WEBVTT 00:08.540 --> 00:10.707 have you ever received your article or 00:10.707 --> 00:12.651 captions back from your editor and 00:12.651 --> 00:14.596 found it covered in unrecognizable 00:14.596 --> 00:15.762 symbols like these . 00:18.890 --> 00:20.890 These copy editing and proofreading 00:20.890 --> 00:22.946 symbols are meant to make correcting 00:22.946 --> 00:25.470 articles more efficient . Once you've 00:25.470 --> 00:27.470 got them down , editing , your work 00:27.470 --> 00:30.470 should go much faster . Luckily for you . 00:30.480 --> 00:32.702 There's a cheat sheet in the Associated 00:32.702 --> 00:36.000 Press stylebook for translation first 00:36.010 --> 00:38.066 let's start with some easy ones that 00:38.066 --> 00:40.860 are pretty self explanatory . There's 00:40.860 --> 00:44.050 the delete . Move to a new position , 00:44.930 --> 00:47.152 add an apostrophe , you're single quote 00:47.440 --> 00:50.470 and add a semicolon symbol . A circle 00:50.470 --> 00:52.637 with a period means to have a period . 00:53.440 --> 00:55.440 Other commonly seen symbols are the 00:55.440 --> 00:57.660 transpose , which means to switch the 00:57.660 --> 01:00.660 order of the words . A slash over a 01:00.660 --> 01:02.771 letter means to lower case the letter 01:03.640 --> 01:05.696 an inverted carrot between a word or 01:05.696 --> 01:07.751 letter means to insert an additional 01:07.751 --> 01:10.500 word or information And three lines 01:10.500 --> 01:12.556 under a word needs to capitalize the 01:12.556 --> 01:15.970 word or a letter . If the word step is 01:15.970 --> 01:18.192 written next to a correction , it means 01:18.192 --> 01:20.303 to ignore the correction and leave it 01:20.303 --> 01:23.450 how it was originally . Finally a 01:23.450 --> 01:26.310 backwards P with a line means to insert 01:26.320 --> 01:29.560 a new paragraph . However , if the word 01:29.560 --> 01:32.070 no is next to the symbol , it means to 01:32.070 --> 01:34.110 delete the paragraph and combine it 01:34.110 --> 01:37.430 with the previous one . Some other 01:37.430 --> 01:39.890 symbols you may see are the close up 01:39.900 --> 01:42.067 which means to close the space between 01:42.067 --> 01:44.070 the two words to combine them or 01:44.070 --> 01:47.860 totally a letter a slash with a line 01:47.860 --> 01:49.950 attached to the top of it means to 01:49.950 --> 01:52.060 capitalize the first letter in lower 01:52.060 --> 01:55.280 case . The rest there are seven types 01:55.280 --> 01:57.850 of brackets ? To be aware of a complete 01:57.850 --> 01:59.740 bracket means to move our word or 01:59.740 --> 02:02.090 phrase to the left or right depending 02:02.090 --> 02:04.240 on the way it is pointing . An 02:04.250 --> 02:06.500 incomplete bracket means to flush the 02:06.500 --> 02:09.520 words , depending on the direction . To 02:09.520 --> 02:11.840 complete brackets outside the words 02:12.030 --> 02:15.030 means to center the words finally 02:15.280 --> 02:17.990 brackets facing down or up means to 02:17.990 --> 02:21.660 lower or raise a letter . Our last 02:21.660 --> 02:24.310 symbol is the carrot over or under a 02:24.310 --> 02:26.480 letter or a number , which means to 02:26.480 --> 02:29.180 superscript or subscript the letter or 02:29.180 --> 02:32.710 number it contains . Remember all of 02:32.710 --> 02:34.932 these translations can be found in your 02:34.932 --> 02:37.350 style book . This book also provides 02:37.350 --> 02:39.520 fundamental guidelines for spelling , 02:39.540 --> 02:42.910 language , punctuation usage and 02:42.910 --> 02:45.890 journalistic style utilizing these 02:45.890 --> 02:48.112 symbols . Should help you get your work 02:48.112 --> 02:50.168 edited more efficiently , which will 02:50.168 --> 02:52.480 let you correct your work faster and 02:52.480 --> 02:54.580 get the Air Force's story out to the 02:54.580 --> 02:55.260 public 02:58.840 --> 03:02.710 T . E . C . University education 03:02.750 --> 03:03.760 your way .