Proofreading is a process in book publishing, which refers to checking the proofs against the original manuscript or final version and correcting errors in the proofs.

The basic operation procedures of proofreading work include: primary school, second school, third school, reading through, copying, redlining, writing technology and other links.

1. One school (one time for each author and editor): focus on proofreading the original manuscript, strive to make the proof consistent with the original manuscript, correct formatting errors, and mark any doubtful areas. Read it through after school. The author is required not to make major changes to the manuscript.

2． Second school (one time for each school, responsible editor and executive editor): When proofreading, make sure that the errors made by the first school have been corrected, correct formatting errors, deal with questions in the manuscript, fill in gaps, and unify the style. You can use the strict proofreading mode of Dark Horse proofreading software to replace manual second proofreading.

3． The third school (executive editor proofreads once): When proofreading, make sure that the errors made by the second school have been corrected, conduct a comprehensive inspection of the proofs, clean up the errors, and determine the layout format.

4. Proofreading: Check the errors made by the three proofreading schools, and make a final pass on the article and layout to ensure that the proofs are error-free.

5. Proof signature. The proofreader should sign each proof and indicate the proof number to prevent errors.

6. The editor in charge puts aside the original manuscript and three proofs and reads the proofs to look for errors. After reading the sample, conduct an overall scan to check whether there are any typos or omissions, whether the tables and illustrations comply with the standards, whether the fonts and font sizes are used correctly, etc.

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Proofreading is an indispensable and important link in the entire publishing work. All kinds of errors can be eliminated before the books and periodicals are printed, thereby ensuring the quality of the books and periodicals. It is an extremely detailed and important specialized technical work. The main task is to check the proofs one by one against the original manuscript. In accordance with the publishing rules and requirements of books and periodicals, discover problems in typesetting and editing and correct them in a timely manner.

Proofreading work is in a position to supplement or improve editing work in modern publishing. The person responsible for proofreading is also called a "proofreader". In essence, proofreading is a necessary continuation of editing work and a literary and academic creative labor.

The proofreading work of news and publishing organizations has its particularity and urgency. Special attention needs to be paid to the proofreading of names, job titles, locations, names of organizations, time, numbers, citations, important facts, etc. to avoid errors. Factual errors.

In ancient my country, it was called "Xiaoyu" or "Xiaoxiao". "Selected Works·Wei Du Fu" says: "In the school, one person reads and corrects the top and bottom, and the errors are corrected. One person holds the book and the other reads, and if the family is against each other." It refers to the work of proofreading.