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Weekly_Introductory course for LBL ROCs (SES-only program)
Week 1
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Additional information
Our services
Formatting
Editing in Word and internal CACTUS requirements (9:08)
How to edit (3:24)
Attention to detail and logic exercise
Letter from the Editor
Standard Editing Services
Proofreading, spellcheck, and ctrl+F checks (6:17)
Quick Tip: Guidelines and database
Style sheet, conventions in statistics, expressing SI unit names and symbols
Avoiding unnecessary changes
Ensuring technical accuracy
Googling effectively
Keyboard shortcuts (11:26)
Writing comments (7:02)
Readability in scientific writing
Practice edit (1000 words, LFTE, no formatting, 4 h)
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
Checklist for formatting
Template formatting (8:39)
Template formatting exercise (4000 words)
Week 2
Pop quiz
Merops
Merops formatting exercise
Reviewing
Screening jobs before reviews
Review process under Standard Editing
Using a compare merge
Checklist for Standard Editing Service
Quiz
Practice review (1000 words, SES, with LFTE, beginner-level check)
Post-review process
Video demonstration: Post-review process
Instructions
Generative AI Policy for CACTUS Freelancers and Contractors
Quality Index
Giving QI and QI comments
Using QI recommender
QI Quizzes
Providing effective feedback
Common errors to look out for
Post-review (2500 words, SES, with LFTE)
Assistive Editing assignments
Practice exercise (250 words, Assistive editing review)
How's Phase 1 going?
Week 3
Assistive Edit review (3000 words, non-beginner, formatting, with instruction to draft QI)
Editing LaTeX files
Reviewing LaTeX files
Review LaTeX assignment (over 1000 words, beginner, with instruction to draft QI)
Editing translation assignments
Time management: Tips and tricks
Reviewing with ahkJobUtil
Review Level 2 Translation edit (2500 words, beginner-level check, with instruction to draft QI)
Language enhancement guide (LEG)
Covering letter guidelines
Week 4
Review (over 4000 words, SES, non-beginner, formatting, cover letter, with instruction to draft QI)
After-sales services
Multiple Round Edits (MREs) and Client Questions (CQs) (11:29)
Response letter crosscheck (RLC)
SES MRE review with Response Letter Crosscheck (RLC)
Orientation to corporate clients
Editing content in PowerPoint and Excel files
Editing PDF files
Post-Review
Subject-specific reading
Subject-specific reading
[Humanities] Conventions in linguistics
[Humanities] Terminology in language teaching
Review
Quiz: Process test for reviewers
Before you begin Phase 2
Phase 1 completion checklist
Assistive Editing assignments
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