Professional PDF Proofreading Marks

Designed for proofreaders and copy editors

Professional PDF Proofreading Marks (Pro Edition) contains three complete sets of digital proofreading marks in red, blue and black for marking-up PDF files in Adobe Acrobat. They have been designed to give you a professional look that is clean, clear and consistent.

The Pro Edition will help you to:

  • provide evidence for accountability and costing
  • combine mark-up from multiple people
  • add emphasis for clarification
  • simplify comments in Acrobat
  • indicate corrections in an unambiguous way
  • mark-up changes, corrections and amendments in a PDF file.

Proofreading marks in three colours.

Screenshot showing three sets of proofreading stamps (red, blue and black) in Adobe Acrobat.

Installation

The Pro Edition will install, load and run exactly the same as the Standard Edition, see PDF Proofreading Marks.

Purchasing

Every purchase will receive:

  • a complete set of PDF Proofreading Marks in red, black and blue
  • a guide to using proofreading marks
  • installation instructions.

Academic publishing

Colour-coding corrections is standard in academic publishing for allocating costs appropriately. The three colours represent errors and queries of:

  • typesetters (red)
  • authors (blue)
  • publishers (black).

Colour-coded proofreading marks in Acrobat.

Screen showing colour-coded proofreading marks.

Make your mark with a set of coloured PDF Proofreading Marks.

Professional proofreading marks

The Pro Edition contains the common, internationally recognised, proofreading marks used in Australia and in the UK (British Standard Institution proofreading symbols). A full list can be found in our guide Using proofreading marks that charts all the marks, names and usage.

List of proofreading marks with examples. Image shows how proofreading symbols are used to markup editorial corrections.

Guide to using proofreading marks.

Pro Edition

Professional PDF Proofreading Marks

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