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[ARCHIVED] Introductory course for Editors (PES/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 (SES, 500 words, no LFTE, no formatting)
Additional reading
Day 2
Standard Editing Service
Premium Editing Services (PES and PES Plus)
Letter from the Editor + Editor's Report
Writing comments
Proofreading, spellcheck, and ctrl+F checks
Quick Tip: Guidelines and database
Style sheet, conventions in statistics, expressing SI unit names and symbols
Checklists and Flashcards: SES and PES
Practice edit (SES, 1000 words, LFTE, no formatting, 4 h + Key)
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
Equations: General guidelines
Covering letter guidelines
Quality Index
Edit (PES, 1500 words, no formatting, 6 h)
Day 4
Formatting and word count reduction
Scope of Formatting under SES, PES, and PES Plus
Checklists and Flashcards: Formatting
Formatting exercise (approx. 4000 words)
Editor's Report
Template formatting
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
Day 6
Editing translation assignments
Level 3 Translation edit (2500 words with style guide-based formatting)
Day 7
Editing LaTeX files
Edit : LaTeX (PES, 2500 words with formatting)
Day 8
Multiple Round Edits (MREs) and Client Questions (CQs)
MRE/CQ assignment
Orientation to corporate clients
Editing SoPs
Editing non-academic documents
Editing "accepted" manuscripts
Day 9
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 10
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
Quick Tip: Guidelines and database
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