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Introductory course for Editors (PES/SES)
Day 1
Let's get started
Additional information
Our services
Formatting
After-sales services
Editing in Word and internal CACTUS requirements (9:08)
Pop quiz
How to edit (3:24)
Practice edit (SES, 500 words, no LFTE, no formatting)
Additional reading
Day 2
Standard Editing Service
Letter from the Editor
Premium Editing Services (PES and PES Plus) (12:57)
Quick Tip: Guidelines and database
Writing comments (7:02)
Proofreading, spellcheck, and ctrl+F checks (6:17)
Style sheet, conventions in statistics, expressing SI unit names and symbols
Checklists and Flashcards: SES and PES
Edit (SES, 1000 words, LFTE, no formatting, 4 h + Key)
Further reading: PES
Day 3
Avoiding unnecessary changes
Ensuring technical accuracy
Ensuring Flow of Sentences and Paragraphs under PES (Topic Sentences and Order and Relevance of Ideas)
Googling effectively
Keyboard shortcuts (11:26)
Equations: General guidelines
Readability in scientific writing
Covering letter guidelines
Language enhancement guide (LEG)
Quality Index
Practice Edit (PES, 1500 words, no formatting, 6 h)
Day 4
Formatting (14:02)
Formatting best practices (8:52)
Formatting FAQs
Editing software-linked references and citations
Word count reduction and common formatting requirements
Scope of Formatting under SES, PES, and PES Plus
Checklists and Flashcards: Formatting
Formatting exercise (approx. 4000 words)
Template formatting (8:39)
Template formatting exercise (4000 words)
Style guides: APA, MLA, ACS, and AMA
Day 5
Quiz
Edit: (PES, 2000 words, formatting, word count reduction, covering letter)
Assistive editing
Assistive Editing exercise
Post-review process
Video demonstration: Post-review process
Instructions
Common Errors to Look Out For
Day 6
Post-review assignment 1
Post-review assignment 2
How's Phase 1 going?
Day 7
Editing translation assignments
Time management: Tips and tricks
Level 3 Translation edit (2500 words with style guide-based formatting)
Day 8
Editing LaTeX files
Edit : LaTeX (PES, 2500 words with formatting)
Day 9
Multiple Round Edits (MREs) and Client Questions (CQs) (11:29)
MRE/CQ assignment
Orientation to corporate clients
Editing SoPs
Editing non-academic documents
Editing "accepted" manuscripts
Day 10
Level 2 translation edit (2000 words) + MRE/CQ
Editing content in PowerPoint and Excel files
Abstract writing
Troubleshooting
Flagging ethical misconduct
Subject-specific reading
Day 11
Quiz: Process test for editors
Edit: Word (2500 words with response letter check and formatting)
Quiz
Before you begin Phase 2
My Report
Orientation to CRM for Editors
Editing PDF files
Process checklist for live jobs
Guidelines for quality re-edits
Subject-specific reading
Scientific Editing
Subject-specific reading
EditAssist
Assistive Editing assignments
Ensuring Flow of Sentences and Paragraphs under PES (Topic Sentences and Order and Relevance of Ideas)
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