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University Publication Guide 2007–2008

Copyediting Marks

	A caret shows where an additional or corrected or substituted letter, word, or phrase is to be inserted in or above the line.
	A horizontal line delete mark is made through a phrase, sentence, or paragraph. A vertical line delete mark is made through a single letter or mark of punctuation. The letter or punctuation to be deleted may also be circled with the delete mark.
	A stroke through a capital letter means set it in lowercase.
	Three lines under a lowercase letter mean to make it a capital.
	One line under a word means to set in italics.
	A series of strike throughs means to remove underlining.
	A wavy line means to set in boldface.
	This mark means to close up space. It's often used with the delete mark.
	This mark means begin a new paragraph.
	A straight line between letters or characters means to add one space. A space mark (#) means the same thing.
	Two short parallel lines mean insert a hyphen.
	This mark means to change the order of—or transpose—letters, words, or phrases.
	Dots under a word or passage mean leave the word or passage as it was before the correction. The word stet ("let it stand") is often written in the margin.