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    CHAPTER 2 Manuscript

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    CHAPTER 2

    MANUSCRIPT
    1.. What is Manuscript?

    Ans. Manuscripts are rough scripts - hand-written or printed, in any form, having corrections,
    additions, deletions, alterations or modifications etc. In certain cases, the Manuscripts are half-typed
    and half-handwritten. The various changes i.e. additions, alterations, and corrections are indicated
    on the Manuscripts by Standard Proof Correction Signs. Manuscripts also form part of question
    papers set for most of the typewriting examinations.

    2. ` What is proof-reading?

    Ans. Proofreading is the act of reading written work of electronic copy and marking any error. These

    mistakes most commonly involve spelling , grammar, punctuation and consistency.

    3. What is the difference between proof-reading and manuscript?

    Ans. Proofreading is the act of reading written work of electronic copy and marking any error. These

    mistakes most commonly involve spelling , grammar, punctuation and consistency.

    Manuscripts are rough scripts - hand-written or printed, in any form, having corrections, additions,

    deletions, alterations or modifications etc. In certain cases, the Manuscripts are half-typed and half-

    handwritten. The various changes i.e. additions, alterations, and corrections are indicated on the

    Manuscripts by Standard Proof Correction Signs.

    4 What should we do before typewriting the manuscript?

    Ans. 1 Write a title yourself

    2 write your own abstract.

    3 Structure your manuscript well

    4 Ensure data accuracy.

    5 proofread thoroughly.

    5. Why do we need to learn the manuscript signs?

    Ans. Typewriting a fair copy of a Manuscript, the Office Assistant/Computer Operator/

    Stenographer/Personal Assistant should possess sound knowledge of the language in which the

    document has been written. He may face certain difficulties at the time of preparing a fair copy of

    the Manuscript such as the problem in understanding the handwriting of the person who has

    written the Manuscript, spellings of certain difficult words, and so on. Hence, he should be well

    acquainted with the various Proof Correction Signs, their meaning and usage. He should be well

    aware about the various rules of display to be applied in different kinds of documents, especially

    when the documents are in draft form and are sometime hand written with various corrections

    indicated by the standard proof correction signs.

    6. Procedure of Preparing a Fair Copy of the Manuscript?

    Ans. The following points should be kept in mind at the time of typewriting the fair copy from the

    Manuscripts:
    - Before starting to typewrite the document, it should be read once or twice. In case the document

    is lengthy one, it should be read paragraph wise. By reading the document once or twice, he

    becomes familiar with the style of the person who has written the document and it becomes easy to

    typewrite a fair copy of the Manuscript.

    - The word which is not clear in the Manuscript should be encircled and he should proceed reading

    the matter. It may be possible that this word is clearer in the following paragraphs of the

    document.

    -In case, after reading the whole document, one is not able to understand any word, the sentence

    should be read time and again in order to find out the correct word which conveys the correct sense

    of the sentence.

    - During the course of typewriting from the Manuscripts, the spellings of the words must be

    checked with the help of Dictionary in the Computer. The Computer Operator should run the

    Spelling Check and Grammar Check after typewriting the whole document before giving the print

    command.

    - No sentence should be typed by a mere guess work.

    - The Operator should apply common sense while typewriting from Manuscripts and glaring errors

    should be avoided.

    - Most commonly used abbreviations should not be typed in full. For example, ‘Dr.’ should not be

    typed ‘Doctor’, ‘Mr.’ should not be typed as ‘Mister’ and so on.

    - The whole document should be compared with the Manuscript before giving the print command.

    7. Explain the meaning of the following Proof Correction Signs:

    Ans. Meaning

    1. Stet (let it stand as it is) Do not delete the matter. Ignore the corrections dotted
    underneath/underlined.

    2. Trans (Transpose the words).

    3. Cap (Capital) Change the alphabets underlined/ crossed through to Capital Letters.

    4. /^/ Insert the matter in the Margin.

    5. /”/ Insert double inverted commas.

    6. Ctr. (Centralized the matter).

    7. l.c. (Lower case/small case) Change the alphabets underlined/crossed through the lower
    case/small case).

    8. eq# Equalize Spacing.

    9. sp (Spell) Correct the spelling error.

    10. D (Delete the matter) Not required to Print.

    11. NP or // (New Paragraph).

    12. # ( Space) Insert the Space.


    13. (Close Up) Not to leave any space between the two words.

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