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Contact
(Go ahead and send us your
documents, regardless of
which box
is checked, but
first read our policy on Turnaround
Times.)
Before
submitting a document to us, please see Pricing
& Billing.
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Just
so you know, regardless of displaying
hand-written corrections in our
header and employing proofreaders’ marks
throughout this site as artwork, we
don’t edit your documents on paper
anymore — or send them back via Pony
Express. You’re not required to decipher
those symbols, but you should take
some comfort in the thought that we’ve been
doing this for so long we know
what they actually mean. These days, however, we
employ computers and send
you back fully corrected documents via email.
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How
to Submit Documents
By
submitting a document to Present Perfect Editing for proofreading, the
Client
acknowledges that he/she has read and accepted the Terms
& Conditions posted on this site.
Sending a
submission to the email address provided for that purpose constitutes
verification of this agreement.
When submitting documents for
editing/proofreading, send them here:
Documents@PresentPerfectEditing.com
- Include
the complete document as an attachment to your
email.
(More than one
document/attachment may be included.)
Document
Format
We
accept either PDF or MS Word format but prefer MS Word.
When
an MS Word document is edited, the changes can be tracked, allowing the
client
the option of accepting or rejecting any, all, or none of them. (See Track
Changes in MS Word.) Noting
changes in a PDF document is more tedious and requires the client
to deal
with each one manually. Therefore, when we edit a PDF all changes are
normally
made to the text without comment. (Comments are reserved for other
issues.)
This only leaves one option for a client who wishes to note each
change: a
comparison of the edited copy with the original, line by line. That’s
why we
prefer to work on your document in MS Word format — it’s for your
convenience,
not ours.
It
doesn’t really matter what font you select for your documents. We will
alter
it to a more legible one for our work, if necessary, and then restore it
to the
original settings in the finished product.
Please
paginate longer documents in advance.
We
cannot recommend strongly enough that you
retain a copy of any document you send to us. Although we create a copy
to work
on so that we can refer to the original if the need arises, we do not
normally retain
either that original or the finished product for more than thirty days
after
delivering a completed project to the client. In any event, we are not
responsible for a catastrophic loss of information, and you should
always have a
backup of your file.
- In
the Subject Line of your Email, put this designation:
Edit
Note:
Whether you do this or leave the line blank, we will assume that the
attached
documents are submitted for editing purposes under our guidelines
(explained in
Pricing),
and you should expect to be billed upon their completion.
If
you only want an estimate, it is essential
to put this notice in the subject line instead:
Estimate Only
- In the
body of the email, include the following:
Your Name
Name of
your Company (if
Applicable)
Country
Email
Address
Telephone
Number
Type of
Document(s)
Special
Instructions —
if Any
Note:
If you require British spelling and punctuation, please indicate that.
In the
absence of information to the contrary, we defer to American style
conventions.
- The
process
described above is the procedure for submitting material to us that
you wish
to have edited/proofread. We will assume any documents
received in this way are being submitted for
editing, and
you will be billed upon completion. By submitting material through this
procedure, you are
acknowledging
that you have read and agreed to
our terms and
conditions.
If you have a question about
proofreading, send your email here:
Support@PresentPerfectEditing.com
If you have a question regarding an
invoice, send your email here:
Billing@PresentPerfectEditing.com
If you merely wish to contact us
for
information, send your email here:
Info@PresentPerfectEditing.com
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