Word beginners to intermediatepresented by

Kevin O’Brien

When: Saturday 11 June 2016, 9 am to 5 pm

Where: Northside Meetings, 110 Windsor Rd, Red Hill

How much: $210–$240 members; $290–$330 non-members

Closing date for registration: Monday 6 June 2016

Course contentThis course will be valuable for any editor (or writer) wanting a heads-up or refresher on important Word features and will include:

Setting up Microsoft Word for editing – toolbars, menus and tabs; proofing settings; document viewing options; language settings; advanced Find dialog box

Preparing the manuscript for editing – page layout; Find and Replace for text clean-up; formatting body-text paragraphs; embedded layout instructions; paragraph styles; templates

Working with authors (or editors) – track changes; comments; locking the document; reviewing an author’s (or editor’s) responses

Final checks before typesetting – sending a clean file; updating the stylesheet

This course is suitable for both Mac and PC users.BYO: laptop

About the presenterKevin O’Brien is an onscreen editor and Microsoft Word expert with nearly 20 years’ professional editing experience, starting at LexisNexis in London in 1998 and working as an in-house senior editor for Random House in Sydney from 2007 to 2012. He now lives in the Adelaide Hills and performs freelance edits for the Big Five trade publishers, as well as being an ebook producer and the editorial director of the digital publisher Hampress. He teaches a broad range of publishing subjects, but specialises in running editing-onscreen courses for organisations including the Australian Publishers Association, the University of Sydney, UTS and the state-based Societies of Editors.

Register now!Meanwhile, the early bird gets the discount – and a secure place in this valuable workshop.

Book before COB 30 May for the lower rate:

SocEds members $210; non-members $290. After this date, SocEds members $240; non-members $330. Registrations close on 6 June.

Word beginner to intermediate

Please complete and forward to secretary@editorsqld.com or post to Society of Editors (Qld), PO Box 1524, Toowong Qld 4066.

Registration and payment must be received by Monday 6 June

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PAYMENT

Note: ‘Early bird’ means we receive your registration and payment on or before Monday 30 May.

Society of Editors members $240 Early bird $210

Non-members $330 Early bird $290

Preferred payment is by electronic funds transfer.

Electronic funds transfer to our account at the Bank of Queensland

Registration form

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PO Box 1524, Toowong Qld 4066

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