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Introductory course for Editors (SES)
Day 1
Let's get started
Additional information
Our services
Formatting
After-sales services
Editing in Word
Internal CACTUS requirements
Pop quiz
How to edit
Practice edit (500 words, no LFTE, no formatting)
Additional reading
Day 2
Standard Editing Service
Letter from the Editor
Writing comments
Proofreading, spellcheck, and ctrl+F checks
Quick Tip: Guidelines and database
Style sheet, conventions in statistics, expressing SI unit names and symbols
Practice edit (1000 words, LFTE, no formatting, 4 h + Key)
Day 3
Avoiding unnecessary changes
Ensuring technical accuracy
Googling effectively
Keyboard shortcuts
Equations: General guidelines
Readability in scientific writing
Covering letter guidelines
Quality Index
Edit (2000 words, no formatting, 6 h)
Day 4
Formatting and word count reduction
Formatting exercise (approx. 4000 words)
Template formatting
Template formatting exercise (4000 words)
Style guides: APA, MLA, ACS, and AMA
Day 5
Quiz
Edit: (SES, 2000 words, formatting, word count reduction, covering letter)
Day 6
Editing translation assignments
Level 2 Translation edit (2500 words with style guide-based formatting)
Day 7
Editing LaTeX files
LaTeX assignment (2500 words)
Day 8
Multiple Round Edits (MREs) and Client Questions (CQs)
MRE edit and CQ assignment
Orientation to corporate clients
Editing SoPs
Editing non-academic content
Editing "accepted" manuscripts
Day 9
Translation edit (2000 words)
MRE (500 words) and CQ
Editing content in PowerPoint and Excel files
Abstract writing
Troubleshooting
Flagging ethical misconduct
Day 10
Quiz
Before you begin Phase 2
My Report
Orientation to CRM
Editing PDF files
Process checklist for live jobs
Guidelines for quality re-edits
Subject-specific reading
Letter from the Editor
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