Using a Copyediting Style Sheet

by | Oct 3, 2020 | Resources

Style sheets are an integral part of copyediting. Among other advantages, style sheets are a great companion because they make editing efficient. Recently, I spoke to editors from Indian Copyeditors Forum on the use of style sheets. The hour-long presentation has been converted into a playlist and is available on our YouTube channel. Here is the link to the playlist.

We are happy to share with you a modifiable template style sheet for you. All you have to do is download this template and start using it right away. Awesome, isn’t it?

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Upon download, save it in your preferred location. When you begin new work, open this template, save it with a name of choice, modify the header to include your project name and start using the style sheet.

Share your thoughts as you use it.

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