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How & Why Editors Make a Figures Manuscript
When a product contains illustrations, graphs, and other visuals, a separate file containing them and their related instructions is submitted
The Editors’ Guide to Confidentiality: Essential Security for Protecting Clients’ Words
Editing isn’t just about typo protection. Data security and content (intellectual property, or IP) privacy are core standards in editing
Resolution: Raise Your Rates
“My advice to anyone starting out freelancing?” says editor Barb Adamski, “Double your rates at least once in your career.”
Checklist for Citations and References
Editing the references can take as long as it does to edit the document itself. Formatting is picky and slightly
Testing for Visual Accessibility
Can you see that? Designs continue to lower their contrast, use smaller fonts, and are designed to be pretty but
How & Why to Create a House Style
Bigger than a style sheet, and specific to your business or organization, a house style is what you need!
How to Fit Copy After Layout
Sometimes the words just don’t fit. Here are some easier ways to cut words after layout.
Learn to Edit Less Using the “Mittens Method”
The goal is to offer minimal interventions to bring a piece of writing to the next stage. But how can you learn to edit with a lighter hand?
When There’s No Time to Read It All before Editing
The Typographic Oath was suggested by senior editor Erin Brenner as a guiding principle of editing ethics.* Her second point