That means we don’t want a “(c)” in an enumerated list turning into a copyright symbol.* What We Don’t WantĬopyeditors generally don’t want anything we haven’t specifically asked for.
Copyeditors are hired to turn an author’s final manuscript into a document that’s ready to publish, right down to the last character.įor those of us who get a thrill from life’s nuances, copyediting can be a rewarding job-until a mistake makes it into a published piece that you supposedly edited. And if you use smart quotes, you’ll definitely need some help.īut to a copyeditor, Word’s meddling can be dangerous. If you’re writing more than a few words, it’s nice when you don’t have to stop for every typo or to add an apostrophe or apply caps to a letter that you missed. Microsoft Word does a lot of things automatically, and it does them by default.
