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BS 5261-1:2000

BS 5261-1:2000

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Copy preparation and proof correction Design and layout of documents

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Published date

05-15-2001

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Introduction to direct and indirect production
5 Management of directly produced documents
6 Presentation and visual appearance
7 Navigation
8 Non-continuous text
9 Words
10 Quotations
11 Special languages and typography
12 Numbers
13 Citations and references
14 Bibliography
15 Indirect production
16 Preparing copy on paper
17 Space margins
18 Numbering pages of the copy
19 Within the text
20 Preparing electronic copy
21 Use of the keyboard
22 Notes
23 Charts and diagrams
24 Colour separation
Bibliography

Covers document layout, arrangement of headings and footnotes, choice of typography, ways of dealing with tables and illustrations. Emphasis is on enhancing the usability of documents produced by word processors/PCs and clear communication with intermediaries.

This part of BS 5261 gives guidance on the preparation of primarily textual documents, both for those producing the version that will be disseminated and for those producing text that will be printed by professionals.

Two approaches to document design will be referred to as direct production and indirect production. Application of the standard will assist in the setting up of an appropriate house style, minimize the amount of additional work before production and result in documents which communicate effectively.

NOTE Many of these principles apply to documents retained and disseminated in an electronic medium, but such documents may require the addition of principles not covered in this standard.

Committee
IDT/2
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS 5261-1(1975). (04/2000) Supersedes 98/623200 DC. (05/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2011. (11/2011)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
28
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

BS 5555:1993 Specification for SI units and recommendations for the use of their multiples and of certain other units
BS 6868:1987 Specification for standard generalized markup language (SGML) for text and office systems
BS 6371:1983 Recommendations for citation of unpublished documents
BS EN 28601:1992 Specification for representation of dates and times in information interchange
BS 4280:1968 Transliteration of Arabic characters
BS 4884-3:1993 Technical manuals. Guide to presentation
BS ISO 690-2:1997 Information and documentation. Bibliographic references Electronic documents or parts thereof
BS 5261-2:1976 Copy preparation and proof correction Specification for typographic requirements, marks for copy preparation and proof correction, proofing procedure
BS 4148:1985 Specification for abbreviation of title words and titles of publications
BS ISO 999:1996 Information and documentation. Guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes
BS 2979:1958 Transliteration of Cyrillic and Greek characters
BS 5261-3:1989 Copy preparation and proof correction. Specification for marks for mathematical copy preparation and mathematical proof correction and their uses
BS 4812:1972 Specification for the romanization of Japanese
BS 5848:1980 Specification for numbering of divisions and subdivisions in written documents (point-numbering)
BS 5261C:1976 Copy preparation and proof correction Marks for copy preparation and proof correction (extracted from BS 5261-2:1976)
BS 7581:1992 Guide to presentation of tables and graphs

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