Proofreading is a key step in the editing process for all print dictionaries. IDM's proofreading tools address the key concerns of this process: cost, duration and file updates. Cost and duration are reduced by using a direct-to-PDF output from the DPS. The number of file updates is greatly reduced by using a system that lets you import proofreaders' changes (from Adobe InDesign) directly into your dictionary repository.
Lexicographers use proofreading in a systematic way so that they can edit the dictionary with a 'reader's point of view'.
Proofreading typically happens at three major stages of the editing process: composing, critical reading and 'pass for press' validation.
At each of these stages, lexicographers and editors wish to:
- Check the extent of the entry in a page or of a batch of entries in a section,
- Assess the rendering in the typeset layout and check legibility,
- Proofread to eventually correct the content.
Proofing Process
- An author requests a section of text for proofing from the Authoring XML Editor,
- They can select the current entry or a whole batch,
- The selected data, extracted from the Repository, is loaded automatically into the typesetting tool to generate proof pages in PDF format, according to the selected template,
- The user can print out the PDF file
Proofer Features
- Adobe InDesign compliant: proofing data stream is fully supported by InDesign,
- Use of template styles and parameters to match your final page design (fonts, font size, colours, margins, etc) through a mapping function between xml tags and styles,
- Multiple templates support: each of your books has a specific layout, corresponding to a dedicated typesetting template. DPS Proofing tool can apply any of these layouts to a text, provided the mapping between tags and styles has been set,
- Multiple pages support
- Pre-generated pictogram-driven display: key entries, obsolete entries, etc,
- On the fly PDF file production
- Corrections re-import. Proofreaders correct entries directly in Adobe InDesign, so that the process is very quick and easy. The corresponding entries are automatically updated. The repository generates a "proofread" flagged new version for each of these entries.
Tricks
- The mapping between XML tags and template styles allows you, for example, to distinguish between "standard entries" in black fonts and "most frequent spoken entries" in red
- DPS provide first step proofing with an online rendering. The online proofer supports multi-column layout and provides editors and proofreaders the ability to place editing comments on the right tags. See screenshot.
Adobe InDesign® Solution
IDM successfully use Adobe InDesign® in production conditions as typesetting tool.
There is no need for a specific component or plug-in on the typesetter desktop apart from InDesign CS2.
