Hi everyone,
I just looked at the scanning and proofreading manual. The manual seems to
me to contradict itself in two consecutive paragraphs, unless the first bit
of information is speaking of the source and not the footnote number.
Here is the link to the page on which I found the information and the
complete information on footnotes. The first paragraph is what Scott sent to
us a while back. The second bit is what Lori sent just yesterday.
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/4.+Proofread+a+book
1) Footnotes
a. Don't delete them.
b. Enclose a footnote in square brackets.
c. For multiple footnotes that occur on one page, group
them together at the bottom of the page.
Then enclose the entire group of footnotes within one
set of square brackets.
(For an example, follow the link below to the detail
page.)
2) Superscripts and Subscripts
a. If footnote numbers or footnote letters are
superscripted or subscripted, leave them that way.
b. The same holds true if footnote numbers or footnote
letters are not superscripted or
subscripted: leave them as they are.
c. Put parentheses around each footnote number or
footnote letter.
Also, if not already there, add a space between the
footnote number or footnote letter and
the word before it.
In the body of the text, change this:
Unemployment rose in the middle of this decade1.
to this:
Unemployment rose in the middle of this decade (1).
In the footnote itself, change this:
1Applies to the years 2006-2008.
to this:
(1) Applies to the years 2006-2008.
Mayrie
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