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Introductory course for LBL ROCs (SES-only program)
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
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
Practice edit (1000 words, LFTE, no formatting, 4 h)
Day 3
Avoiding unnecessary changes
Ensuring technical accuracy
Googling effectively
Keyboard shortcuts (11:26)
Equations: General guidelines
Readability in scientific writing
Writing comments (7:02)
Formatting and word count reduction (22:54)
Scope of Formatting under SES, PES, and PES Plus
Checklist for formatting
Formatting exercise (approx. 4000 words)
Template formatting (8:39)
Template formatting exercise (4000 words)
Day 4
Covering letter guidelines
Language enhancement guide (LEG)
Quality Index
Quiz
Reviewing
Screening jobs before reviews
Review process under Standard Editing
Using a compare merge
Selecting complete sentences using keyboard shortcuts
Checklist for Standard Editing Service
Practice review (1000 words, SES, with LFTE, beginner-level check)
Day 5
Giving QI and QI comments
Using QI recommender
Providing effective feedback
QI Quizzes
Post-review process
Video demonstration: Post-review process
Instructions
Common Errors to Look Out For
Post-review (2500 words, SES, with LFTE)
Day 6
Style guides: APA, MLA, ACS, and AMA
Editing translation assignments
Review Level 2 Translation edit (2500 words, beginner-level check, with instruction to draft QI)
Day 7
Reviewing with ahkJobUtil
Time management: Tips and tricks
Editing LaTeX files
Reviewing LaTeX files
Review LaTeX assignment (over 1000 words, beginner, with instruction to draft QI)
Review (3000 words, non-beginner, formatting, with instruction to draft QI)
Day 8
Review (over 4000 words, SES, non-beginner, formatting, cover letter, with instruction to draft QI)
Multiple Round Edits (MREs) and Client Questions (CQs) (11:29)
Response letter crosscheck (RLC)
SES MRE review with Response Letter Crosscheck (RLC)
Day 9
2 Reviews (1 beginner, 1 non beginner/(humanities) post review)
Assistive Editing assignments
Practice exercise (250 words, Assistive editing review)
Day 10
2 Reviews (1 beginner, 1 post review)
Merops
Merops formatting exercise
Day 11
Editing SoPs
Conventions in linguistics
Terminology in language teaching
Flagging ethical misconduct
Troubleshooting
Editing non-academic documents
Editing "accepted" manuscripts
Useful resources
Editing content in PowerPoint and Excel files
Editing PDF files
Orientation to corporate clients
Abstract writing
Subject-specific reading
Day 12
My Report
Avoiding a deadline breach
Before you begin Phase 2
Process checklist for live jobs
Guidelines for quality re-edits
Review process for quality re-edits and trial jobs
Process for CD audits
Reviewing "Abstract–Cover Letter Dev" assignments
Subject-specific reading
CRM guide for reviewers
Quiz: Process test for reviewers
Troubleshooting
Review (over 4000 words, SES, non-beginner, formatting, cover letter, with instruction to draft QI)
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