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Editing Services
Part of our dynamic technical communication background involves editing services. We can provide your documentation with multiple levels of editing as your project requires: developmental, substantive, copyediting, and proofreading.
Staff utilizes various editing methods in document review; including track changes tools in Word, in addition to used conventional methods of copyediting markup language.
Editing projects are in the form of sample PDFs (accessible through links in listed projects) and may be viewed using Adobe Reader. If you do not have Adobe Reader, you may download the latest version of it at no cost (see below).
The following are a few examples of the editing services we offer:
- Copyediting and proofreading (Paul) for a book on Ayurvedic medicine (2011) ~ See a sample PDF of *Word Track Changes
- Any edition of Indexers Ink since 2010; the e-newsletter for the Pacific Northwest chapter of the American Society for Indexing. Paul has been on board as its Editor-in-Chief and Coordinator for articles since 2009
- Copyediting and proofreading (Paul) for various submittals of National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (2010) ~ *Word Track Changes
- Copyediting and proofreading (Paul) of various stories of fiction for 826 Seattle (2009) ~ *Word Track Changes
- Copyediting (Paul) of press release for Seattle Bookfest (2009) ~ *Word Track Changes ~ samples of edits before, after, and final version sent to local Seattle periodicals such as The Stranger and others.
- Substantive and copyediting (Paul) for a special interest group in green energy sector (2009)
- Developmental, substantive, and copyediting (Paul) for Fitness Training Test Preparations for the Criminal Justice Commission (2008) ~ *Word Track Changes ~ samples to show comparisons of the document before & after.
- Copyediting instruction (Kristin) ~ Washington State certified education professional (1996-present)
- Student projects copyediting (Kristin) ~ Washington State certified education professional (1996-present)
- Copyediting for multiple planning projects and reports (Paul) as an environmental and town planning professional (1994-present)
- Copyediting for multiple cartography-oriented projects and reports (Paul) as a GIS Intern and Project Cartographer (1993-94)
Rates for editing vary with the type of work. Contact us with your ideas so we can work on a quote for you. Visiting our Topics of Experience page can give you a better idea of the many ways we can work for you.
Emailing any information or samples of your project to Paul@TopHatWordandIndex.com (in the form of PDF or Word file attachments) will allow for evaluation of the material so you may be provided with an estimate.
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Send your inquiries to Paul at: info@TopHatWordandIndex.com
