Design is driven by content …

The most important part of batch data processing is integrity. We practise careful version control so that we can trace our steps in the unlikely event that some text gets missplaced.

Preparation of data is critical for efficient typesetting.
We can carry out routine tasks more quickly than an experienced copy-editor can perform them on hard copy, if you ask us to.

We have written in-house software for processing text from a variety of sources to make it consistent. Even within one document, several authors can be involved, each with their own idiosyncrasies. We can follow your house style to make text and punctuation consistent across chapters in a book, or books in a series. For example:

• Endnotes that should be footnotes, and vice-versa, are quickly changed by our own software.
• Single quotes within double should be double within single? No worries, easily fixed – by us.
• Text not on disc? No problem – we can quickly scan it and accurately capture the text using OCR software.
• We can import text from a variety of software formats and platforms, including XML output from data management systems.
• Once typeset, we can output text to almost any format, with or without codes, in raw ASCII, HTML, SGML, XML, PostScript or PDF.

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