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Editing Marks


Be sure to know the editing marks that are used for proofreading a hard copy of a document. It's possible to enter some of these symbols with Unicode references and it's common to circle the marks which use letter abbreviations.

1. ₰ Delete (enter with the Unicode reference 20B0).

2. ⁐ Close up space (enter with the Unicode reference 2050).

3. Transpose / tr.

4. # Insert a space.

5. ital. Italicize.

6. rom. Remove italics.

7. bf Boldface.

8. lc Make lowercase.

9. cap. Make uppercase.

10. Insert text.

11. ¶ Start a new paragraph (enter with the Unicode reference 00B6). Simply write 'No ¶' to remove a paragraph break.

12 1 Insert em dash.

M

13. 1 Insert en dash.

N

14. sp Spell out.

15. stet. Let stand.

16. wf Wrong font.

17. Insert parentheses.

18. ⁂ Insert a break in the text for a new section (enter with the Unicode reference 2042).


Sean O'Shea has more than 20 years of experience in the litigation support field with major law firms in New York and San Francisco.   He is an ACEDS Certified eDiscovery Specialist and a Relativity Certified Administrator.

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