JSS 2 BUSINESS STUDIES

THIRD TERM
NOTE OF LESSON

WEEK 1
PRINTERS’ CORRECTION SIGNS
Correction signs are editors/typesetters signs used to mark corrections before a work goes out
for printing.
Printers’ correction signs can also be called Proofreaders’ marks; used when amendments have
to be made on a typewritten or handwritten work in order to produce a meaningful copy.
Correction signs comes in two forms namely:
i) Abstract symbols ii) Abbreviation

Abstract Symbol Meaning

1. Close up the space

2. # Insert space.

3. NP or // New paragraph

4. stet Leave as typed i.e let it

stand.

5. trs Transpose the order of

position.

6. l/c Lower case.

7. u/c or CAPS Upper case i.e. type in

capital letter.

8. u/s Underscore or underline.

9. or run on Continue typing in the

same paragraph.

10. Delete

11. Bold

12. Do not bold

MANUSCRIPT: This is a handwritten and disjointed material which needs to be typed in a

readable and meaningful manner.
Manuscript contains instructions, alterations, transpositions, marginal notes, abbreviations, etc.
TYPESCRIPT: This is the original typewritten form of an author’s book.

Exercise 1 and 2: Page 147 and 148,

ASSIGNMENT
Refer to WABP Business Studies (new edition) book 2, page 149, exercise 3.

Week 2
SPEED DEVELOPMENT AND ACCURACY SKILLS
a) Alphabetical sentence drill.
b) Outline sentence drill.
Keyboard all the drills in the exercises 1-5, page 131 and 132.