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30 cuapren 2 Web editing Cops-oditing and prooiteading may ati and maintenance of websites a eysical proves that may see the rokesmetasd (see 2.1 1) Web editors shold beware ofthe dilfetences betwoen how a woh page is used compared with print (more ini ration can fe found i she any works on usability) an bear it. mind thar the user may acces the material from aneo! anal not in she fear fashion found in printed atte. fn essen this involes bisa raquo at any stage ihe ere tal portal inks. up the information into mailer chunks sha focus on the essentials, interspersed with concise headin links In addition oo she copyediting tasks deseribod varlior in 2.12, oe calitors may also be required sand wallplanned + repuepose existing text into a more stale foem for she website + write links and summaries + compose metadata to optimize the site for search engines + source images and other media *# test and comment on interactive elements sich as video + check or accessibility issues, including writing alternative labels {alt rags tori + oreate or update thy Proediting Proof-diting isthe process whotehy uncle material that isla out in pages, with any figures, tables notes, ane! runing heads in situ i sorrectad. The layout may have byen done in word-provessing ot sdesktog-publishing software: sometimes only PDFs are supplied. he souces stay a corporate or slpubishing autho. ypealy seaking procteadling sercices It mayne be apparent at frst that mogsin-depsh ‘ratment is needed, so sich material should he assessed caret. It the wond-proedsse files are wailable, amodonenss are usually dome with revision tracking, His essential shat the suthozieliont understands that the lol of intervention necad is lkoly to he greater than & “normal proolread, soit fs.adviible to ond them some sample marked pages to rake this clear as this may’ also affect negotiations over sme and pacranine cory 2 ho eat apply, coupled ith si applicable, PDFs nil neal 4 be marked like a page proot see 21.51 although if extensive changes are seeds, it gy be proterable to ‘coment the files into wond-processor dctments to work with more efisieney on-seree You may need to explain your teases for this and seek approval berore proce got. Otherwise she usual raguirementsfor a copyedit or substantive restos for impronerents in hou i 21.3 Design The designer rls is to determine the appsaranee of the material on es a design somplate in & position on the printed page or sergon, The d whieh are inludod she typotaces. type sizes spacing the p cfoments of the material idowsitid earlier. Much 0 this isdone via she template sts and ifthe documents have begn pee pared coneety. the worlepmocessor paragraph and character style can hoimporeslinto the rypessting somplate and mapped to the designer's great dal of time. Thisis one reason why itis dsitable iment sith Wordeprocessorslyles. The designer may also peoluge specimen pages far approval bythe publisher an! autho tw Fost ah and as dace forthe typestter. 2.14 Typesetting Tine syposotter proses aproof. by applying she dean te the material inthe lecttonie fils soe 2.1.3, o1 by okesing the materia i the fle is not avilable, or is incompatible, or unsuitable for some reason 2.1.8 Proofreading A proof is asthe names the rypesetters work, Most books tesay ate “St straight top the ts prot isa page proof, esis the meant of proving” for Lying out) andl Historically, cext was set as a galley proof in whieh the typographic design tas applied but the material Was paginated and eXteameous items such as footnotes tables, fignres and illustrations were not into sated. The purpose was to allow’ the textual material to be checked Thal is to be tnalized—hetone pages were male up bocsnse corrections ater pagination might ease expensive disruption tw the layout. This as especially true for books with compl layout 2 cuapren 2 Fhut pow itis easier to generate page proots with jowtesolution ima ns (a2 Hoot] van sls che tox eopyefitting! and other elements ‘accordingly. another rund of page proois is then generate for Tuther checking. Although moder systems make page make-up Nesible, correesions show still not he amas unl

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