User:BobNearSeattle/proofreading-and-formatting-method

Process

Preparation: Project Comments and Project Discussion

1. Pass 1
1.1. Read (in horizontal preview).
1.2. Fix scannos, typos
1.3. words on Right margin - read vertically and compare  -- Optional 1.4. words on left
1.5. Translate foreign to 1st language (translate.google.com very good at catching scannos like "Que vous oUt" vs correct "Que vous oNt"

2. Pass 2
2.1. paragraph count  2.2. blank lines 
2.3. footnotes        2.4. notes           

3. Pass 3
3.1. Pairs: ""  ' '  ()  {}  []
3.2. Continuation from previous page
3.3. Continuation to   next     page

4. Pass 4 Search for each character in browser
4.1.    ,  .  - _  :  ;  | !  ?  * ^            
4.2. Superscript - e^x  1^{st}
4.3. capital O,0  I,1 Lower l,1  (I. vs L) (I, vs L) (1/2 vs J) (3/4 vs J) (1/2 vs |″)              
4.4. SubScript   - O_{2} H_{2}O
4.5. Ligatures:  æ                            4.6. Possesive & Contraction   's 't
4.10. Science/Math: x(multiply) · (mid-dot)  ° (degrees) ′ ″ (prime, double prime) Diacritic Sensitive Essential Maths for Proofers

4.11. Other diacritics: ◌̌caron U+030C vs ◌̆breve U+0306
4.12. Poetry: Capital inside sentence, 4.13. Poetry: Capital after mid-sentence punctuation 4.14. Poetry: line without ending punctuation

5. Pass 5 - if Formatting
5.1. blank lines correct             5.2. thought breaks (2 blank lines when paragraphs usually have 0 or 1).
5.3. italics                         5.4. underline
5.5. small caps (fix case)           5.6. bold
5.7. block quotes                    5.8. nowraps - for Poetry - for Right-align
5.9  list, table                     5.10. Illustration
5.11 If proof change, note &/or PD   5.12. questions for PD/PM
5.13 [** no indent F1]

6. Pass 6
6.1. WordCheck
6.2. Format Preview (even when Proofreading)
6.3. Diff
6.4. Anything else specific to page
6.5. Save

Preparation

1. Setup your browser (or editor) for easy character searching.
1.1 Searching for Characters