Visual Identity Guidelines
Proofreader's Marks
| Instruction | Mark in Margin | Mark in Type | Corrected Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delete |  |
the clever student | the student | |
| Insert indicated material |  |
the^student | the clever student | |
| Let it stand |  |
the |
the clever student | |
| Make capital |  |
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the President | |
| Make lower case |  |
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the President | |
| Set in small capitals |  |
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See PRESIDENT | |
| Set in italic type |  |
The President | The President | |
| Set in roman type |  |
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The President | |
| Wrong font |  |
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The President | |
| Set in boldface type |  |
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McDermott Library | |
| Set in lightface type |  |
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McDermott Library | |
| Transpose |  |
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UTD | |
| Close up space |  |
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UTD alumni | |
| Spell out |  |
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ten students | |
| Insert space |  |
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the faculty | |
| Insert period |  |
the faculty^ | the faculty. | |
| Insert hyphen |  |
one^to^one counseling | one-to-one counseling | |
| Insert colon |  |
the following courses^ | the following courses: | |
| Insert apostrophe |  |
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John's thesis | |
| Insert parentheses |  |
^undergraduate^ courses | (undergraduate) courses | |
| Insert superscript |  |
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22 = 4 | |
| Insert subscript |  |
H^O | H2O | |
| Start paragraph |  |
end of semester. ^ The students... | end of semester. | |
| Run on/ no new paragraph |  |
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end of semester. The students... | |
| Move left | [ | [ the students | the students | |
| Move right | ] | the] students | the students | |
| Align | || | || | the studentsthe students the students | |
Updated: February 19, 2008
