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REFERENCE CHART FOR COPY -EDITING SYMBOLS I. Abbreviate or use numerals 2. Boldface 3. Capitalize 4. Center 5. Change letter 6. Change word 7. Close up space between words 8. Close up space within a word 9. Continues on next page 10. Delete letter II. Delete phrase 12. Delete punctuation 13. End of story 14. Flush left 15. Flush right 16. Ignore correction (Correct as written) 17. Insert apostrophe 18. Insert colon 19. Insert comma 20. Insert dash 21. Insert exclamation point 22. Insert hyphen 23. Insert letter 24. Insert period 25. Insert quotation marks 26. Insert semicolon 27. Insert word 28. Italic 29. Lowercase (Do not capitalize) 30. No new paragraph 3 I. Separate words 32. Spell out numbers or words 33. Start new paragraph 34. Transpose letter 35. Transpose words ~ This line should be set in boldface type. ~ ~--~ An american won the nobel prize. ~ .7 . JContinued on Page 10L Their hoPe is expen/ve. '-~~ She received ~ gifts. II. Their car was ~ destroyed Their children ran outs~e -- @) "" , They receive4d the m~ey. They did not:se ~. :;;:;;e~.;;;r unnecessary words. -~- - They asked, if he was sarr;;: OR: They aske~ if he was saf): ### OR: -30- OR: -0- CThe typesetter will begin this line at the left margin. The typesetter will begin this line at the right margin. :J @) It\ good you~re going home. He set three goal~success, health and wealth. The girl. 7~lives with her grandmother. ,..) H The score was 87 to 53 a disaster- ..£, ~! "What I don't believe i~' she exclaimed. "' ,.. The ~e~ld girl live with her mother. TheirAcar ~ed to ~. John <GKefalis received the scholarshiJ:Ci ~ Th ..8 h . d IS IS ~asy, e sat. Don't g~e needs your help. ~.~r He wrItes poetry . ~ ~ Some publications set words in .italics for emphasis. The )f'fayor failed ttlJ arrive. To generate more publicity, the candidate announced that he w~ work at different j~ ~ He spent the remainder ofhis campaign picking tomatoes, plucking chickens and driving trucks. Journalists artfritical otolitical gimmickry . She said~eople will go to@ C1:( Another man campaigned on roller skates. VIis wife explained: "We met at a roller skating rink, and we thought it would be a fun idea. He's going house to house, subdivision to subdivision on his skates, and people remember him." Ty~s often transp~ letters. ~ccepted the award.

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REFERENCE CHART FOR COPY -EDITING SYMBOLS

I. Abbreviate or use numerals

2. Boldface

3. Capitalize

4. Center

5. Change letter

6. Change word

7. Close up space between words

8. Close up space within a word

9. Continues on next page

10. Delete letter

II. Delete phrase

12. Delete punctuation

13. End of story

14. Flush left

15. Flush right

16. Ignore correction (Correct as written)

17. Insert apostrophe

18. Insert colon

19. Insert comma

20. Insert dash

21. Insert exclamation point

22. Insert hyphen

23. Insert letter

24. Insert period

25. Insert quotation marks

26. Insert semicolon

27. Insert word

28. Italic

29. Lowercase (Do not capitalize)

30. No new paragraph

3 I. Separate words

32. Spell out numbers or words

33. Start new paragraph

34. Transpose letter

35. Transpose words

~This line should be set in boldface type.~ ~--~

An american won the nobel prize.~ .7 .

JContinued on Page 10L

Their hoPe is expen/ve.'-~~

She received ~ gifts.II.

Their car was ~ destroyed

Their children ran outs~e--

@) "" , They receive4d the m~ey.

They did not:se ~. :;;:;;e~.;;;r unnecessary words.-~- -They asked, if he was sarr;;: OR: They aske~ if he was saf):

### OR: -30- OR: -0-

CThe typesetter will begin this line at the left margin.

The typesetter will begin this line at the right margin. :J

@)

It\ good you~re going home.

He set three goal~success, health and wealth.

The girl. 7~lives with her grandmother.,..) H

The score was 87 to 53 a disaster-..£, ~!

"What I don't believe i~' she exclaimed."' ,..

The ~e~ld girl live with her mother.

TheirAcar ~ed to ~.

John <GKefalis received the scholarshiJ:Ci~ Th ..8 h .

dIS IS ~asy, e sat.

Don't g~e needs your help.~.~r

He wrItes poetry .~ ~

Some publications set words in .italics for emphasis.

The )f'fayor failed ttlJ arrive.

To generate more publicity, the candidate announced that hew~ work at different j~~ He spent the remainder ofhis campaign picking tomatoes,

plucking chickens and driving trucks.

Journalists artfritical otolitical gimmickry .

She said~eople will go to@

C1:( Another man campaigned on roller skates.VIis wife explained: "We met at a roller skating rink, and we thought

it would be a fun idea. He's going house to house, subdivision tosubdivision on his skates, and people remember him."

Ty~s often transp~ letters.

~ccepted the award.