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Copy – the news story in manuscript form
Reading Proofs
Copyreading vs. Proof reading
• In copyreading, the editing is
done within the page of the
manuscript, while in
proofreading, all corrections
are indicated in the margin.
Why and what to Proofread?
• Operator’s errors – general run of
typographical errors
Linotypist – the person who sets the copy into
type.
Type - printed characters: printed words, letters,
or symbols as they appear on a page
Why Proofread?
• Copy error – errors in grammar and
word omission which the linotypist
copied verbatim
• Machine errors – errors made due to
faulty typesetting machines like
transposition of letters, blurred letters,
poor letter alignment, etc.
Use of Proofreading Symbols
• Proofreading – correction of errors in galley or
page proofs by the use of proofreading symbols.
• If only few errors are committed, a connecting
line is drawn from the error to the margin where
the symbol is marked.
• If the proof is “dirty”, the symbols are placed in
the margin on the side nearest to the errors. No
connection lines are drawn.
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Reading the Galley Proofs Reading the Galley Proofs

• Galley proof -trial print run: a first test copy of
printed material on which corrections are • Returned galleys are returned to
marked--- linotypist for resetting.
• All galley proofs must be checked against the
original.
• Two persons work as a team -- the copyholder
• Revised galley proofs are made for
who reads aloud from the copy– words, further editing and resetting until they
punctuation, capitalization, and paragraphing; are entirely free from errors.
and the proofreader who marks the correction in
the margins of the galley proof.

Reading the Page Proof Activity

Tell what to proofread in the following?
• Page proofs – exact replicas of the
finished pages.
1. Headlines
2. Cut
• Corrections are made in the margins, 3. News story
using the same symbols and procedures 4. Folio
in reading the galley proofs.

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Assignment:
• Get proofreading oversights in the daily
papers and identify the kind of errors and the
symbols needed.
• Proofread old issues of your school paper.
List down the common errors.
Duties of a Proofreader
4. The lines of types and column rules are
straight.
5. The headlines are typographically correct and
well written.
6. “Continued” lines and jump heads are
properly placed.
Duties of a Proofreader
10. Long stories, usually more than three-inch
deep or long, have subheads.
11. All killed materials have been deleted.
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Duties of a Proofreader
1. The dateline, volume and number, and folio
are correct and in their proper positions.
2. The stories carry their proper headlines.
3. The cuts are straight, properly placed, and
correctly captioned.
Duties of a Proofreader
7. Erratic compositions like transposed or
inverted letters.
8. Depth of pages and margins are checked.
9. Poor spacing between lines are avoided.
1. Proofreading, unlike copyreading, is
correcting all errors made by the
___________ in setting copy into type.
2. In copyreading, the editing is done within
the page of the manuscript, while in
proofreading, all corrections are
indicated in the _________________.
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Assignment:
3. All galley proofs must be checked
against the ____________copy.

• Get proofreading oversights in the daily

4. The most desirable system is to have
papers and identify the kind of errors and the
__________persons work together as a
symbols needed.
proofreading team.

• Proofread old issues of your school paper.

5. Long stories should have _________ to
List down the common errors.
avoid a sea of gray matter.