
Does a style manual, cheat sheet or list of editorial
preferences exist inside the company?
Should I read any prior editions or similar literature first? Is
this work a part of a more extensive series?
EDITORIALSTYLE

9. Who wrote this? Is the author new or seasoned?
The author has seen a sample edit, right?
Has the author been informed of the editing type (or degree)?
AUTHOR

10. Whom should the copyeditor address any inquiries that come up
while editing?
What time frame must the language editing be finished? How firm
is it?
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