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Introductory course for Editors (SES Post-review)
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
Writing comments (7:02)
Proofreading, spellcheck, and ctrl+F checks (6:17)
Quick Tip: Guidelines and database
Checklists and Flashcards: SES
Practice edit (SES, 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
Covering letter guidelines
Quiz: covering letter
Quality Index
Edit (SES, 1500 words, no formatting)
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
Style sheet, conventions in statistics, expressing SI unit names and symbols
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
Quiz
Day 5
ahkJobUtil
Using a compare merge
Post-review process
Video demonstration: Post-review process
Instructions
Common Errors to Look Out For
Post-review assignment
Day 6
Time management: Tips and tricks
Multiple Round Edits (MREs) and Client Questions (CQs) (11:29)
MRE/CQ assignment
Post-review assignment 2
Day 7
Orientation to corporate clients
Editing SoPs
Editing non-academic documents
Editing "accepted" manuscripts
Editing content in PowerPoint and Excel files
Language Enhancement Guide
Post-review assignment 3
Day 8
Abstract writing
Troubleshooting
Flagging ethical misconduct
Subject-specific reading
Post-review assignment 4
Day 9
Editing translation assignments
Level 2 Translation edit
Post Review Assignment 5
Editing PDF files
Day 10
Editing LaTeX files
Edit : LaTeX (2500 words)
Guidelines for quality re-edits
Scientific Editing
Day 11
Ensuring Flow of Sentences and Paragraphs (Topic Sentences and Order and Relevance of Ideas)
Response Letter Crosscheck
Addressing the tone of responses in response letters
Edit: Word (2500 words with response letter check and formatting)
Quiz
Before you begin Phase 2
My Report
Orientation to CRM for Reviewers
Process checklist for live jobs
Avoiding a deadline breach
Merops
Quiz: Process test for editors
Troubleshooting
Addressing the tone of responses in response letters
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