Editing Proofreading (section)

{{Short description|Detection of errors in transcribed text}}
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'''Proofreading''' is a phase in the process of [[publishing]] where [[galley proof]]s are compared against the original [[manuscript]]s or [[graphic arts|graphic artworks]], to identify [[wikt:transcribe|transcription]] errors in the [[typesetting]] process.<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Proof-Reading}}</ref><ref name="Levy-al. (1984)">{{cite journal|vauthors=Levy B, Begin J |title=Proofreading familiar text: allocating resources to perceptual and conceptual processes |journal=Memory & Cognition |pages=621–632 |date=1984 |volume=12 |issue=6 |doi=10.3758/BF03213351|doi-access=free |pmid=6533431 }}</ref> In the past, proofreaders would place corrections or proofreading marks along the margins.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Proofreading Marks and What They Mean|url=https://www.editorworld.com/article/302/proofreading-marks-and-what-they-mean|access-date=2023-03-09|website=Editor World|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309133451/https://www.editorworld.com/article/302/proofreading-marks-and-what-they-mean|url-status=live}}</ref> In modern publishing, material is generally provided in electronic form, traditional typesetting is no longer used and thus (in general) this kind of transcription no longer occurs.{{efn|An equivalent function continues in specialist scientific, technical and mathematical publications, where complex notations or diagrams are transcribed from manuscripts to electronic document form using specialist software.}}