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Introductory Period: PES/SES Editors
Day 1
Let's get started
Additional information
Our services
Formatting
After-sales services
Editing in Word
Pop quiz
How to edit
Practice edit (SES, 500 words, no LFTE, no formatting)
Additional reading
Day 2
Letter from the Editor
Standard Editing Service
Proofreading, spellcheck, and ctrl+F checks
Quick Tip: Guidelines and database
Style sheet, conventions in statistics, expressing SI unit names and symbols
Internal CACTUS requirements
Practice edit (SES, 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
Day 4
Writing comments
Premium Editing Services (PES and PES Plus)
Editor's Report
Practice edit (PES, 1500 words, no formatting, 6 h)
Further reading: PES
Day 5
Formatting and word count reduction
Formatting exercise (approx. 4000 words)
Quiz
Day 6
Covering letter guidelines
Quality Index
Edit: (PES, 2000 words, formatting, word count reduction, covering letter)
Day 7
Style guides: APA, MLA, ACS, and AMA
Editing translation assignments
Writing comments for translation assignments
Level 3 Translation edit (2500 words with style guide-based formatting)
Day 8
Template formatting
Template formatting exercise (4000 words)
Day 9
Editing LaTeX files
Edit : LaTeX (PES, 2500 words with formatting)
Day 10
Multiple Round Edits (MREs) and Client Questions (CQs)
MRE/CQ assignment
Day 11
Edit: Word (2500 words with response letter check and formatting)
Quiz
Day 12
Level 2 translation 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
Viewing .eps files
Troubleshooting
Flagging ethical misconduct
Process checklist for live jobs
Guidelines for quality re-edits
Scientific Editing
My Report
Whiteboard guide for Editors
Subject-specific reading
EditAssist
MRE/CQ assignment
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