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Editorial question: should Internet be spelt with a cap ‘I’ or a lower case ‘i’?
As an editor writing for print and the web, I have been asked many times about how to write Internet – with a cap ‘I’ or a lower case ‘i’.
In Australia, the source of all wisdom on such matters is the Macquarie Dictionary which advocates Internet with a cap ‘I’. They don’t give a reason …
Converting text from print to web publishing
Converting text from a traditional print format to a web-style format requires more than a traditional structural (substantive) edit and copy edit. The flow of a print document is linear. The same content on-screen requires a completely different navigational system.
Recently, I was given the job to edit an Engineering Careers Manual which had been written …
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About Bold Type
Bold Type, based in Sydney Australia, is a web and print publishing business helping other businesses, authors, academics and students with their print and online communcations and publications.
For web publishing, Bold Type can improve their online content, develop websites that they can manage themselves (saving real $$$), maximise their web marketing results, and …
