DATASTYLING CHECKLIST

 

1.        Compare the Italics and Bold styles from (MS-doc) to (Pagemaker/NDesign Pub.)

2.        Make sure that there’s no paragraph lost

3.        Font name (Italic – Bold) change to “Font name Bold Italic” font

4.        Italics change to Italic font                        

5.        Bold text change to Bold font   

6.        Spaces before comma

7.        Spaces after opening parentheses 

8.        Spaces before ending parentheses  

9.        Correct ellipsis spacing 

10.     Space after beginning quote marks 

11.     Space before ending quote marks 

12.     Change double spaces  to 1 space

13.     Wrong way facing single quote mark

14.     Wrong way facing double quote marks 

15.     Check all fonts that wasn’t  change to the client’s requested font

16.     Double check for block quotes

17.     Check the paragraph line by line

18.     Check the (N-Dash/M-Dash)    

19.     Change hyphen to en dash where appropriate 

20.     Space before em dash 

21.     Space after em dash   

22.     Check the scriptures

23.     Check All Chapter Numbers

24.     Check for all sub titles

 

25.     Drop Caps
a. Spacing is correct                                   
b. No beginning quote if sentenced
    is quoted

26.     Check the entire format 

27.     Master pages applied correctly 

28.     Order page
a.     Book price correct
b.     Shipping and handling correct
c.     Other ordering information correct

29.     Copyright page
a. Author’s name correct
c. Bibles correctly cited
d. ISBN is correct
e. Library of Congress catalogue
    number correct  

30.     Double-check formatting

31.     Table of Contents matches MS-Word Doc.

32.     Spell Check

33.     Check the Book Title in the Master Page