Our systems, processes and project management skills have been proven to be robust as well as flexible. They have enabled us to deliver on our commitments to quality and schedules consistently.
We have been able to create delight for our clients, who are the who’s who of the global publishing industry, universities around the world and Fortune 500 companies.
Our range of pre-press services includes: |
| Project Management |
| Both onsite and offshore project management support in: |
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Author chasing/management |
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Managing and balancing the load between authors, publishers, editorial, production and printers |
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Collating proof corrections from the author, editor and proofreader |
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Monitoring Cast off estimate vs. actual proof pages length |
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Monitoring deviations from the scope of the project (cost, schedule, etc.) and alerting |
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Coordinating between contributors of FM, BM and indexers |
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Mapping and managing supplementary editions. |
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| Editorial Services |
The editorial services we offer include |
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Copy editing |
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Editorial proofreading |
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Indexing and abstracting. |
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| Copy Editing |
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Our editors make changes to the format as well as the style and content of the manuscripts provided by the client. |
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At Hurix, the levels of copy editing can be categorized as follows: |
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Light |
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Simple |
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Medium |
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Complex |
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Heavy |
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Scanning the typeset pages diligently, character by character against the manuscript, identifying errors (such as misspellings, typos, incorrect numbering, etc.) and listing the points that need to be raised to the writer. |
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Checking the applied styles and formats in the typeset pages against the client specifications. |
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Indexing and Abstracting |
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Indexing at Hurix is thorough and systematic, so that no word or subject that might be of importance in the given subject and that is present in the body of the content is omitted from the index. |
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Hurix abstractions present the objectives, scope and major findings included in the content in compact capsules that make it easy for the user to scan through and assess these in the shortest possible time. |
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| Template Creation/Design |
Our template creation/design services include |
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Setting up the page layout (recto/verso) |
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Creating master pages complete with headers and footers |
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Writing scripts to define every element given in the project specifications |
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Creation of styles for formatting the content. |
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Page Composition and Typesetting |
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Composition of pages in Adobe FrameMaker and conversions using FrameMaker (MML, MIF, CRC, XML) |
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Composition of pages in Adobe InDesign and conversions using InDesign (InDesign Tagged Text and XML) |
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Composition of pages in Quark Xpress and conversions using Quark Xpress (XTG and XML) |
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Composition in TeX/LaTeX (XML) |
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Composition in 3B2 (ASCII and XML) |
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| Image Management |
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Scanning |
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Redrawing and relabelling |
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Disk processing and colour corrections |
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Rendering of comp-set art |
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Creative art rendering |
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Illustrations & line art |
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| Book Pages Design (Inner and Cover Pages Design) |
Our graphics design team also excels in planning and creating page/book cover designs. The team takes every effort to understand client requirements and the needs of the market before choosing colour schemes that suit the feel of the book. They then produce progressive multiple designs which are sent to you for approval. |
| Tool and Plug-in Development |
Expertise to develop automation tools, plug-ins, XTensions and scripts in: |
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Adobe FrameMaker |
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Adobe InDesign |
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Adobe PageMaker |
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Adobe Illustrator |
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Adobe Photoshop |
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Adobe Acrobat |
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QuarkXPress |
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3B2 |
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Tex/Latex |
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The scheme below represents the range of services we cover at a glance: |
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| Project Management |
Editorial |
Composition |
Image Management |
| Onsite/offshore |
Copy editing |
Adobe FrameMaker (MML, MIF, CRC, XML) |
Scanning |
| Author chasing |
Editorial proofreading |
Adobe InDesign (InDesign Tagged Text and XML) |
Redrawing and relabelling |
| Cast off |
Indexing |
QuarkXPress (XTG and XML) |
Disk processing and colour corrections |
| Monitoring the scope |
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TeX/LaTeX (XML) |
Rendering of comp-set art |
| Track and report on the status |
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3B2 (ASCII and XML) |
Creative art rendering |
| Coordinate between different stakeholders of the project |
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Illustrations and line art |
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