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Introductory Period: PES Editors
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 (500 words, no LFTE, no formatting)
Additional reading
Day 2
Letter from the Editor
Premium Editing Services (PES and PES Plus) (12:57)
Proofreading, spellcheck, and ctrl+F checks (6:17)
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)
Further reading: PES
Day 3
Avoiding unnecessary changes
Ensuring technical accuracy
Googling effectively
Keyboard shortcuts (11:26)
Equations: General guidelines
Readability in scientific writing
Day 4
Writing comments (7:02)
Non-graded edit (1500 words, no formatting, 6 h)
Day 5
Formatting and word count reduction (22:54)
Formatting exercise (approx. 4000 words)
Quiz
Assistive editing
Assistive Editing exercise
Day 6
Covering letter guidelines
Quality Index
Edit: (2000 words, formatting, word count reduction, covering letter)
Call (status check)
Day 7
Style guides: APA, MLA, ACS, and AMA
Editing translation assignments
Level 3 Translation edit (2500 words with style guide-based formatting)
Day 8
Template formatting (8:39)
Template formatting exercise (4000 words)
Day 9
Editing LaTeX files
LaTeX assignment (PES, 2500 words)
Day 10
Edit: Word (2500 words with RLC and formatting)
Quiz
Day 11
Multiple Round Edits (MREs) and Client Questions (CQs) (11:29)
MRE edit and CQ assignment
Call (status check)
Day 12
Edit (2000 words), MRE, CQ
Day 13
Before you begin Phase 2
Orientation to corporate clients
Editing SoPs
Editing non-academic documents
Editing "accepted" manuscripts
Editing content in PowerPoint and Excel files
Editing PDF files
Abstract writing
Troubleshooting
Flagging ethical misconduct
Scientific Editing
Process checklist for live jobs
Guidelines for quality re-edits
My Report
Whiteboard guide for Editors
Subject-specific reading
EditAssist
Edit (2000 words), MRE, CQ
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