PRINTER’S CORRECTION SIGNS

Manuscripts are handwritten scripts or documents. Manuscripts may contain correction additions, alterations abbreviations etc.

Proof correction signs

Common Abbreviation

Abbreviation                       Meaning

Abt                                      About

Yrs fly                                  yours faithfully

Asstt                                    assistant

Assot                                    associate

Encls                                    enclosure

Ps                                         post script

Manus.                                Manuscript

B.A.                                      Bachelor of Arts

M.A                                     Masters of Arts                  

M.B.A                                  Master in Business Administration

Ph. D                                    Doctor in Philosophy

a/c                                       amount

amt                                      advertisement

advt                                advertisement

IOU                                      I owe you

Standard Abbreviation

Abbreviation           Words

NITEL                       Nigeria Telecommunication Limited 

NIPOST                    Nigeria Postal Services

OFN                         Operation Feed the Nation

WAI                         War Against Indiscipline

RAM                        Random Access Memory

CAN                         Christian Association of Nigeria

ETC                          et cetera

ASUU                       Academic Staff Union of University

Before typing a manuscript, read it over to make sure what is written is well understood. Manuscripts are typed on quarto–size paper in double-line spacing.

DEVELOPMENT IN KEYBOARDING

The success of any secretarial personnel is strongly dependent on the effective application of some of the basic typing techniques. The techniques that must be mastered in typing for expedient and neat typing are:

•       Tabular key operation         +      tab. Key                   _
• Line–space regulator
•       Carriage Return lever
•       Margin release lever

Alphabetic Sentence Drills

Exercise: You are required to type each sentence four times using single-line spacing.

Margin: left – 11                 Right margin 17

Left margin 20,                 Right margin 79 – elite

•       The bag was full of eggs
•       There is a dig in that house
•       You must plan to succeed
•       Exercise is good for you
•       Look before you leap

One–line sentence Drill

The essence of the – line sentence drill is for the typist to type a sentence on a line before proceeding to the next one.

Exercise 2

You are required to type the following sentences, one on each line three times using single line spacing.

Margin pica – 10 and 70

Elite – 12 and 80

•       Ijioma escaped suspension last term for lateness
•       Baby is a gift from Almighty God
•       Success is a product of hard work
•       Panadol is recommended for body pains