Life Healthcare
Copy Editing
- No hyphenated words – make sure all words move over to the next line
- No orphans or widows. Widow - A paragraph-ending line that falls at the beginning of the following page or column, thus separated from the rest of the text. Orphan - A paragraph-opening line that appears by itself at the bottom of a page or column, thus separated from the rest of the text.
- No lone words on lines by themselves, move a full sentence or two lines if necessary, to the next column or page
- The words "Life Healthcare" should be on the same line
- Life Healthcare Group should be on the same line where possible, you can split Group but not the Life from the Healthcare
- All numbers from 1 to 9 must be written out, i.e. one, two, three etc. after 9 they can be numbers
- Check that all fonts are the same throughout the document
- Check that all headings are formatted the same way
- Check all the bullets are indented correctly, i.e. the text must start underneath the text, not under the bullet on the second line
- Check if all bullets have full stops at the end or if none of them have, and adjust accordingly
- No use of Mr or Mrs before names in captions or in stories, we only us Dr and Prof where applicable
- No full stop after Dr
- Spelling - Use the British English Dictionary for spelling. Check that words like "standardise" are correct and spelling with an 's' and not a 'z', unless it is part of an organisation/company name
- All dashes used in a sentence need to be a long dash i.e. "Life Healthcare – employees of Life Healthcare are...". Short dashed are only used as part of hyphenated words, for example "side-effects"
- All bullets should be square bullets in a colour from the Life Healthcare palette
Important
- Check all spelling before sending for approval. InDesign and Illustrator have a live spell checker that can be used to assist.
- Check all alignment of bullets, lists, tables, images, blocks etc. throughout
- If there is something you’re not sure about please ask or make not of it in an email so the Operation’s Manager or client can advise.